Mobile, multi-mode apparatus and method for nondestructively inspecting components of an operating system
US5614720A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N23/18
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A mobile apparatus for and a method of non-contacting, nondestructive, on-line inspection of installed components of plants, facilities or other systems. The apparatus and method use penetrating radiation sources and detectors which can be placed about vertical or horizontal components while they remain in place and in use. The apparatus can operate in multiple scanning modes and the resulting data collected can be processed using both gauging and computerized axial tomographic (CAT) algorithms and techniques. In a gauging analysis, the apparatus and method make use of both a computer-implementable model of the general shape of the component scanned and a computer-generated model of the specific component scanned.
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