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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
May. 17, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Michael Charles Freda, Warren, NJ (US);
Francis Alexander Reed, Duanesburg, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Ultrasonic detection methods are disclosed. The method includes providing an ultrasonic detection system having a transmitting phased array device and a receiving phased array device. A phased array wave is transmitted through a revolutionary body from the transmitting phased array device to the receiving phased array device, thereby obtaining ultrasonic detection information about the revolutionary body. In another embodiment, the method includes positioning the transmitting phased array device and the receiving phased array device on a periphery of a turbine rotor, transmitting a phased array wave into the turbine rotor, the phased array wave not reflecting off of a reflecting feature, adjusting the positioning of the transmitting phased array devices on the periphery of the turbine rotor, and transmitting the phased array wave into the turbine rotor, the phased array wave reflecting off of a reflecting feature. The reflected phased array wave is received by the receiving phased array device.