Patent ID: 7677102

Claim:
A head for ultrasonic inspections, comprising a semidry coupling system formed by a roller susceptible to roll over a surface of a piece to be inspected and in which is housed at least one ultrasonic head for ultrasonic inspection by pulse echo of carbon fiber pieces, in an automatic inspection facility that comprises a first frame to which the roller is connected and that pivots around a stationary axle arranged perpendicular to the direction of movement of the at least one ultrasonic head; a second frame from which several vertical linear guides emerge and which is connected so as to be able to tilt relative to the first frame; a third frame that slides vertically on the linear guides; coupling means that serve to attach the third frame to the automatic inspection facility; wherein said head further comprises at least, two vertically adjusting actuators selected between pneumatic actuators, electromechanic actuators, and hydraulic actuators anchored each of them by their upper end to the third frame and by the lower end to the second frame; corresponding laterally aligned pivot axles that are rotatingly connected to the first frame located parallel to and at a lower plane from said stationary axle, and to the respective ends of the stationary axle of the roller through corresponding vertical connection means; first and second articulation means that connect the first frame to the second frame in such a manner that the first and second frames can tilt mutually around a pivot axle that is perpendicular to the stationary axle.