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Eddy current testing apparatus and eddy current testing method

US7872472B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 9, 2009
Grant dateJan 18, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N27/902
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An eddy current testing method for a turbine rotor including a disc, a plurality of turbine blades disposed along the periphery of the disc, and a plurality of pins for joining a blade fork portion formed on each of the plurality of turbine blades to a disc fork portion formed on the disc, the method including inserting a probe having an eddy current testing sensor into a hole formed through the disc fork portion and the blade fork portion by pulling out one of the plurality of pins in a state that the blade fork portion is still inserted into the disc fork portion; and performing eddy current testing for at least part of an internal surface of the hole by using the probe.

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