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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2020
Applicant:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Inventors:
Nathan Brad Crane, Vineyard, UT (US);
James Randall Pierce, III, Clearwater, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/586 (2017.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29C 64/273 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29C 64/273 (2017.08); G06T 7/586 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A Pulsed Thermography (PT) system and method is provided utilizing a long duration pulse in combination with a radiant heat shield as a non-destructive testing method for quantitatively measuring defect depths within a 3D printed part and for characterizing layer-by-layer surface defects in the 3D printed part.