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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Louis Arnaud, Verrieres-le-Buisson, FR;
Michel Floret, Gennevelliers, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324242 ; 324240 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process and device for the non-destructive examination of riveted joints or the like, particularly for monitoring the fuselage of an aircraft. According to the invention, an eddy current probe is used and two rectangular components of the signal of unbalance from the latter are compared with thresholds predetermined by prior measurements on similar new joints, in order to determine the presence and/or the absence of cracks.