General Electric Company

Ge Sensing & Inspection Technologies, Gmbh

Ge Sensing & Inspection Technology

Baker Hughes Holdings LLC

Ge Inspection Technologies, Gmbh

York Oberdoerfer

Wolf-Dietrich Kleinert

Roman Heinrich Koch

Weiwei Zhang

Sascha Schieke

Jerome Poirier

Michael Maria Berke

Thomas James Batzinger

Waseem Ibrahim Faidi

Manoj Kumar Koyithitta Meethal

Sivaramanivas Ramaswamy

Johannes Buechler

Matthias Jobst

Marek Parusel

Rajagopalan Chandrasekharan

Werner Roye

Willi Warkowski

Gerhard Splitt

Jochen Zilz

Judith Duerscheid

Johannes Georg Rudolf Buechler

Wolf-Dietrich Kleineret

Mathias Jobst

Rajagopalan 1481 Ii Floor Chandrasekharan

S 99 Flat No 201 Scion Arch Ramaswamy

An ultrasonic detection assembly for detecting a characteristic in a test object having a cylindrical peripheral surface. The ultrasonic detection assembly includes a phased array probe positioned in proximity to the cylindrical peripheral surface of the test object. The phased array probe includes a plurality of adjacent transducer elements. Each transducer is operatively configured to emit a respective beam into the test object so as to provide a pattern of constructive interference. The ultrasonic detection assembly is structurally configured to provide for cylindrical contact between the phased array probe and the cylindrical peripheral surface of the test object. The ultrasonic detection assembly includes a controller operatively connected to the phased array probe for causing each transducer to emit the respective beam into the test object.

Probe approach for DGS sizing

A testing system for testing a work piece. The testing system may be non-destructive. An associated method. The method may include obtaining C-scan images and corresponding S-scan images. The C-scan images and the corresponding S-scan images are of the same portion of the work piece being tested.

Systems and methods for viewing data generated by rotational scanning in non-destructive testing

A non-destructive testing system for testing a work piece. The non-destructive testing system includes an ultrasonic probe, including a matrix of transducers, and a control unit including a display. The control unit is configured to control the ultrasonic probe. The ultrasonic probe and the control unit are configured to obtain multiple S-scan images. The ultrasonic probe and the control unit are configured to obtain a first S-scan image at a first direction orientation, and the ultrasonic probe and the control unit are configured to obtain a second S-scan image at a second direction orientation different from the first direction orientation. The control unit is configured to process the first and second S-scan images to provide at least an image upon the display.

An ultrasonic detection assembly detects a characteristic in a test object. The ultrasonic detection assembly includes a phased array probe positioned in proximity to a peripheral surface of the test object. The phased array probe includes a plurality of transducer elements. The transducer elements of the phased array probe transmit a sound beam into the test object. The sound beam is movable by the phased array probe within the test object to detect the characteristic.

The present application relates to a non-destructive testing system. The non-destructive testing system may include an ultrasonic probe and a hand-held display in communication with the ultrasonic probe. The hand-held display may be configured to display C-scan images or S-scan images.

Method and apparatus for the non-destructive inspection of a test object with a large material thickness by means of ultrasound. The apparatus includes an ultrasonic test probe with an ultrasonic transducer divided into a plurality of individually activatable transducer segments wherein the transducer segments are concentric circles or rings, or sections thereof. A first group j (j=1, 2, 3, . . . ) of transducer segments is selected in such a way that a parallel activation of these transducer segments results in a circular active surface Fj of the ultrasonic transducer (). An ultrasound inspection of the test object is undertaken with the first group j (j=1, 2, 3, . . . ) of transducer segments, wherein they are activated in parallel.

Method for the non-destructive inspection of a test object of great material thickness by means of ultrasound, the use of a test probe for carrying out the method, an ultrasonic test probe, a control unit for an ultrasonic test probe and a device for the non-destructive inspection of a test object of great material thickness by means of ultrasound

An ultrasonic detection assembly detects a characteristic in a test object. The ultrasonic detection assembly includes a phased array probe positioned in proximity to a peripheral surface of the test object. The phased array probe includes a plurality of transducer elements. The transducer elements of the phased array probe transmit a sound beam into the test object. The sound beam is movable by the phased array probe within the test object to detect the characteristic. A method of detecting a characteristic in the test object with the ultrasonic detection assembly is also provided.

An ultrasonic probe includes ultrasonic transducers and processing electronics to control emission of ultrasonic energy and to process and digitize returned echo data. Processed echo data can then be transmitted over a digital interface for display.

Integrated active ultrasonic probe

A multi-part mounting device for an ultrasonic transducer, the mounting device comprising a first part configured to mount the mounting device on a housing of an ultrasonic test probe, and a second part configured to retain the ultrasonic transducer, wherein the second part is at least in touching contact with the ultrasonic transducer, wherein the second part comprises a first plastic and is connected by positive fit to the first part, and wherein the first part has a greater hardness than the second part.

Multi-part mounting device for an ultrasonic transducer

The invention relates to a nondestructive ultrasonic test method in which at least one ultrasonic pulse is emitted into a workpiece under test by at least one ultrasonic transmitter (), the ultrasonic pulse is reflected on boundary surfaces within the workpiece, the reflected ultrasound is received by at least one ultrasonic receiver (), and the associated signals are evaluated, the ultrasound penetrating a damping block () that is arranged between the workpiece and the transmitter or receiver. The method is characterized in that it includes at least one step for determining at least one dimension (alpha, d, d) of the damping block () that is relevant for the ultrasonic test; in said step, the propagation time of at least one ultrasonic pulse which is generated by the ultrasonic transmitter (), is reflected on a boundary surface () of the damping block (), and is received by the ultrasonic receiver () is measured, and at least one dimension (alpha, d, d) of the damping block () that is relevant for the ultrasonic test is determined from the measurement.

Pulse-echo method by means of an array-type probe and temperature compensation

The invention relates to a nondestructive ultrasonic test method in which at least one ultrasonic pulse is emitted into a workpiece under test by means of at least one ultrasonic transmitter (), the ultrasonic pulse is reflected on boundary surfaces within the workpiece, the reflected ultrasound is received by at least one ultrasonic receiver (), and the associated signals are evaluated, the ultrasound penetrating a damping block () that is arranged between the workpiece and the transmitter or receiver. Said method is characterized in that it includes at least one step for determining at least one dimension (alpha, d, d) of the damping block () that is relevant for the ultrasonic test; in said step, the propagation time of at least one ultrasonic pulse which is generated by the ultrasonic transmitter (), is reflected on a boundary surface () of the damping block (), and is received by the ultrasonic receiver () is measured, and at least one dimension (alpha, d, d) of the damping block () that is relevant for the ultrasonic test is determined from said measurement.

Pulse-echo method for determining the damping block geometry

The non-destructive testing of a test object by way of ultrasound includes: (a) radiating directed ultrasonic pulses into the test object at an irradiation angle &#x3b2; wherein the irradiation angle &#x3b2; is set electronically, (b) recording echo signals that result from the ultrasonic pulses radiated into the test object, and (c) determining an irradiation position X0 in which echo signals can be recorded that can be associated with an error in the volume of the test object. The method also includes (d) determining the irradiation angle &#x3b2;max for which the ERS value of the error reaches its maximum at position X0, (e) changing the irradiation position X0&#x2192;X1 on the surface of the test object, the change of the irradiation position being captured, and (f) electronically adjusting the irradiation angle &#x3b2; in such a manner that the ERS value of the error reaches its maximum in the changed irradiation position X1.

Method for the non-destructive testing of a test object by way of ultrasound and corresponding device

A system for monitoring a weld operation is provided. The system includes an ultrasonic wave generator adapted to deliver an ultrasonic wave to a target material during the weld operation and an ultrasonic receiver adapted to receive the ultrasonic wave propagated through the target material. The system also includes a signal processor adapted to determine a quality level of a weld created during the weld operation by extracting data corresponding to a torsional mode from the ultrasonic wave and comparing the data to a profile that corresponds to an acceptable quality level.

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York Oberdoerfer