Patent ID: 11913911
Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. A process for detecting a sub-surface defect by use of a system including a transducer fluidly coupled to a part located in a tank containing a liquid configured to transmit ultrasonic energy, said transducer configured to scan said part to create scan data of the scanned part; a pulser/receiver coupled to said transducer configured to receive and transmit said scan data; a processor coupled to said pulser/receiver, said processor configured to communicate with said pulser/receiver and collect said scan data; and said processor configured to detect said sub-surface defect; a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with said processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored therein that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by the processor, said scan data for said part from said transducer, wherein said scan data comprises C-scan data and A-scan data;
running, by the processor, a flaw detection algorithm;
determining, by the processor, a part disposition; and
creating, by the processor, a report;
analyzing, by the processor, C-scan data for quality issues, wherein upon an identification that said C-scan data is acceptable, the processor executes an algorithm to identify an indication in the scan data, wherein the indication represents at least one of a sensed flaw in the part, the sub-surface defect and a discontinuity in the part;
analyzing, by the processor, an A-scan associated with the indication as additional scan data to identify quality issues in the scan data; and
detecting, by the processor, that both of the C-scan data and the A-scan data are good, the indication is classified and sorted.