Patent ID: 7242744

Claim:
An x-ray diffraction testing apparatus comprising: an x-ray head adjustable in at least three mutually transverse axes for directing x-ray energy from different positions toward a part; an elongate housing of the x-ray head in which x-ray energy is generated; at least one detector that is carried by the elongate housing of the x-ray head for sensing the diffracted x-ray energy from the part; a frame for supporting the x-ray head; a stand distinct from the frame for supporting the frame at a part site; an x-axis adjustment mount associated with one of the frame and the stand, and operably connected to the head for adjusting the head in an x-axis fore and aft direction; a y-axis adjustment mount associated with one of the frame and the stand, and operably connected to the head for adjusting the head in a y-axis lateral direction; a z-axis adjustment mount associated with one of the frame and the stand, and operably connected to the head for adjusting the head in a z-axis vertical direction; and an adjustable interconnection between the frame and the stand for shifting the frame and the stand to different positions relative to each other with the adjustable interconnection being distinct from the x-axis, y-axis and z-axis adjustment mounts so that shifting the frame relative to the stand via the adjustable interconnection therebetween also causes relative shifting of the x-axis, y-axis and z-axis adjustment mounts between the frame and the stand.