Ultrasonic flaw detection device and ultrasonic flaw detection method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10877002-B2
Application number	US-201816038249-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 18, 2018
Priority date	Feb 10, 2016
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

Provided is an ultrasonic flaw detection device including: a transmission window; a transmission probe, which is configured to transmit an ultrasonic beam from the transmission window toward a range required to be inspected, which is set in advance, of an inspection surface of an object to be inspected; a reception window, which is arranged in a relationship with respect to the transmission window in which an ultrasonic wave that has been reflected outside the range required to be inspected is inhibited from reaching the reception window; and a reception probe, which is configured to receive an ultrasonic wave that has passed through the reception window.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An ultrasonic flaw detection device, comprising:
a transmission window;
a transmission probe, which is configured to transmit an ultrasonic beam from the transmission window toward a range required to be inspected, which is set in advance, of an inspection surface of an object to be inspected;
a reception window, which is arranged in a relationship with respect to the transmission window in which an ultrasonic wave that has been reflected outside the range required to be inspected is inhibited from reaching the reception window; and
a reception probe, which is configured to receive an ultrasonic wave that has passed through the reception window;
wherein the transmission probe is formed so that an edge of the ultrasonic beam has an angle at which the edge of the ultrasonic beam reaches an edge on the transmission probe side of the range required to be inspected or an inside of the edge on the transmission probe side of the range required to be inspected,
the transmission window and the reception window have angles with respect to the inspection surface that establish the relationship in which the ultrasonic wave that has been reflected outside the range required to be inspected is inhibited from reaching the reception window,
the transmission probe has a first opposing surface portion that is opposed to the inspection surface, and the transmission window is provided in a side surface portion that is erected at a right angle from the first opposing surface portion, and
the reception probe has a second opposing surface portion that is opposed to the inspection surface, and the reception window is provided in a side surface portion that is erected at a right angle from the second opposing surface portion.

2. The ultrasonic flaw detection device according to claim 1 , further comprising a medium portion, which is provided between the transmission window and the reception window, and through which an ultrasonic wave is to be propagated.

3. The ultrasonic flaw detection device according to claim 2 , wherein the object to be inspected is at least partially used as the medium portion, and
wherein
the object to be inspected comprises first and second partitions,
the second partition is stacked on the first partition,
the first partition comprises a first rib,
the second partition comprises a second rib,
the inspection surface is a joint surface between an upper surface of the first rib of the first partition and a bottom surface of the second partition stacked on the first partition,
the second rib of the second partition is provided between the transmission window and the reception window, and
the transmission window and the reception window are in contact with the second rib of the second partition.

4. The ultrasonic flaw detection device according to claim 1 , further comprising a determination module, which is configured to determine presence or absence of a flaw in the range required to be inspected based on the ultrasonic wave received by the reception probe.

5. An ultrasonic flaw detection method, in which an ultrasonic flaw detection device is used to detect a flaw in a range required to be inspected, which is set in advance, of an inspection surface of an object to be inspected, the ultrasonic flaw detection device including a transmission probe configured to transmit an ultrasonic beam from a transmission window, and a reception probe configured to receive an ultrasonic wave that has passed through a reception window, the ultrasonic flaw detection method comprising:
arranging the transmission probe and the reception probe so that the transmission window and the reception window have a relationship in which an ultrasonic wave that has been reflected outside the range required to be inspected is inhibited from reaching the reception window; and
causing the transmission probe to transmit the ultrasonic beam from the transmission window toward the range required to be inspected;
wherein the transmission probe is formed so that an edge of the ultrasonic beam has an angle at which the edge of the ultrasonic beam reaches an edge on the transmission probe side of the range required to be inspected or an inside of the edge on the transmission probe side of the range required to be inspected,
the transmission window and the reception window have angles with respect to the inspection surface that establish the relationship in which the ultrasonic wave that has been reflected outside the range required to be inspected is inhibited from reaching the reception window,
the transmission probe has a first opposing surface portion that is opposed to the inspection surface, and the transmission window is provided in a side surface portion that is erected at a right angle from the first opposing surface portion, and
the reception probe has a second opposing surface portion that is opposed to the inspection surface, and the reception window is provided in a side surface portion that is erected at a right angle from the second opposing surface portion.

Assignees

• Ihi Corp

Inventors

• ASAUMI Yuto
• Hatanaka Hiroaki
• Sakakura Shigeki

Classifications

• G01N29/04 Primary

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• G01S7/527

  Extracting wanted echo signals {(Doppler systems G01S15/50)} · CPC title

• G01N2291/267

  Welds · CPC title

• G01N29/26

  Arrangements for orientation or scanning {by relative movement of the head and the sensor (mechanical steering of sound transducers or their beams G10K11/35)} · CPC title

• G01N29/041

  on the surface of the material, e.g. using Lamb, Rayleigh or shear waves · CPC title