A high-speed high-resolution ultrasonic inspection machine

Author

Downs, Justin, III ; Zhang, Peihong ; Peterson, M.L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA

Volume

4

Issue

3

fYear

1999

fDate

9/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

301

Lastpage

311

Abstract

Ultrasonic inspection of tires has previously been performed using low frequencies in air, which results in low spatial resolution. In addition, the tire has not typically been completely inspected. The limited scanning area and scanning resolution in previous work has been the result of difficulties in acquiring and handling large data sets, difficulties in positioning transducers in a large number of locations over a complex shape, and display or interpretation of the large amount of data which would be generated in such a system. A new design is presented which combines a low-cost multiple processor design to perform motion control, data acquisition, and data transfer. The design is generally useful in a number of different nondestructive evaluation and other large-data-set data acquisition and control applications

Keywords

composite materials; computerised control; data acquisition; flaw detection; high-speed techniques; inspection; mechanical engineering computing; motion control; ultrasonic materials testing; data acquisition; data transfer; high-speed high-resolution ultrasonic inspection machine; low-cost multiple processor design; motion control; tires; Data acquisition; Displays; Frequency; Inspection; Motion control; Process design; Shape; Spatial resolution; Tires; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Mechatronics, IEEE/ASME Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1083-4435

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3516.789688

Filename

789688