Acoustic inspection device
Abstract
An ultrasound inspection apparatus particularly adapted to examine containers (sealed or unsealed) containing a liquid or solid bulk material. The apparatus has an overall configuration of a hand held pistol with a front transducer contact surface that is positioned against a front wall of the container. An ultrasound pulse is transmitted from the apparatus to be reflected from a back wall of a container being investigated. The received echo pulse is converted to a digital waveform. The waveform is analyzed relative to temperature, travel distance of the pulse(s), and time of travel to ascertain characteristics of the liquid or other materials and to provide identification of the same.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1175482
- Patent Number(s):
- 6938488
- Application Number:
- 10/225,910
- Assignee:
- Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
Citation Formats
Diaz, Aaron A., Burghard, Brion J., Skorpik, James R., Pappas, Richard A., Mullen, O. Dennis, Samuel, Todd J., Reid, Larry D., Harris, Joe C., Valencia, Juan D., Smalley, Jonathan T., Shepard, Chester L., and Taylor, Theodore T. Acoustic inspection device. United States: N. p., 2005.
Web.
Diaz, Aaron A., Burghard, Brion J., Skorpik, James R., Pappas, Richard A., Mullen, O. Dennis, Samuel, Todd J., Reid, Larry D., Harris, Joe C., Valencia, Juan D., Smalley, Jonathan T., Shepard, Chester L., & Taylor, Theodore T. Acoustic inspection device. United States.
Diaz, Aaron A., Burghard, Brion J., Skorpik, James R., Pappas, Richard A., Mullen, O. Dennis, Samuel, Todd J., Reid, Larry D., Harris, Joe C., Valencia, Juan D., Smalley, Jonathan T., Shepard, Chester L., and Taylor, Theodore T. Tue .
"Acoustic inspection device". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1175482.
@article{osti_1175482,
title = {Acoustic inspection device},
author = {Diaz, Aaron A. and Burghard, Brion J. and Skorpik, James R. and Pappas, Richard A. and Mullen, O. Dennis and Samuel, Todd J. and Reid, Larry D. and Harris, Joe C. and Valencia, Juan D. and Smalley, Jonathan T. and Shepard, Chester L. and Taylor, Theodore T.},
abstractNote = {An ultrasound inspection apparatus particularly adapted to examine containers (sealed or unsealed) containing a liquid or solid bulk material. The apparatus has an overall configuration of a hand held pistol with a front transducer contact surface that is positioned against a front wall of the container. An ultrasound pulse is transmitted from the apparatus to be reflected from a back wall of a container being investigated. The received echo pulse is converted to a digital waveform. The waveform is analyzed relative to temperature, travel distance of the pulse(s), and time of travel to ascertain characteristics of the liquid or other materials and to provide identification of the same.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {2005},
month = {9}
}
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