Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for inspecting flange connections
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Application No.: US16121159Application Date: 2018-09-04
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Publication No.: US10481132B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Manuel Kenneth Bueno , Robert Martin Roney, Jr. , Willis James Perry , Robert Charles Shaffer , Richard Michael Hatley
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01N29/26
- IPC: G01N29/26 ; G01N29/44 ; G01N29/04

Abstract:
A system is provided having a probe assembly configured to inspect components of an assembled flange connection when the probe assembly is disposed within a bore of the components. The probe assembly includes a shaft configured to be aligned with an axis of the assembled flange connection, one or more ultrasound probes coupled to the shaft, and one or more encoders. The one or more ultrasound probes are configured to interface with an interior surface of the bore of the components, to emit ultrasound signals into the components, and to receive ultrasound signals from the components. The one or more encoders are coupled to the shaft and are configured to determine a position of the one or more ultrasound probes relative to a reference point of the assembled flange connection during an inspection of components of the assembled flange connection.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180372686A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING FLANGE CONNECTIONS Public/Granted day:2018-12-27
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