Method and apparatus for the portable identification of material
thickness and defects using spatially controlled heat application
    3.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for the portable identification of material thickness and defects using spatially controlled heat application 失效
    使用空间控制的热应用便携式识别材料厚度和缺陷的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06000844A

    公开(公告)日:1999-12-14

    申请号:US810058

    申请日:1997-03-04

    IPC分类号: G01N25/72

    CPC分类号: G01N25/72

    摘要: A method and a portable apparatus for the nondestructive identification of defects in structures. The apparatus comprises a heat source (20) and a thermal imager (30) that move at a constant speed past a test surface (10) of a structure. The thermal imager (30) is off set at a predetermined distance from the heat source (10). The heat source (10) induces a constant surface temperature. The imager (20) follows the heat source (10) and produces a video image of the thermal characteristics of the test surface. Material defects produce deviations from the constant surface temperature that move at the inverse of the constant speed. Thermal noise produces deviations that move at random speed. Computer averaging of the digitized thermal image data with respect to the constant speed minimizes noise and improves the signal of valid defects. The motion of thermographic equipment coupled with the high signal to noise ratio render it suitable for portable, on site analysis.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于非破坏性识别结构缺陷的方法和便携式设备。 该装置包括以恒定速度移动经过结构的测试表面(10)的热源(20)和热像仪(30)。 热成像仪(30)被设定在离热源(10)预定距离处。 热源(10)引起恒定的表面温度。 成像器(20)跟随热源(10)并产生测试表面的热特性的视频图像。 材料缺陷产生与恒定速度相反移动的恒定表面温度的偏差。 热噪声产生以随机速度移动的偏差。 相对于恒定速度的数字化热图像数据的计算机平均使噪声最小化并改善有效缺陷的信号。 热成像设备的运动与高信噪比相结合,使其适用于便携式现场分析。

    Assessment and Calibration of a Crimp Tool Equipped with Ultrasonic Analysis Features
    5.
    发明申请
    Assessment and Calibration of a Crimp Tool Equipped with Ultrasonic Analysis Features 有权
    配有超声波分析功能的压接工具的评估和校准

    公开(公告)号:US20120060585A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-15

    申请号:US12881431

    申请日:2010-09-14

    IPC分类号: G01N29/30

    摘要: A method is provided for calibrating ultrasonic signals passed through a crimp formed with respect to a deformable body via an ultrasonically-equipped crimp tool (UECT). The UECT verifies a crimp quality using the ultrasonic signals. The method includes forming the crimp, transmitting a first signal, e.g., a pulse, to a first transducer of the UECT, and converting the first signal, using the first transducer, into a second signal which defines an ultrasonic pulse. This pulse is transmitted through the UECT into the crimp. A second transducer converts the second signal into a third signal, which may be further conditioned, and the ultrasonic signals are calibrated using the third signal or its conditioned variant. An apparatus for calibrating the ultrasonic signals includes a pulse module (PM) electrically connected to the first and second transducers, and an oscilloscope or display electrically connected to the PM for analyzing an electrical output signal therefrom.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于通过超声波设备的压接工具(UECT)校准通过相对于可变形体形成的卷曲的超声波信号的方法。 UECT使用超声波信号验证卷曲质量。 该方法包括形成压接,将第一信号(例如,脉冲)发送到UECT的第一换能器,以及使用第一换能器将第一信号转换成限定超声波脉冲的第二信号。 该脉冲通过UECT传输到卷曲。 第二传感器将第二信号转换成第三信号,其可以进一步调节,并且使用第三信号或其调节变量来校准超声波信号。 用于校准超声波信号的装置包括电连接到第一和第二换能器的脉冲模块(PM),以及电连接到PM的示波器或显示器,用于分析来自其的电输出信号。

    Method and apparatus for thermographically and quantitatively analyzing
a structure for disbonds and/or inclusions
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for thermographically and quantitatively analyzing a structure for disbonds and/or inclusions 失效
    热分析和定量分析脱粘和/或夹杂物结构的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5562345A

    公开(公告)日:1996-10-08

    申请号:US571688

    申请日:1995-12-13

    IPC分类号: G01N25/72

    CPC分类号: G01N25/72

    摘要: A heat source such as a magnetic induction/eddy current generator remotely heats a region of a surface of a test structure to a desired depth. For example, the frequency of the heating source can be varied to heat to the desired depth. A thermal sensor senses temperature changes in the heated region as a function of time. A computer compares these sensed temperature changes with calibration standards of a similar sample having known disbond and/or inclusion geography(ies) to analyze the test structure. A plurality of sensors can be arranged linearly to sense vector heat flow.

    摘要翻译: 诸如磁感应/涡流发生器的热源将测试结构的表面的区域远程加热到期望的深度。 例如,可以改变加热源的频率以加热到期望的深度。 热传感器根据时间来检测加热区域的温度变化。 计算机将这些感测的温度变化与具有已知的解离和/或包含地理学的相似样品的校准标准进行比较,以分析测试结构。 可以将多个传感器线性布置以感测矢量热流。

    Assessment and calibration of a crimp tool equipped with ultrasonic analysis features
    7.
    发明授权
    Assessment and calibration of a crimp tool equipped with ultrasonic analysis features 有权
    配有超声分析功能的压接工具的评估和校准

    公开(公告)号:US08490463B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-23

    申请号:US12881431

    申请日:2010-09-14

    IPC分类号: G01N29/04

    摘要: A method is provided for calibrating ultrasonic signals passed through a crimp formed with respect to a deformable body via an ultrasonically-equipped crimp tool (UECT). The UECT verifies a crimp quality using the ultrasonic signals. The method includes forming the crimp, transmitting a first signal, e.g., a pulse, to a first transducer of the UECT, and converting the first signal, using the first transducer, into a second signal which defines an ultrasonic pulse. This pulse is transmitted through the UECT into the crimp. A second transducer converts the second signal into a third signal, which may be further conditioned, and the ultrasonic signals are calibrated using the third signal or its conditioned variant. An apparatus for calibrating the ultrasonic signals includes a pulse module (PM) electrically connected to the first and second transducers, and an oscilloscope or display electrically connected to the PM for analyzing an electrical output signal therefrom.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于通过超声波设备的压接工具(UECT)校准通过相对于可变形体形成的卷曲的超声波信号的方法。 UECT使用超声波信号验证卷曲质量。 该方法包括形成压接,将第一信号(例如,脉冲)发送到UECT的第一换能器,以及使用第一换能器将第一信号转换成限定超声波脉冲的第二信号。 该脉冲通过UECT传输到卷曲。 第二传感器将第二信号转换成第三信号,其可以进一步调节,并且使用第三信号或其调节变量来校准超声波信号。 用于校准超声波信号的装置包括电连接到第一和第二换能器的脉冲模块(PM),以及电连接到PM的示波器或显示器,用于分析来自其的电输出信号。

    Device and method for connections made between a crimp connector and wire
    8.
    发明授权
    Device and method for connections made between a crimp connector and wire 有权
    在压接连接器和电线之间进行连接的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07181942B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-02-27

    申请号:US10943649

    申请日:2004-09-09

    IPC分类号: B21D39/00

    摘要: An ultrasonic device and method obtains desirable crimp connections between a crimp connector and a wire, or bundle of wires, by assessing the desirability of connections made in a wire-to-wire connection and in other situations where two materials with good acoustic propagation characteristics are joined together via deformation. An embodiment of the device as a crimping tool comprises a compressing means, pulse-generating circuitry, at least one ultrasonic transmitting transducer, at least one ultrasonic receiving transducer, receiving circuitry, and a display. The user may return to a previously crimped connection and assess the desirability of the connection by compressing the device about the connection, sending an acoustic signal through the crimp, and comparing the received signal to a signal obtained from known desirable connections.

    摘要翻译: 超声波装置和方法通过评估在线对线连接中形成的连接的可取性以及在具有良好声学传播特性的两种材料的其它情况下获得压接连接器和线或线束之间的期望的压接连接 通过变形连接在一起。 作为压接工具的装置的实施例包括压缩装置,脉冲发生电路,至少一个超声波发射换能器,至少一个超声波接收换能器,接收电路和显示器。 用户可以返回到先前压接的连接,并通过压缩设备关于连接,通过压接发送声信号,并将接收到的信号与从已知的所需连接获得的信号进行比较来评估连接的可取性。