Patent ID: 8661906

Claim:
Ultrasound inspection device for the inspection of tubular workpieces, the ultrasound inspection device comprising: a cluster housing divided into a transducer unit housing and a contact body, the contact body adjoining a wear sole configured to place on the outer lateral surface of the workpiece, and the transducer unit housing having a transducer unit and is pivotable relative to the contact body, wherein the ultrasound inspection device is configured to couple to the workpiece by means of a fluid medium, so that sound emitted from the transducer unit hits an insonification point on a lateral surface of the workpiece, the workpiece and the ultrasound inspection device configured to move relative to each other, the transducer unit is pivotable on a pivoting line, which corresponds to an arc of a circle whose center is formed by the insonification point, wherein the transducer unit is configured to fixate in an position relative to the insonification point, and the wear sole is configured such that a chamber forms between the workpiece and the transducer unit, and that at least one fluid inlet channel, which, with a fluid inlet opening, opens into the chamber, and at least one fluid outlet channel for venting and draining the chamber, which opens into the chamber, are provided, wherein the mouth of the fluid outlet channel and the fluid outlet channel are configured and disposed such that a filling process of the chamber and of the fluid outlet channel are configured to carry out starting on an outer lateral surface of the workpiece, and then in a rising manner.