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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2019
Nordco Inc., Oak Creek, WI (US);
Paul Sanders Underwood, Bridgewater, CT (US);
David William Giragosian, Waterbury, CT (US);
Ian Wallace McGrath Gage, Stratford, CT (US);
Phillip Edwards, II, Bridgeport, CT (US);
John E. Leonard, Middlefield, CT (US);
Jacob Eisler, Wellington, FL (US);
Ronald M. Keenan, Oxford, CT (US);
Joseph Setaro, Danbury, CT (US);
NORDCO INC., Oak Creek, WI (US);
Abstract
A rail flaw detector is configured for locating flaws in rails of a railroad track and for use with a vehicle travelling on the railroad track. The detector includes at least one signal applicator configured for applying ultrasonic signals to the rail and for receiving return signals; a mechanical subsystem connected to the applicator and to the vehicle and configured for maintaining the at least one signal applicator in operational position on the track. A human-machine interface is connected to the at least one signal applicator, is configured to control the detector and to monitor sensed rail condition. In one embodiment, the human-machine interface includes a schematic display of the rail being monitored and at least one touch screen control for controlling the mechanical subsystem and the at least one signal applicator.