Tool compares weld width with notch width. Weld is considered satisfactory if weld is wider than notch. Fiber optics permit inspection head to be completely rotated around tube for complete inspection of weld. Forty-five degree mirror mounted over notch aids in comparing notch and weld widths.
Tube-weld inspection tool
NASA Tech Briefs ; 2 , 4
1978-03-01
Miscellaneous
No indication
English
NTRS | 1980
|On-Orbit NDE-A Novel Approach to Tube Weld Inspection
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993
|On-Orbit NDE: A Novel Approach to Tube Weld Inspection
NTIS | 1994
|On-orbit NDE: A novel approach to tube weld inspection
NTRS | 1994
|Tema Archive | 1983
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