Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic inspection system
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Application No.: US16202794Application Date: 2018-11-28
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Publication No.: US11002709B2Publication Date: 2021-05-11
- Inventor: Akinori Tamura , Naoyuki Kouno , Tetsuya Matsui , Masahiro Koike
- Applicant: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Hitachi
- Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hitachi
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: JPJP2017-248741 20171226
- Main IPC: G01N29/07
- IPC: G01N29/07 ; G01N29/24 ; B06B1/06 ; G01B17/02 ; G01N29/30 ; B06B1/02

Abstract:
An ultrasonic inspection system includes an ultrasonic sensor and a control device. The ultrasonic sensor has a piezoelectric element that transmits and receives ultrasonic waves and plate portions and that are arranged so as to contact an upper surface of the piezoelectric element and have different thicknesses. The control device acquires a propagation time of a reflected wave reflected on an upper surface of the plate portion, calculates a sound velocity of the plate portion using the propagation time of the reflected wave and a thickness of the plate portion, and corrects a sound velocity of a pipe and acquires a sound velocity of the plate portion based on the calculated sound velocity. In addition, the control device acquires a propagation time of a reflected wave reflected on an upper surface of the plate portion, and calibrates a time axis based on the propagation time of the reflected wave, a thickness of the plate portion, and the sound velocity of the plate portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190195830A1 Ultrasonic Inspection System Public/Granted day:2019-06-27
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