DEVICE FOR THE ROBOTIC CONTROL OF A STRUCTURE BY ULTRASOUND-LASER

摘要

The device according to the invention consists of associating a laser inspection head including a source emitting a laser beam swept along a defined axis and a handling robot seeing to the movement and spatial orientation of parts whose structure requires inspection. The inspection head and the handling robot are configured and arranged across from one another such that the inspection head occupying a stationary position, the handling robot can move the part to be inspected across from the inspection head, such that the sweep of the laser beam combined with the movement of the part in a direction perpendicular to the sweeping direction makes it possible to inspect the entire surface of the part. In one particular configuration, the handling robot makes it possible to vary the orientation of the part relative to the direction of the laser beam so as to have optimal lighting of the part.

主权项

1. A device for inspecting the structure of a composite part by laser ultrasound, comprising an inspecting head including a source emitting at least one laser beam, and a handling robot configured to hold the part and move the surface of said part relative to the inspecting head in such a way that said surface is able to be scanned by the laser beam emitted by the source with which the inspecting head is equipped, said laser source including means for carrying out a scan of the emitted laser beam, the scan being carried out along a given scanning axis with a given scanning amplitude, the handling robot being configured in order to be able to move the surface of the part along an axis substantially perpendicular to the axis along which the laser beam moves, the movement of the part being synchronized with the scanning of the laser beam.