Abstract: Previously, only webs between connectors in reactor pressure vessel lids have been examined for incipient cracks by using an ultrasonic scanning head. In order to be able to test the connector penetrated by a bush from an annular gap formed between the connector and the bush, a frame is provided which carries a housing through lockable floating bearings for receiving a rotary plate in the housing. The rotary plate is concentrically associated with a centering piece which is adjustable in the vertical direction and is eccentrically associated with a lifting cylinder which is likewise vertically adjustable. A free end of the lifting cylinder carries a probe drive for inserting a probe into the annular gap. The annular gap is scanned by the probe due to an oscillating movement of the rotary plate.

Abstract: In devices for the ultrasonic testing of a head screw inserted into a component, a skew position of an ultrasonic probe with respect to the screw head leads to inaccurate test results. In order to achieve precise test results independently of the position of the screwing-in axis, at least one ultrasonic transducer is disposed in a cradle-mounted centering piece of the ultrasonic probe. An adaptor of the centering piece is located nearer to the screw head than the ultrasonic transducer. The adaptor is matched to the configuration of the screw head. In order to achieve a centering connection with the screw head, the ultrasonic probe can be moved about its axis and in the axial direction. The device is principally to be used to test screws in the core baffle of a nuclear reactor vessel.