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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2011
Sabato Inserra Imparato, Gragnano, IT;
Felice Grosso, Foggia, IT;
Vincenzo Pelusi, Cagnano Varano, IT;
Marco Raffone, Naples, IT;
Alfonso Delli Carri, Foggia, IT;
Carlo Arnone, Torre Del Greco, IT;
Sabato Inserra Imparato, Gragnano, IT;
Felice Grosso, Foggia, IT;
Vincenzo Pelusi, Cagnano Varano, IT;
Marco Raffone, Naples, IT;
Alfonso Delli Carri, Foggia, IT;
Carlo Arnone, Torre Del Greco, IT;
Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A., Pomigliano d'Arco, Naples, IT;
Abstract
A hollow manufactured body has at least one wall of non-ferromagnetic material with an outer surface and an inner surface facing a cavity of the body. Two mutually magnetically attracted sliders are positioned on the inner and outer surfaces. The outer slider is moved manually across the outer surface to a predetermined point where the wall thickness is to be detected; the inner slider on the inner surface follows the movements of the outer slider due to the effect of the magnetic attraction. A transducer on the outer slider is used to measure the force required to move a magnet away from the outer surface of the wall. The value of the thickness of the wall at the predetermined point is then derived from the measured force.