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Ultrasound inspection methods for noisy cast materials and related probes

US8181523B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NUOVO PIGNONE SPA · IT

Inventors

Thomas James Batzinger · Burnt Hills, US
Riccardo Barigazzi · Firenze, IT
Fabrizio Betti · Firenze, IT
Waseem Ibrahim Faidi · Clifton Park, US
Eugenio Giorni · Firenze, IT
Dane Eugene Hackenberger · Mifflintown, US
Federico Iozzelli · Firenze, IT
Manoj Kumar Km · Bengaluru, IN
Zongqi Sun · Albany, US
Toby L. Sweigart · Lewistown, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 2008
Grant date	May 22, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 6, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N29/2443
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Ultrasound inspection methods for noisy materials and related probes are disclosed to inspect a defect in a cast material that use polycarbonate delay layers having a first surface configured to be disposed on a surface of the cast material; and an acoustic crystal element disposed on a second surface of the polycarbonate delay layer.

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