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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
David Henry Abbott, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Nicolas Kristopher Sabo, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2018.01); G01N 23/083 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/083 (2013.01); G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G01N 2223/404 (2013.01); G01N 2223/63 (2013.01); G01N 2223/646 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to methods for radiographic and computed tomography (CT) inspection of workpieces having increasingly complicated internal geometry. The disclosed methods are capable of distributing a contrast agent within the detailed internal geometry of, for example, an AM workpiece or precision cast turbine blade, followed by complete removal of the contrast agent and all residues thereof after inspection.