Abstract
No assignee for this patent application has been made. Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT) systems provide for no ndestructive testing of a wide array of materials. The PAUT systems can be used in various contexts, such as but not limited to detecting flaws in manufactured materials such as welds that connect multiple material pieces. One specific appl ication is testing friction stir welds. The PAUT system generally includes a sin gle probe that is mounted to a holding device. During testing, the probe/holder assembly is moved along the length of the test material. In many applications, t he probe/holder assembly is mounted to a robotic device that moves the assembly along the material during the testing.
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