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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2020
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Daniel G. Sanders, Cle Elum, WA (US);
John R. Hull, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gary E. Georgeson, Tacoma, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/265 (2006.01); G01N 29/06 (2006.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); G08B 5/22 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/2412 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); G01N 29/0654 (2013.01); G01N 29/265 (2013.01); G08B 5/226 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0231 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0289 (2013.01); G01N 2291/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for inspecting an additively manufactured component include an additive manufacturing head configured to form a component layer-by-layer, and an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) configured to inspect one or more layers of the component.