Initializing ultrasonic test equipment with a particular reference element

US4182154A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mannesmann AG · DE

Inventors

• Dieter Lather · Rheurdt, DE
• Wolfgang Terschuren · Mülheim, DE
• Kurt Hannoschock · Sonsbeck, DE
• Gunter Simoneit
• Karl Ries · Mülheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 16, 1978
• Grant date: Jan 8, 1980
• Expiry date: Feb 16, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01V13/00
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A tubular sleeve with reflector body, water ingress and venting openings is used to produce specific echoes of a test signal launched by an inserted transducer. Amplitude and transit times of the element serve as a transferable standard.