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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2016
Applicant:

Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;

Inventors:

Daniel Clark, Derby, GB;

David C. Wright, Loughborough, GB;

Assignee:

ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24C 1/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/32 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/07 (2006.01); G01B 17/02 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/326 (2013.01); B24C 1/045 (2013.01); G01B 17/02 (2013.01); G01N 29/043 (2013.01); G01N 29/07 (2013.01); G01N 29/225 (2013.01); G01N 29/226 (2013.01); G01N 29/4427 (2013.01); G01N 2291/011 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0231 (2013.01); G01N 2291/02854 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of machining an object, the method comprising: receiving a signal from an ultrasonic transducer; determining at least a first external surface of the object and a second internal surface of the object in the received signal; determining a thickness between the first external surface and the second internal surface of the object, the object comprising a first material between the first external surface and the second internal surface, and a second material between the second internal surface and a third surface, the determination of the thickness using a database including a plurality of materials and a plurality of associated acoustic wave velocities; and controlling machining of the first external surface using the determined thickness.


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