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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Simon D. Senibi, Covington, WA (US);
Jeffrey M. Hansen, Renton, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system and method for environmental testing and evaluation of non-destructive inspection (NDI) sensors is provided. The system has a structure having a plurality of NDI sensors to be tested. The system further has an environmental chamber containing heating elements and cooling elements for heating and cooling the NDI sensors when the structure is secured to the environmental chamber. The system further has an impact testing assembly positioned over the structure for impacting the structure. The system further has a data acquisition computer subsystem coupled to the environmental chamber and coupled to the NDI sensors. The data acquisition computer subsystem controls and monitors the heating and cooling elements, and collects and processes temperature and impact data acquired by the NDI sensors.