Alenia Aeronautica S.p.a.

Alenia Aermacchi S.p.a.

Felice Grosso

Sabato Inserra Imparato

Marco Raffone

Carlo Arnone

Vincenzo Pelusi

Alfonso Delli Carri

Agostino Pino

Leonardo Ciavarella

Giuseppe Ambrosino

Eugenio Di Giacomo

A hollow manufactured body has at least one wall of non-ferromagnetic material with an outer surface and an inner surface facing a cavity of the body. Two mutually magnetically attracted sliders are positioned on the inner and outer surfaces. The outer slider is moved manually across the outer surface to a predetermined point where the wall thickness is to be detected; the inner slider on the inner surface follows the movements of the outer slider due to the effect of the magnetic attraction. A transducer on the outer slider is used to measure the force required to move a magnet away from the outer surface of the wall. The value of the thickness of the wall at the predetermined point is then derived from the measured force.

Method for detecting the thickness of the walls of hollow manufactured bodies made from non-ferromagnetic material

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Foggia, Italy

Felice Grosso