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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Michel Joseph Gilles Gaudet, Pembroke, CA;
Robert Hayden Lumsden, Petawawa, CA;
Glenn Curtis Longhurst, Deep River, CA;
Kristopher Kyle Jones, Deep River, CA;
Stuart Thomas Craig, Deep River, CA;
David Walter Dunford, Deep River, CA;
Paul Gregory Adams, Deep River, CA;
Kenneth Robert Chaplin, Deep River, CA;
Helene Marie Hebert, Deep River, CA;
Michel Joseph Gilles Gaudet, Pembroke, CA;
Robert Hayden Lumsden, Petawawa, CA;
Glenn Curtis Longhurst, Deep River, CA;
Kristopher Kyle Jones, Deep River, CA;
Stuart Thomas Craig, Deep River, CA;
David Walter Dunford, Deep River, CA;
Paul Gregory Adams, Deep River, CA;
Kenneth Robert Chaplin, Deep River, CA;
Helene Marie Hebert, Deep River, CA;
Atomic Energy Of Canada Limited, Chalk River, ON, CA;
Abstract
A phased array ultrasonic probe may be mounted to a component to be inspected for wall thickness on an apparatus that includes a split ring adapted to be magnetically held in place on the component. In particular, the probe may be mounted to a carriage connected to the split ring in a manner that allows the carriage to rotate around the split ring while the probe is in operation. Between the probe and the component, a transducer shoe defining, by a flexible membrane, a cavity and an aperture. Conveniently, the construction of the flexible membrane allows wall thickness measurements to be acquired in portions of the component that have complex topography, such as welds. The apparatus is installed on an adaptor assembly for inspection of straight section of pipes. This adaptor assembly is not used in absence of straight section. By acquiring data from multiple output pulse transmitted at multiple incidence angles, processing software may conveniently produce an accurate wall thickness map of the area of interest on the component.