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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2007
Jacques L. Brignac, Simsbury, CT (US);
Roland R. Moser, Zurich, CH;
Jacques L. Brignac, Simsbury, CT (US);
Roland R. Moser, Zurich, CH;
Alstom Technology Ltd, , CH;
Abstract
A portable, self-contained scanner device for metallurgical, nondestructive testing is provided. The portable, self-contained scanner device includes a chassis having wheels extending beneath a lower surface thereof, a nondestructive testing probe detachably fixed to the chassis, and a computer processor device coupled to the chassis. The computer processor device includes applications executable by the computer processor device for performing the metallurgical, nondestructive testing on a test subject. The scanner device also includes a display device that displays images in response to the metallurgical, nondestructive testing. The chassis, computer processor device, and display device move along the test subject as a single unit.