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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2012
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Hegeon Kwun, San Antonio, TX (US);
Matthew Capps, San Antonio, TX (US);
James Crane, San Antonio, TX (US);
Stanley M. Walker, Midland, NC (US);
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for inspection of tubes in a boiler is disclosed. The apparatus includes a sensor adapted to generate and detect guided-waves and a mechanical device adapted to reach into a tube bundle and clamp the sensor onto an interior tube selected for inspection. The mechanical device includes a housing adapted to contain the sensor and an air cylinder adapted to actuate the housing to allow the housing to clamp onto the interior tube.
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