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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
May. 03, 2012
Applicant:
Dominick A. Pagano, Weston, CT (US);
Inventor:
Dominick A. Pagano, Weston, CT (US);
Assignee:
Nordco Rail Services & Inspection Technologies, Inc., Beacon Falls, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01); G01N 29/265 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/04 (2013.01); G01N 29/225 (2013.01); G01N 29/265 (2013.01); G01N 2291/2623 (2013.01); G01N 29/043 (2013.01); G01N 29/221 (2013.01); G01N 29/2493 (2013.01); G01N 2291/056 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasonic rail inspection system designed to detect defects in a rail which result from longitudinal cracks that propagate in the horizontal and transverse plane of the rail. Detection of this type of defect is possible by directing an ultrasonic beam into the rail at a predetermined angle from the perpendicular to the surface of the rail. The predetermined angle must be sufficient to detect these normally undetectable defects and can be in the range of 8° to 14° from the perpendicular.