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- Patent Title: Method and device for ultrasound inspection of welds, particularly welds of blades on the disk of a bladed disk
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Application No.: US14693966Application Date: 2015-04-23
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Publication No.: US10161917B2Publication Date: 2018-12-25
- Inventor: Richard Michael Coulette , Laurent Le Ber , Pascal Jean-Christian Claude Ravault , Marc Jacky Vassault
- Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Current Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: FR1453744 20140425
- Main IPC: G01N29/265
- IPC: G01N29/265 ; G01N29/04 ; G01N29/24 ; G01N29/22 ; G01N29/26 ; G01N29/44

Abstract:
A method and device for ultrasound testing of welds is provided. For testing element welds on a body forming a single-piece assembly with these elements, the free end of a poly-articulated robot is fitted with an ultrasound probe which is fitted with an ultrasonic multi-element array transducer; the probe is inserted into the space between two adjacent elements of the assembly; the probe is moved along three-dimensional trajectories along the profile of the element; sectorial electronic scanning is performed in at least two non-parallel testing planes; and ultrasound signals output by the transducer in order to test the welds are processed. The method and device may be applied to welds of blades on the blisk of a bladed disk.
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