Patent · US Expired

Hand held tube wall thickness ultrasonic measurement probe and system

US5549004A · kind A · utility

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14References
21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 28, 1995
Grant dateAug 27, 1996
Priority date—
Expiry dateFeb 28, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2291/2634
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Corrosion damage to the tubes of power plant boiler waterwalls is detected by a portable hand-held ultrasonic scanner probe equipped with plurality of dual element transducers having concave cylindrically curved surfaces for simultaneously examining arcuate areas of walls of several tubes as the probe is moved along the waterwall. Tube wall thickness and probe location data are processed by a computer for detection, display and recording of places where significant tube damage has occurred.

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