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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2005
Thomas James Batzinger, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Waseem I. Faidi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Sivaramanivas Ramaswamy, Bangalore, IN;
Manoj Kumar Koyithitta Meethal, Annur, IN;
York Oberdoerfer, NRW, DE;
Gerhard Splitt, NRW, DE;
Werner Roye, NRW, DE;
Johannes Buechler, NRW, DE;
Rajagopalan Chandrasekharan, Bangalore, IN;
Thomas James Batzinger, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Waseem I. Faidi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Sivaramanivas Ramaswamy, Bangalore, IN;
Manoj Kumar Koyithitta Meethal, Annur, IN;
York Oberdoerfer, NRW, DE;
Gerhard Splitt, NRW, DE;
Werner Roye, NRW, DE;
Johannes Buechler, NRW, DE;
Rajagopalan Chandrasekharan, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring a weld operation is provided. The system includes an ultrasonic wave generator adapted to deliver an ultrasonic wave to a target material during the weld operation and an ultrasonic receiver adapted to receive the ultrasonic wave propagated through the target material. The system also includes a signal processor adapted to determine a quality level of a weld created during the weld operation by extracting data corresponding to a torsional mode from the ultrasonic wave and comparing the data to a profile that corresponds to an acceptable quality level.