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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1982
Akisuke Naruse, Hitachi, JP;
Tatsukuma Hosono, Hitachi, JP;
Kazuo Takaku, Hitachi, JP;
Shigeru Kajiyama, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd., Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic flaw detector for detecting any flaw existing in the inner peripheral corner section of the joint portion between the barrel of a nuclear reactor pressure vessel and each of a plurality of cylindrical nozzles projecting from the barrel, by means of an ultrasonic wave applied from the outer peripheral corner section of the joint portion. The flaw detector has a probe pivotable around an axis which is made to follow up the locus of the center of curvature in the rounded surface of the outer peripheral corner section during the movement of the probe around the nozzle. According to this arrangement, it is possible to achieve a full automatic and remote control of the flaw detector except the attaching and detaching of the same, and to facilitate the processing of the signals representing the result of the flaw detection.