Patent ID: 9551690
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G01B,G01N,G21C,Y02E

Claim:
1. An apparatus for inspecting a component, the apparatus comprising: a magnetized split ring to maintain a position on said component; a carriage mounted on said split ring in a manner allowing said carriage to rotate around said split ring; a transducer shoe, connected to said carriage by a pivoting arm, with said transducer shoe maintaining, by a first flexible, ultrasound-impermeable membrane, a cavity for receiving a couplant, said first flexible, ultrasound-impermeable membrane also defining an aperture; a phased array ultrasonic probe, mounted to said transducer shoe, said probe adapted to emit, through said couplant and through said aperture, a plurality of ultrasonic output pulses from each element of a plurality of elements, said plurality of output pulses emitted at a plurality of incidence angles; a second membrane surrounding said first membrane, said second membrane permeable to couplant and to said ultrasonic output pulses; and an encoder adapted to provide angular position information.