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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Roger W. Englebart, St. Louis, MO (US);
Reed Hannebaum, Mount Vernon, IL (US);
Tim Pollock, Ballwin, MO (US);
Inventors:
Roger W. Englebart, St. Louis, MO (US);
Reed Hannebaum, Mount Vernon, IL (US);
Tim Pollock, Ballwin, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An inspection system () includes an idler wheel () that is coupled to a fabrication system () and is in contact with a backing layer () of an applied material (), A rotation sensor () monitors the idler wheel () and generates a rotational signal. A controller () is coupled to the rotation sensor () and determines a characteristic of one or more flaws and FOD () on a composite structure () in response to the rotation signal.