Apparatus and method for inspecting a control rod drive mechanism
penetration tube for degradation
    4.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for inspecting a control rod drive mechanism penetration tube for degradation 失效
    用于检查控制棒驱动机构穿透管用于退化的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5396800A

    公开(公告)日:1995-03-14

    申请号:US32083

    申请日:1993-03-17

    摘要: Apparatus and method for inspecting a tubular member for degradation, which tubular member may be a control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) penetration tube of the kind typically found in nuclear power reactor pressure vessels. The CRDM penetration tube includes a thermal sleeve concentrically disposed therein, the sleeve being radially rotatable and axially translatable within the tube. However, the sleeve may be nonhomogeneous, which nonhomogeneity could undesirably mask the inspection signal as the inspection sensor is radially and axially moved in order to inspect the tube. The apparatus includes a support body sized to be disposed in the sleeve, an expandable bladder connected to the support body to engage the sleeve for securing the support body to the sleeve, one or more sensors connected to the support body for sensing the degradation in the tube, and a rotator connected to the support body for simultaneously rotating the support body, the bladder, the sensor and the sleeve in the tube to radially scan the tube. A pusher/puller mechanism is also provided, the pusher/pusher mechanism being connected to the support body for simultaneously translating the support body, the bladder, the sensor and the sleeve to axially scan the tube. As the support body is rotated and translated, the sleeve is stationary with respect to the sensor because the bladder secures the sleeve to the support body; thus, as the support body, and the sensor connected thereto are rotated and translated, the sleeve will be rotated and translated to a like extent. In this manner the material properties of the sleeve are radially and axially invariant relative to the sensor, for obtaining a more precise inspection of the tube.

    摘要翻译: 用于检查用于降解的管状构件的装置和方法,该管状构件可以是在核动力反应堆压力容器中通常存在的种类的控制棒驱动机构(CRDM)穿透管。 CRDM穿透管包括同心地设置在其中的热套筒,套筒可在管内径向旋转和轴向平移。 然而,套筒可能是不均匀的,当检查传感器径向和轴向移动以便检查管时,这种不均匀性可能不期望地掩蔽检查信号。 该装置包括尺寸被设置在套筒中的支撑体,连接到支撑体的可膨胀气囊以与套筒接合以将支撑体固定到套筒上,连接到支撑体的一个或多个传感器用于感测 管和连接到支撑体的旋转体,用于同时旋转管中的支撑体,囊,传感器和套筒,以径向扫描管。 还提供了推动器/拉动机构,推动器/推动器机构连接到支撑体,用于同时平移支撑体,囊,传感器和套筒以轴向扫描管。 当支撑体旋转和平移时,套筒相对于传感器是静止的,因为气囊将套筒固定到支撑体上; 因此,随着支撑体和连接到其上的传感器旋转和平移,套筒将被旋转并平移到相同的程度。 以这种方式,套筒的材料性质相对于传感器径向和轴向不变,以便获得对管的更精确的检查。

    Temperature activated expanding mineral shim
    5.
    发明授权
    Temperature activated expanding mineral shim 失效
    温度活化膨胀矿物垫片

    公开(公告)号:US5087174A

    公开(公告)日:1992-02-11

    申请号:US468345

    申请日:1990-01-22

    IPC分类号: F01D5/28 F01D5/30

    摘要: A method and apparatus for securing or attaching a rotor blade with a turbine rotor cavity by disposing an expanding material between the blade root and the cavity walls. The expanding material comprises a naturally occurring mineral which expands to a great degree when exposed to elevated temperatures. The expanding material may be provided in the form of shims made directly from the expanding material or made from a composition of the expanding material and a binder such as a polymer or elastomer. Alternatively, the expanding material may be provided in the form of a liquid vehicle applied to surfaces of the cavity walls. The expanding material is located at specific positions within the cavity to urge certain surfaces of the blade root against certain surfaces of the cavity walls. In this manner, the blade can be forced into a tight fit and an aligned position, with respect to the rotor, upon expansion of the expanding material.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于通过在叶片根部和腔壁之间设置膨胀材料来固定或附接具有涡轮机转子腔的转子叶片的方法和装置。 膨胀材料包括当暴露于升高的温度时大量膨胀的天然矿物。 膨胀材料可以以由膨胀材料直接制成或由膨胀材料的组合物和诸如聚合物或弹性体的粘合剂制成的垫片的形式提供。 或者,膨胀材料可以以应用于空腔壁表面的液态载体的形式提供。 膨胀材料位于空腔内的特定位置,以将叶片根部的某些表面推向空腔壁的某些表面。 以这种方式,当膨胀材料膨胀时,可以使叶片相对于转子被迫进入紧密配合和对准位置。

    Advanced processing of active thermography signals
    8.
    发明授权
    Advanced processing of active thermography signals 有权
    有源热成像信号的先进处理

    公开(公告)号:US07822268B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-10-26

    申请号:US11447731

    申请日:2006-06-06

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    摘要: A method for processing thermography signals. A time series of radiometric data is measured from a surface (104) of an object (102) over a period of heating and subsequent cooling, and a mathematical curve (1, 2) is fit to the data. An amplitude aspect and one or more shape aspects are identified for each curve. The amplitude and shape aspects are then used together to characterize features such as defects in the object. The amplitude and shape aspects for an array of such data may be combined in a single noise-free visual display (100) by associating hue (color) with the shape aspect and luminance (brightness) with the amplitude aspect. Optionally, a second shape aspect may be identified and associated with saturation on the display. A visible image of the object may be overlaid on the display.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于处理热成像信号的方法。 在加热和随后的冷却期间,从物体(102)的表面(104)测量辐射测量数据的时间序列,并且数学曲线(1,2)适合数据。 为每个曲线识别振幅方面和一个或多个形状方面。 然后将幅度和形状方面一起用于表征诸如对象中的缺陷的特征。 通过将色调(颜色)与形状方面和亮度(亮度)与振幅方面相关联,可以将这种数据的阵列的振幅和形状方面组合在单个无噪声视觉显示器(100)中。 可选地,可以识别第二形状方面并与显示器上的饱和度相关联。 对象的可见图像可能会叠加在显示屏上。

    Method of coalescing information about inspected objects
    9.
    发明授权
    Method of coalescing information about inspected objects 有权
    汇总有关被检物体信息的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08244025B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-14

    申请号:US11875089

    申请日:2007-10-19

    摘要: A method of coalescing information about inspected objects. The method includes acquiring an image set of an object to be inspected, the image set having a three-dimensional model of the object and a plurality of two-dimensional images of the object. A location of interest is identified on a surface of the modeled object and global coordinate points of the three-dimensional model are designated that characterize the location of interest of the modeled object. A markup tag annotating the location of interest is associate with the designated global coordinate points of the three-dimensional model, and the markup tag is conveyed when viewing any one of the plurality of two-dimensional images of the image set that have at least one image point that correlates to a corresponding designated global coordinate point of the three-dimensional model that characterize the location of interest.

    摘要翻译: 合并有关被检查对象的信息的方法。 所述方法包括获取待检查对象的图像集合,所述图像组具有所述对象的三维模型和所述对象的多个二维图像。 在建模对象的表面上识别感兴趣的位置,并且指定三维模型的全局坐标点,其表征建模对象的兴趣位置。 注释感兴趣的位置的标记标签与三维模型的指定的全局坐标点相关联,并且当查看具有至少一个的图像集的多个二维图像中的任何一个时,传送标记标签 图像点与表征感兴趣位置的三维模型的对应的指定全局坐标点相关。

    Method and System for Interactive Virtual Inspection of Modeled Objects
    10.
    发明申请
    Method and System for Interactive Virtual Inspection of Modeled Objects 有权
    建模对象的交互虚拟检测方法与系统

    公开(公告)号:US20080247636A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-10-09

    申请号:US11875092

    申请日:2007-10-19

    IPC分类号: G06K9/46

    摘要: A method of using a Graphic User Interface (GUI) for interactive virtual inspection of modeled objects. The method includes acquiring a three-dimensional model of a modeled object and displaying a first view of the modeled object for a user to identify locations of interest on a surface of the modeled object visible within the first view. The user enters information to create a markup tag that annotates the location of interest, and the markup tag is automatically associated with the location of interest on the modeled object. A second view of the modeled object is displayed including the user identified location of interest and the markup tag.

    摘要翻译: 使用图形用户界面(GUI)进行模拟对象的交互式虚拟检查的方法。 该方法包括获取建模对象的三维模型并显示用于用户的建模对象的第一视图以识别在第一视图内可见的所建模对象的表面上的感兴趣位置。 用户输入信息以创建标注感兴趣位置的标记标签,并且标记标签自动与建模对象上的感兴趣位置相关联。 显示建模对象的第二视图,包括用户识别的兴趣位置和标记标签。