Bore mapping and surface time measurement system

摘要

The present invention includes a bore mapping system that includes one or more high resolution ultrasonic mapping transducers that are used to measure the diameter of a bore. The travel time for a normally incident pulse to reach the bore surface and return for each transducer is used with a reference reflection time measured in a calibration bore to determine the measured diameter from a mechanically measured reference diameter using a known velocity of the ultrasonic pulse in an immersion fluid. The diameter measured by each of the transducers is averaged to obtain an average measured diameter which is produced for plural axial rotor positions. The present invention also includes a surface time measurement system that uses at least one ranging transducer measuring the ranging time required for a ranging beam to reach and return from the bore surface. The measured ranging time is used with a calibrated ranging time obtained in the calibration bore to modify a calibrated inspection beam surface time for an inspection transducer to obtain a current inspection beam surface time. The ranging time can also be used to obtain a correction time curve that provides correction time for the inspection beam surface time versus circumferential bore position. The calibrated inspection beam surface time or the correction time curve, are used to correct positions of flaws in the rotor material.