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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:
Oct. 08, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2020
Applicant:

Dmc Global Inc., Broomfield, CO (US);

Inventors:

Brian Payton, Mt. Braddock, PA (US);

Andrew Ruminski, Natrona Heights, PA (US);

Curtis Erwin Prothe, Brevard, NC (US);

Steven David Sparkowich, Vancouver, WA (US);

Assignee:

DMC Global Inc., Broomfield, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/06 (2006.01); B23K 20/08 (2006.01); B23K 31/12 (2006.01); G01N 29/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/069 (2013.01); B23K 20/08 (2013.01); B23K 31/125 (2013.01); G01N 29/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of identifying a bond boundary between a sound bond and weak bond in a multilayer article may include determining a plurality of positions on a surface of the article; for each position of the plurality of positions, obtaining a full-wave, time domain waveform of ultrasonic waves reflected from the article; and, for each pair of adjacent positions among the plurality of positions, determining whether there is a bond boundary between a first position and a second position based on a comparison of a waveform characteristic of a first waveform generated at the first position and the waveform characteristic of a second waveform generated at the second position; and in response to a determination that there is a bond boundary between the first position and the second position, determining a boundary position based on the first position and the second position and memorializing the boundary position.


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