摘要:
Apparatus and method for detecting corrosion in boiler tubes. The tube wall thickness of each tube is measured in situ in the bundle using a radioisotopic method. The degree of corrosion thus indicated is plotted on a diagram in a way which highlights the corroded tubes.
摘要:
Utility of a radiation gage having a direct-reading measuring circuit for determining a material property, such as thickness, density, or weight-per-unit area, is extended by use of a thickness deviation measuring circuit arrangement. In a thickness deviation gage, for example, the latter circuit arrangement includes a sample-and-hold circuit for automatically storing an initial thickness signal detected when the material first enters the gage, and a difference amplifier for comparing instantaneous or subsequent thickness signals with the stored thickness signal and producing a thickness deviation signal. The thickness deviation signal plus the stored and instantaneous thickness signals are fed separately to utilization devices such as indicators and recorders as used in the thickness profile analysis of said material from end-to-end, or said thickness deviation signals may provide a control signal in an automatic control system.
摘要:
A PENETRATING RADIATION GAUGE INCLUDES A PULSED X-RAY SOURCE FOR DETERMINING WALL THICKNESS OF ARTICLES MOVING PAST THE SOURCE. THE GUAGE IS CONTINUOUSLY STANDERDIZED BY RESPECTIVELY PLACING IN THE SOURCE RADIATION FIELD FIRST AND SECOND DIFFERENT STANDARD SAMPLES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND DIFFERENT PAIRS OF ADJACENT ARTICLES. A DETECTOR RESPONDS TO THE LEVEL OF RADIATION ABSORBED BY ARTICLES WHILE THICKNESS IN BEING MEASURED AND BY THE SAMPLES WHILE STANDARDIZATION IS BEING PERFORMED TO DERIVE AN OUTPUT SIGNAL EXPONENTIALLY RELATED TO THE RADIATION ABSOBPTION PROPERTIES OF THE ARTICLES AND SAMPLES. A LINEARIZING NETWORK RESPONSIVE TO THE DIRECTOR CONVERTS THE EXPONENTIAL RELATIONSHIP INTO A STRAIGHT LINE FUNCTION WHEREBY A LINEAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DETECTOR OUTPUT SIGNAL AND THE ABSORPTION PROPERTY IS DERIVED. WHILE THE LINEARIZING NETWORK IS DERIVING A SIGNAL INDICATIVE OF THE RADIATION ABSORPTION PROPERTIES OF THE FIRST SAMPLE, THE STRAIGHT LINE RELATIONSHIP IS ADJUSTED SO THAT THE GAUGE RESPONSE IS A POINT ON THE LINE HAVING A PREDETERMINED OUTPUT SIGNAL CORRESPONDING WITH THE ABSORPTION PROPERTIES OF THE FIRST SAMPLES. WHILE THE LINEARIZING NETWORK IS DERIVING A SIGNAL INDICATIVE OF THE OBSORPTION PROPERTIES OF THE SECOND SAMPLES, THE SLOPE OF THE LINE ADJUSTED SO THAT THE GUAGE DERIVES AN OUTPUT SIGNAL HAVING A PREDETERMINED MAGNITUDE CORRESPONDING WITH THE OBSORPTION PROPERTIES OF THE SECOND SAMPLES
摘要:
An instrument for measuring the thickness of layers by means of radiation emitted from radio-active nucleides which interact with material of the layer and are then absolved by a radiation detector. A sighting mechanism determines the area of the layer to be irradiated and a diaphragm is interposed between the radioactive nucleide and the layer to define this area. A radiation detector on a supporting device can be moved into and out of a measuring position relative to this area. The sighting mechanism is operational when the radiation detector is out of measuring position and vice versa.
摘要:
Disclosed are a system and method for facilitating the setup of a nucleonic gauge and automatic controller for measuring and controlling the thickness of a material. The gauge includes conventional calibration circuits having variable voltage dividers set in accordance with the expected operating points for the material thickness center scale and gauge sensitivity. In one embodiment, the sensitivity and operating point voltage dividers as well as the automatic controller set-point voltage divider are set with the aid of an auxiliary bridge including additional voltage dividers ganged with the voltage dividers of the gauge calibration circuits. In another embodiment, one of the auxiliary bridge voltage dividers has a logarithmic response, enabling calibration for different materials to be established by changing the input voltage to the auxiliary bridge.
摘要:
A method is provided for measuring the wall thickness of hollow turbine blades and turbine vanes by transferring a radioactive gas into the hollow blades or vanes to fill the interior cavity of these articles with the radioactive gas, and then measuring the intensity of the radiation transmitted through the wall of the hollow blade or vane, the intensity of this radiation providing an indication of the thickness of the wall.