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Portable scanner device for metallurgical, nondestructive testing

US8079265B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21References

19Claims

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Assignee

ALSTOM Technology Ltd · CH

Inventors

Jacques L. Brignac · Simsbury, US
Roland Moser · Basel, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 27, 2007
Grant date	Dec 20, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 18, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2291/2675
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A portable, self-contained scanner device for metallurgical, nondestructive testing is provided. The portable, self-contained scanner device includes a chassis having wheels extending beneath a lower surface thereof, a nondestructive testing probe detachably fixed to the chassis, and a computer processor device coupled to the chassis. The computer processor device includes applications executable by the computer processor device for performing the metallurgical, nondestructive testing on a test subject. The scanner device also includes a display device that displays images in response to the metallurgical, nondestructive testing. The chassis, computer processor device, and display device move along the test subject as a single unit.

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