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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernard A Brill, III, Bellevue, PA (US);
Warren R Junker, Monroeville, PA (US);
John K White, Bethel Park, PA (US);
Iftikhar A Rana, East Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Bruce W Bevilacqua, Irwin, PA (US);
Frank W Cooper, Jr, Monroeville, PA (US);
Bruce J Taszarek, Mt. Lebanon, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73623 ; 73640 ; 376252 ;
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for inspection of tubing, and more particularly, the determination of the extent of erosion in the wall of a heat exchange tube of a nuclear reactor. An ultrasonic transducer assembly is movable axially and rotatably in a helical path for producing both thickness and position signals to provide a map of wall thickness.