PORTABLE MATRIX PHASED ARRAY SPOT WELD INSPECTION SYSTEM
    1.
    发明申请
    PORTABLE MATRIX PHASED ARRAY SPOT WELD INSPECTION SYSTEM 有权
    便携式矩阵定位阵列焊接检测系统

    公开(公告)号:US20140165730A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-19

    申请号:US14183643

    申请日:2014-02-19

    IPC分类号: G01N29/04

    摘要: A portable system for non-destructively characterizing spot welds that includes at least one matrix phased array probe and a body, wherein the body is designed to be hand-held and further includes an ergonomically designed outer casing; at least one input for connecting to the at least one matrix phased array probe; ultrasonic phased array transmitting and receiving circuitry in electrical communication with the at least one input; a touch screen computer that further includes at least one data processor running software that includes at least one imaging algorithm for processing data received from the probe and generating color coded ultrasonic C-scan images of characterized welds; and at least one monitor for displaying the color coded ultrasonic C-scan images of the characterized welds in real time.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于非破坏性表征点焊的便携式系统,其包括至少一个矩阵相控阵探头和主体,其中所述主体被设计为手持式的,并且还包括符合人体工程学设计的外壳; 用于连接至少一个矩阵相控阵探头的至少一个输入端; 与所述至少一个输入电连通的超声相控阵发射和接收电路; 触摸屏计算机还包括至少一个运行软件的数据处理器,所述软件包括用于处理从所述探针接收的数据的至少一个成像算法,并且生成所述焊接的彩色编码的超声C扫描图像; 以及用于实时显示所述特征焊接的彩色超声C扫描图像的至少一个监视器。

    Phased array system for inspection of laser welds

    公开(公告)号:US10113993B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-30

    申请号:US15092193

    申请日:2016-04-06

    摘要: A system for non-destructively characterizing laser welds that includes at least one phased array probe that includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements arranged in an array at one end of the probe, wherein the transducer elements are operative to both generate ultrasonic signals and to receive reflections thereof, wherein the transducer elements are further arranged into discrete subgroups, and wherein each subgroup may be activated independently of the other subgroups and at different time intervals; a combination of materials for allowing the probe to conform to a contoured surface of a laser weld while enabling sound energy to be transferred directly into a laser weld under test conditions, wherein the combination of materials further includes a flexible membrane mounted on the end of the probe and a fluid filled chamber material disposed between the membrane and the array of ultrasonic transducer elements; and a data processor in communication with the at least one phased array probe that includes software having at least one imaging algorithm for processing data received from the probe and generating color coded ultrasonic C-scan images of a characterized laser weld.

    Gating methods for use in weld inspection systems

    公开(公告)号:US09759691B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-12

    申请号:US15133642

    申请日:2016-04-20

    摘要: A method for characterizing a spot weld, including acquiring a sequence of A-scans from an ultrasonic phased array, wherein the A-scans describe individual portions of a field of view of the phased array; manually applying an interface gate and a flaw gate to each individual A-scan within the sequence of A-scans; calculating a gate ratio between a maximum amplitude under the interface gate and a maximum amplitude under the flaw gate for each individual A-scan; plotting the gate ratio for each individual A-scan as a function of location within the phased array field of view to generate a weld fusion map; using a predetermined threshold to differentiate fused locations from unfused locations on the weld fusion map; and calculating predetermined weld metrics, wherein the predetermined weld metrics include area, diameter, width, length, percent fused, or combinations thereof.

    Portable matrix phased array spot weld inspection system
    4.
    发明授权
    Portable matrix phased array spot weld inspection system 有权
    便携式矩阵相控阵点焊检测系统

    公开(公告)号:US09037419B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-19

    申请号:US14183643

    申请日:2014-02-19

    摘要: A portable system for non-destructively characterizing spot welds that includes at least one matrix phased array probe and a body, wherein the body is designed to be hand-held and further includes an ergonomically designed outer casing; at least one input for connecting to the at least one matrix phased array probe; ultrasonic phased array transmitting and receiving circuitry in electrical communication with the at least one input; a touch screen computer that further includes at least one data processor running software that includes at least one imaging algorithm for processing data received from the probe and generating color coded ultrasonic C-scan images of characterized welds; and at least one monitor for displaying the color coded ultrasonic C-scan images of the characterized welds in real time.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于非破坏性表征点焊的便携式系统,其包括至少一个矩阵相控阵探头和主体,其中所述主体被设计为手持式的,并且还包括符合人体工程学设计的外壳; 用于连接至少一个矩阵相控阵探头的至少一个输入端; 与所述至少一个输入电连通的超声相控阵发射和接收电路; 触摸屏计算机还包括至少一个运行软件的数据处理器,所述软件包括用于处理从所述探针接收的数据的至少一个成像算法,并且生成所述焊接的彩色编码的超声C扫描图像; 以及用于实时显示所述特征焊接的彩色超声C扫描图像的至少一个监视器。