US 11,933,763 B2
Cylindrical ultrasonic scanning apparatus
David A. Jack, Waco, TX (US); Benjamin M. Blandford, Waco, TX (US); Nathaniel J. Blackman, Hewitt, TX (US); Ronald Eugene Nadeau, Waco, TX (US); Ian Gravagne, Waco, TX (US); and Pruthul Kokkada Ravindranath, Waco, TX (US)
Assigned to VERIFI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Waco, TX (US)
Filed by Verifi Technologies, LLC, Waco, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/362,342.
Prior Publication US 2022/0412920 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 29/06 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01); G01N 29/265 (2006.01); G01N 29/28 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 29/0654 (2013.01) [G01D 5/14 (2013.01); G01N 29/265 (2013.01); G01N 29/28 (2013.01); G01N 2291/02854 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0289 (2013.01); G01N 2291/2698 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for non-destructive testing of a material, comprising:
at least one transducer housing assembly including an interior fluid-filled chamber;
at least one translation stage including at least one extension arm attached to the at least one transducer housing assembly;
a support apparatus, wherein the support apparatus is operable to rotate the at least one translation stage around at least one test object;
wherein the at least one extension arm is operable to automatically move vertically along the translation stage without contacting a surface of the at least one test object;
wherein the interior fluid-filled chamber includes an ultrasonic transducer operable to emit ultrasonic waves into and receive ultrasonic waves from the at least one test object;
wherein the at least one extension arm is operable to move the transducer in the interior fluid-filled chamber relative to the at least one transducer housing assembly;
wherein the system is operable to scan at least a portion of a side wall of the at least one test object without mechanically contacting the side wall of the at least one test object; and
wherein the system does not include ferromagnetic components, and wherein the system does not include a magnetic encoder.