Ultrasonic tire testing apparatus

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1981-03-09

1982-05-04

Myracle, Jerry W.

Measuring and testing

Tire, tread or roadway

Tire inflation testing installation

73660, G01M 1702

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043275796

ABSTRACT:
An ultrasonic, non-destructive inspection system for detecting separations and/or holes in vehicle tires. The system employs a through transmission method at ultrasonic inspection in which the ultrasonic transmitter array and the ultrasonic receiver array are both mounted in air and in a non-contacting, non-critical relationship with the tire undergoing inspection. The inspection is performed in one revolution of the tire.
The ultrasonic transmitters are pulsed and the receivers are sampled during predetermined time intervals which are related to the transmitter/receiver/tire geometry. This eliminates the problems of talk-around and standing waves. The problem of transmitter--transmitter interference is eliminated by transmitter frequency separation and transmitter array pointing geometry. The problem wherein tread pattern fluctuations in the received signal interfere with flaw detection is eliminated by the use of a finite sampled data filter whose period is adjusted to the period of the tread pattern.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3882717 (1975-05-01), McCauley
patent: 4059989 (1977-11-01), Halsey
patent: 4285235 (1981-08-01), Dugger

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