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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2007
Steven E. Owens, Bellefonte, PA (US);
Joseph L. Rose, State College, PA (US);
Jason K. Van Velsor, State College, PA (US);
LI Zhang, State College, PA (US);
Michael J. Avioli, Havertown, PA (US);
Steven E. Owens, Bellefonte, PA (US);
Joseph L. Rose, State College, PA (US);
Jason K. Van Velsor, State College, PA (US);
Li Zhang, State College, PA (US);
Michael J. Avioli, Havertown, PA (US);
FBS, Inc., State College, PA (US);
Abstract
A system for inspecting a pipeline having at least two transducers divided into segments, the segments each containing a number of sensors, wherein a maximum number of segments is equal to a number of transducers, an arrangement configured to send, receive and store signals, wherein the arrangement has a number of pulser channels and a number of receiver channels, wherein the arrangement has at least one multiplexing arrangement for multiplexing signals from the arrangement; and a time delay arrangement connected to the arrangement configured to send, receive and store signals. The system may also provide for focal point skewing, near real time coating compensation for proper excitation mode, adjusted time delay capability and the ability to focus beyond changes in geometry.