Patent ID: 6618689
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
A method for nondestructively determining a wall thickness of a component, where the dimensions of the component or of a component surface are measured without substantial contact and are described by digital data, the method comprising the steps of:automatically calculating a plurality of surface points of the component so as to describe the component in a three-dimensional coordinate system; starting from each of the plurality of surface points, searching for at least one opposite surface point in a first direction that runs substantially perpendicularly to a surface of the component at the surface point into the material; ascertaining a wall thickness of the component at the surface point as a smallest distance between the surface point and the at least one opposite surface point; and visually displaying the component, and, in the visual display, highlighting surface points for which the wall thickness falls below or exceeds one or more predefined values.