System and method for using a dual modality detector for inspecting
objects
    1.
    发明授权
    System and method for using a dual modality detector for inspecting objects 失效
    使用双重模式检测器检查物体的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5519225A

    公开(公告)日:1996-05-21

    申请号:US317049

    申请日:1994-10-03

    CPC分类号: G01N23/05 G01T1/185 G01T3/00

    摘要: A system and method for using the detector to differentiate neutron attenuating material from high x-ray attenuating material in an object. The inspection system is used to detect the presence of nitride in titanium sponge nuggets or residual core material in a hollow-cast turbine engine blades. The inspection system uses a dual radiation source to alternately emit neutrons and x-rays or gamma rays at the object under inspection. A dual modality gas ionization detector detects the radiation passing through the object and sends the detected radiation to a processing means for image generation. The generated image is displayed on a display, enabling objects formed with low and high attenuating material to be distinguished.

    摘要翻译: 一种使用该检测器将中子衰减材料与物体中的高X射线衰减材料区分开的系统和方法。 检查系统用于检测中空铸造涡轮发动机叶片中的钛海绵块或残留芯材中的氮化物的存在。 检查系统使用双重辐射源在被检查物体上交替发射中子和X射线或γ射线。 双模式气体电离检测器检测通过物体的辐射,并将检测到的辐射发送到用于图像产生的处理装置。 生成的图像被显示在显示器上,使得能够区分由低和高衰减材料形成的物体。

    Dual modality detector
    2.
    发明授权
    Dual modality detector 失效
    双模式检测器

    公开(公告)号:US5489781A

    公开(公告)日:1996-02-06

    申请号:US317051

    申请日:1994-10-03

    IPC分类号: G01T1/185 G01T3/00

    CPC分类号: G01T1/185 G01T3/00

    摘要: A dual modality gas ionization detector for differentiating neutron attenuating material from high x-ray attenuating material in an object. The dual modality gas ionization detector uses .sup.3 He and Xe gases pressurized in an ionization chamber to detect neutrons x-rays or gamma rays. The dual modality gas ionization detector is used in an inspection system for detecting, characterizing, or differentiating small amounts of neutron attenuating materials in objects composed primarily of materials of large attenuating x-ray material.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于将中子衰减材料与物体中的高x射线衰减材料区分开的双重模态气体电离检测器。 双模式气体电离检测器使用在电离室中加压的3He和Xe气体来检测中子的X射线或γ射线。 双重模式气体电离检测器用于检测,表征或微分主要由大衰减X射线材料的材料组成的物体中的少量中子衰减材料的检测系统。

    Cure monitoring apparatus having high temperature ultrasonic transducers
    4.
    发明授权
    Cure monitoring apparatus having high temperature ultrasonic transducers 失效
    具有高温超声波换能器的固化监测装置

    公开(公告)号:US4921415A

    公开(公告)日:1990-05-01

    申请号:US272358

    申请日:1988-11-15

    摘要: An apparatus for monitoring the curing of a fiber reinforced composite plastic which is cured at temperatures of the order of 350.degree. C. and an ultrasonic transducer assembly useful in the apparatus. The transducer assembly comprises a lithium niobate piezoelectric element having anisotropic coefficients of thermal expansion which is mounted on a metal base of the transducer assembly by means of a layer of structured copper. The structured copper is thermo-compression diffusion bonded to the lithium niobate element and to the metal base, and is compliant in a transverse direction to compensate for differential thermal expansions while affording good electrical and thermal conductivity and good acoustic coupling between the lithium niobate element and metal base.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于监测在350℃温度下固化的纤维增强复合塑料的固化的装置和在该装置中有用的超声换能器组件。 换能器组件包括具有各向异性热膨胀系数的铌酸锂压电元件,其通过结构化铜层安装在换能器组件的金属基座上。 结构化铜是热压缩扩散结合到铌酸锂元素和金属基底上,并且在横向方向上是柔性的,以补偿不同的热膨胀,同时提供良好的导电性和导热性,以及铌酸锂元素与铌酸锂元素之间良好的声耦合 金属底座。

    Method for improving waveform digitization and circuit for implementing
said method
    5.
    发明授权
    Method for improving waveform digitization and circuit for implementing said method 失效
    改进波形数字化方法和实现所述方法的电路

    公开(公告)号:US5568144A

    公开(公告)日:1996-10-22

    申请号:US348011

    申请日:1994-12-01

    IPC分类号: H03M1/18

    CPC分类号: H03M1/186

    摘要: A method and circuit for improved digitization of waveforms having a large dynamic range, including selecting a signal threshold value which partitions the dynamic range of the waveform into a small signal region and a large signal region; sampling the waveform to obtain a sampled signal therefrom at a given sampling frequency; for each sampled signal, comparing the sampled signal with the signal threshold value to determine whether the sampled signal is within the small signal region or the large signal region; and directly digitizing the sampled signal if the sampled signal is within the small signal region or differentially digitizing the sampled signal if the sampled signal is within the large signal region, wherein differentially digitizing the sampled signal includes digitizing a value representing the difference between the sampled signal at a present sampling instant and a previous sampling instant. One bit of each word of the digitized signal is reallocated to indicate whether it represents a directly or differentially digitized signal to enable the waveform to be digitally reconstructed in a data processing device.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于改进具有大动态范围的波形数字化的方法和电路,包括选择将波形的动态范围分成小信号区域和大信号区域的信号阈值; 以给定的采样频率对波形进行采样以获得采样信号; 对于每个采样信号,将采样信号与信号阈值进行比较,以确定采样信号是在小信号区域还是在大信号区域内; 如果采样信号在小信号区域内,则采样信号直接数字化,或者如果采样信号在大信号区域内差分数字化采样信号,则采样信号的差分数字化包括数字化表示采样信号之间的差值 在当前采样时刻和之前的采样时刻。 数字化信号的每个字的一位被重新分配以指示其是否表示直接或差分数字化的信号,以使波形能够在数据处理装置中进行数字重建。

    Eddy current surface inspection probe for aircraft fastener inspection,
and inspection method
    6.
    发明授权
    Eddy current surface inspection probe for aircraft fastener inspection, and inspection method 失效
    用于飞机紧固件检查的涡流表面检测探头和检查方法

    公开(公告)号:US5510709A

    公开(公告)日:1996-04-23

    申请号:US423489

    申请日:1995-04-19

    IPC分类号: G01N27/90 G01N27/82

    CPC分类号: G01N27/9013

    摘要: An eddy current surface inspection array probe and method for detecting cracks and flaws in aircraft skin metal immediately surrounding rivets, without requiring rivet removal or manual scanning. The array probe includes a circular array of small sense coils positioned beneath a much larger drive coil encased in ferrite. The sense coils are differentially connected in pairs such that the signals from two sense coils located on opposite sides of the rivet (180.degree. apart) subtract to produce a resultant output signal. During operation, the probe is positioned concentrically over the rivet and data acquired from all sense coil pairs. If no cracks or other defects are present, all sense coil pairs produce a null (zero) signal. If a crack exists, some sense coil pairs (the exact number depending on the crack length, number of sense coils, and sense coil spacing) produce a non-zero signal. The probe and method can be employed to inspect a variety of other structural features which are nominally circularly symmetrical.

    摘要翻译: 一种涡流表面检测阵列探头和方法,用于检测立即围绕铆钉的飞机皮肤金属中的裂纹和缺陷,无需拆除或手动扫描。 阵列探头包括位于铁氧体内包围的较大驱动线圈下面的小感测线圈的圆形阵列。 感测线圈成对地差分连接,使得来自位于铆钉(180°)相对侧上的两个感测线圈的信号减去以产生合成的输出信号。 在操作期间,探头同心地位于铆钉上,并从所有感测线圈对获得的数据。 如果没有出现裂纹或其他缺陷,则所有感测线圈对产生零(零)信号。 如果存在裂纹,则某些感测线圈对(根据裂纹长度,感测线圈数量和感测线圈间隔的精确数量)产生非零信号。 探头和方法可用于检查名义上圆形对称的各种其他结构特征。

    Multizone ultrasonic inspection method and apparatus
    8.
    发明授权
    Multizone ultrasonic inspection method and apparatus 失效
    多区域超声波检测方法及装置

    公开(公告)号:US5533401A

    公开(公告)日:1996-07-09

    申请号:US241520

    申请日:1994-05-12

    申请人: Robert S. Gilmore

    发明人: Robert S. Gilmore

    摘要: A multizone ultrasonic inspection apparatus and method of employing the apparatus for inspecting titanium billets is provided, in which a plurality of ultrasonic transducers having focal zones of increasing depth are positioned to examine a cylindrical billet of titanium through the thickness of the billet. The focal zones partially overlap the adjacent focal zones, thus assuring complete examination through the thickness of the entire billet. The reflected signals from the transducer receivers are processed into digital form in order to be used in generating an image of the billet undergoing inspection, and to be used in storing the image data in, for example, a hard disk or an optical disk.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种使用该钛制坯检查装置的多区超声波检查装置和方法,其中定位有多个具有增加深度的聚焦区的超声波换能器,以通过坯料的厚度检查圆柱形的钛钢坯。 焦点区域部分地与相邻的聚焦区域重叠,从而通过整个坯料的厚度确保完整的检查。 来自换能器接收器的反射信号被处理成数字形式,以便用于生成正在进行检查的坯料的图像,并且用于将图像数据存储在例如硬盘或光盘中。

    Temperature compensated piezoelectric transducer assembly
    10.
    发明授权
    Temperature compensated piezoelectric transducer assembly 失效
    温度补偿压电换能器组件

    公开(公告)号:US4825117A

    公开(公告)日:1989-04-25

    申请号:US126138

    申请日:1987-11-27

    摘要: An apparatus for monitoring the curing of a fiber reinforced composite plastic which is cured at temperatures of the order of 350.degree. C. and an ultrasonic transducer assembly useful in the apparatus. The transducer assembly comprises a lithium niobate piezoelectric element having anisotropic coefficients of thermal expansion which is mounted on a metal base of the transducer assembly by means of a layer of structured copper. The structured copper is thermo-compression diffusion bonded to the lithium niobate element and to the metal base, and is compliant in a transverse direction to compensate for differential thermal expansions while affording good electrical and thermal conductivity and good acoustic coupling between the lithium niobate element and metal base.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于监测在350℃温度下固化的纤维增强复合塑料的固化的装置和在该装置中有用的超声换能器组件。 换能器组件包括具有各向异性热膨胀系数的铌酸锂压电元件,其通过结构化铜层安装在换能器组件的金属基座上。 结构化铜是热压缩扩散结合到铌酸锂元素和金属基底上,并且在横向方向上是柔性的,以补偿不同的热膨胀,同时提供良好的导电性和导热性,以及铌酸锂元素与铌酸锂元素之间良好的声耦合 金属底座。