US 12,391,407 B2
Apparatus for non-destructive inspection of structural elements having a wing profile
Roberto Passerini, Besnate (IT); Paolo Castagnone, Besnate (IT); Davide Stefano Guerra, Besnate (IT); Fabrizio Severgnini, Besnate (IT); Elisa Mangano, Besnate (IT); Aida Muratov, Besnate (IT); and Valeria Galli, Besnate (IT)
Assigned to WEMECH S.R.L., Besnate (IT)
Appl. No. 18/692,016
Filed by WEMECH S.R.L., Besnate (IT)
PCT Filed Sep. 13, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/058610
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 14, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/042067, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 23, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000023648 (IT), filed on Sep. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0375791 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01)
CPC B64F 5/60 (2017.01) [G01N 29/045 (2013.01); G01N 2291/2694 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for non-destructive inspection of structural elements having a wing profile, the apparatus comprising:
a base;
a positioning module associated with the base in correspondence with its own first end portion;
a detection module associated with a second end portion of the positioning module and comprising a support frame to which at least one impulse hammer and at least one first microphone of piezoelectric type are connected;
wherein the support frame comprises at least a first arm to which a first regulation unit is associated, adapted to support the impulse hammer and to regulate a movement of the hammer along the first arm itself and a second arm to which a second regulation unit is associated, adapted to support the first microphone and to regulate a movement of the microphone along the second arm itself; and wherein
said first arm and said second arm are arranged facing each other and spaced apart, so as to define a working volume suitable for accommodating the structural elements having the wing profile, said first arm and said second arm connected to each other by a connecting element which allows their reciprocal movement.