Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for ultrasonically inspecting a large shaft from a liquid-filled bore

US4699008A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 26, 1986
Grant dateOct 13, 1987
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Expiry dateMar 26, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2291/044
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A shipping and storage enclosure for an ultrasonic inspection system used to inspect turbine and generator rotors from the bore which is flooded with water and which enclosure can be expanded into an operating enclosure in which the environment is controlled to provide for affective operation of the equipment and provide for alignment of the ultrasonic sensing head with the bore of the rotor shaft.

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