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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2022
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Förderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Uwe Lieske, Dresden, DE;
Lars Schubert, Dresden, DE;
Bianca Weihnacht, Dresden, DE;
Robert Neubeck, Dresden, DE;
Tobias Gaul, Dresden, DE;
Thomas Klesse, Dresden, DE;
Abstract
The system has a plurality of inspection heads in a row arrangement around a container or line. The inspection heads can be fastened to the container or line in question and are connected to an electronic evaluation and control unit by a data and energy-supply cable. The inspection heads can emit and detect elastic waves. The heads which emit elastic waves are disposed and designed to couple guided waves into a wall of the container in question or of the line, and the electronic evaluation and control unit is designed to carry out damage and crack detection, corrosion and wall-thickness determination, fill-level measurement and/or a functional check of the inspection heads and to control elements which emit waves. The inspection heads can be fastened to the container in question or to the line in question on an outer wall by retaining elements and a clamping device.