EMAT inspection of welds in thin steel plates of dissimilar thicknesses
US6158285A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 26, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 26, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2291/267
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for inspecting welds uses a single EMAT tranducer operated in pulse-echo mode that sends and receives Rayleigh waves to detect defects in a weld between sheet plates of dissimilar thicknesses.
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