Patent ID: 7428842

Claim:
A phased away ultrasonic testing system for examining a portion of an industrial machinery component, at least a part of said portion of said component having a complex geometry, said phased array ultrasonic testing system comprising: a phased array ultrasonic transducer structured to be coupled to said component at a first location in order to emit an ultrasonic beam from said first location toward said portion of said component which is to be examined; and a control system adapted to define a plurality of focal laws of said ultrasonic beam, control the emission of said beam from said ultrasonic transducer, and to steer and focus said beam in order to conduct a non-destructive examination of the portion of said component to be examined while accommodating the complex geometry of said at least a part thereof, wherein an interface is formed at said first location where said phased array ultrasonic transducer is coupled to said component, wherein said interface has a complex geometry, and wherein said examination is conducted through said complex geometry of said interface.