Abstract: An ultrasound probe contains an ultrasound transducer arrangement that is formed with a plurality of transducer elements. The transducer elements are arranged next to one another in a row and they can be controlled with a time delay. The transmitting/receiving surfaces of the transducer elements are inclined relative to one another such that the angle of inclination between the transmitting/receiving surfaces of two transducer elements increases with the number of transducer elements located between the transducer elements. At least two of the incremental angles of inclination between each pair of adjacent transducer elements are different.

Abstract: An apparatus internally inspects a workpiece having a hollow cylindrical hole. The apparatus contains an ultrasound transducer configuration having a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements, which are arranged in at least one row, one next to the other, in an elastically deformable carrier which has the form of a segment of a hollow cylinder and has a plurality of sliding pimples which extend in the longitudinal direction of the carrier and project with a protrusion in the radial direction beyond the transmitting and/or receiving surfaces of the ultrasound transducer elements.

Abstract: In a method and a device for testing a weld seam (8), located on the inner surface of a reactor pressure vessel (2), by which the outer circumference of an instrumentation nozzle (4) leading into the interior of this reactor pressure vessel (2) is welded onto the reactor pressure vessel (2), an ultrasound test probe (20) with a linear ultrasound transducer array (30) is inserted into the instrumentation nozzle (4), which ultrasound transducer array (30) is parallel to the central axis (12) of the instrumentation nozzle (4) in terms of its longitudinal direction, and is used to couple a transmitted ultrasound signal (S) into the instrumentation nozzle (4) in the region of the weld seam (8) and to receive a reflected ultrasound signal (R).

Abstract: A method and a device for the ultrasonic testing of a workpiece having an uneven surface is provided. An ultrasonic test head containing a multiplicity of transducer elements arranged rigidly in a linear array, is acoustically coupled to a workpiece. The ultrasonic test head can be driven in a time-delayed manner with a delay time predetermined for each transducer element. The propagation time of an ultrasonic signal transmitted by an individual transducer element and reflected from the surface and received by this transducer element is measured for a number of the transducer elements and is used for correcting the delay times. The transducer elements are subsequently driven with these corrected delay times.

Abstract: In a method for the ultrasonic testing of a workpiece (2) in a curved area of its surface, in particular of a workpiece (2) made of a fiber composite material, an ultrasonic test head (10) is acoustically coupled to the workpiece in this area, and includes an ultrasonic transducer arrangement (12) comprising a plurality (N) of individually driveable transducer elements (20i) which are arranged next to one another. In chronologically successive test cycles, a number (n) of transducer elements (20i) are respectively combined to form a group and are driven in a plurality of test pulses within this test cycle in a time delayed manner with respect to one another such that the transmitted ultrasound beam (30a-d) in this test cycle is swept within a predetermined angular range (?1, ?2), so that one of the number of echo signals, corresponding to the number of test pulses, for each group is received from different directions of the workpiece (2).

Abstract: In a method and a device for testing a weld seam (8), located on the inner surface of a reactor pressure vessel (2), by which the outer circumference of an instrumentation nozzle (4) leading into the interior of this reactor pressure vessel (2) is welded onto the reactor pressure vessel (2), an ultrasound test probe (20) with a linear ultrasound transducer array (30) is inserted into the instrumentation nozzle (4), which ultrasound transducer array (30) is parallel to the central axis (12) of the instrumentation nozzle (4) in terms of its longitudinal direction, and is used to couple a transmitted ultrasound signal (S) into the instrumentation nozzle (4) in the region of the weld seam (8) and to receive a reflected ultrasound signal (R).

Abstract: In a method for the ultrasonic testing of a workpiece (2) in a curved area of its surface, in particular of a workpiece (2) made of a fiber composite material, an ultrasonic test head (10) is acoustically coupled to the workpiece in this area, and includes an ultrasonic transducer arrangement (12) comprising a plurality (N) of individually driveable transducer elements (20i) which are arranged next to one another. In chronologically successive test cycles, a number (n) of transducer elements (20i) are respectively combined to form a group and are driven in a plurality of test pulses within this test cycle in a time delayed manner with respect to one another such that the transmitted ultrasound beam (30a-d) in this test cycle is swept within a predetermined angular range (?1, ?2), so that one of the number of echo signals, corresponding to the number of test pulses, for each group is received from different directions of the workpiece (2).

Abstract: A method for producing an ultrasonic test head having an ultrasonic transducer arrangement (200) with a curved transceiving surface (23) that is constructed from a plurality of juxtaposed transducer elements (14), comprises in accordance with the invention the following method steps: a) a piezoelectric planar plate (2) corresponding to the external dimensions of the ultrasonic transducer arrangement is bonded with one of its flat sides (2a) on to a film (4) made from a polymer, b) introduced into the flat side (2b), averted from the film (4), of the piezoelectric plate (2) before or after the bonding on to the film (4) are grooves (12) whose depth corresponds at least approximately to the thickness of the plate (2) such that a planar ultrasonic transducer arrangement (20) is produced that consists of a plurality of juxtaposed transducer elements (14), and c) the planar ultrasonic transducer arrangement (20) is subsequently mounted with its flat side (2a) bonded to the film (4) on a curved bearing surface of

Abstract: In a method and a device for the ultrasonic testing of a workpiece (2) having an uneven surface (13, 13b) with an ultrasonic test head (10), acoustically coupled to the workpiece (2), which contains a multiplicity of transducer elements (201 to 20n) arranged rigidly in a linear array, which can be driven in a time-delayed manner with a delay time predetermined for each transducer element (201 to 20n), the propagation time of an ultrasonic signal transmitted by an individual transducer element (201 to 20n) and reflected from the surface (13) and received by this transducer element (201 to 20n) is measured for a number of the transducer elements (201 to 20n) and is used for correcting the delay times, and the transducer elements (201 to 20n) are subsequently driven with these corrected delay times.

Abstract: The porosity of a workpiece, in particular a workpiece made of a fiber composite material is determined. An ultrasonic signal is injected into the workpiece and an ultrasonic echo signal is received from the workpiece. The variation of the amplitude of the ultrasonic echo signal with respect to the depth is used as a measure of the porosity of the workpiece material at the respective depth.

Abstract: The porosity of a workpiece, in particular a workpiece made of a fiber composite material is determined. An ultrasonic signal is injected into the workpiece and an ultrasonic echo signal is received from the workpiece. The variation of the amplitude of the ultrasonic echo signal with respect to the depth is used as a measure of the porosity of the workpiece material at the respective depth.

Abstract: The test apparatus for nondestructive material testing using electrodynamically generated ultrasonic waves. A high-frequency coil assembly has an end face perpendicular to a surface of the workpiece and it is disposed between at least two magnets. Efficient generation and reception of ultrasonic waves is thereby assured.

Abstract: A method for the production of ultrasound waves for nondestructive materials testing of a workpiece. The method includes providing at least one radio frequency coil disposed in an essentially uniform magnetic field. The at least one radio frequency coil has a longitudinal axis disposed parallel to a surface of a workpiece. The method also includes producing horizontally polarized transverse ultrasound waves in the workpiece due to an interaction of the magnetic field with eddy currents in the workpiece. The eddy currents are supplied by the at least one radio frequency coil. The invention also teaches a device for implementing the method.

Abstract: Test equipment for the detection and analysis of material faults in a test piece, including a test head, an electrical remotely controlled manipulator for moving the test head in at least two degrees of freedom, a device connected to the test head for supplying the test head and evaluating signals thereof, a display connected to the test head for measuring test results thereof, a device for providing the manipulator with a testing program for automatically following a predetermined path at the surface of the test piece, an electronic transmission system connected to the manipulator, a device connected to the electronic transmission system for simulating the test piece, and a remote controlled hand-operated guide element disposed adjacent to the display in the simulating means for controlling the test head in correspondence to manual operation.