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- Patent Title: Non-destructive test systems with infrared thermography assemblies and ultrasonic test assemblies, and associated methods
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Application No.: US17538008Application Date: 2021-11-30
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Publication No.: US11639914B2Publication Date: 2023-05-02
- Inventor: William Paul Motzer , Eddie Thelonious Boyd , Sadie Lee Fieni , David A. Lilienthal
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Kolitch Romano Descenzo Gates LLC
- Main IPC: G01N29/44
- IPC: G01N29/44 ; G01N29/04 ; G01N21/3563
Abstract:
Non-destructive test systems and associated methods. A non-destructive test system includes an infrared thermography assembly and an ultrasonic test assembly for testing a test piece. The infrared thermography assembly may include one or more thermography sensor modules and a thermography test controller. The ultrasonic test assembly may include one or more ultrasonic sensor subassemblies with respective excitation modules and respective detector modules and an ultrasonic test controller. Each excitation module may be configured to produce a respective ultrasonic beam within the test piece, and each detector module may be configured to detect a respective reflected vibration of the test piece. In some examples, a method of performing a non-destructive test on a test piece includes testing an infrared test region of the test piece with an infrared thermography assembly and testing an ultrasonic test region of the test piece with an ultrasonic test assembly.
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