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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Jeffrey G. Thompson, Seattle, WA (US);
Gary E. Georgeson, Tacoma, WA (US);
Jill P. Bingham, Seattle, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for detecting defects in a composite is provided. After a ply of material for a workpiece is positioned, thermal energy is applied to a top surface of the ply of material, and a digital thermographic camera captures images of the top surface. A computer processor determines heat characteristics of the top surface to identify regions of the top surface with different heat characteristics. Such different areas are identified as regions that include a defect. The defect regions can be repaired prior to disposing additional plies of material over previously-applied plies.