Ultrasonic transducer wear cap

摘要

A wear cap including a flexible barrel and a rigid disc enables a high-frequency ultrasonic transducer to properly align to the surface of a material to be tested. The wear cap may be employed for any type of contact sensor that requires a protective wear cap and that needs to align to the surface of a material to be tested. An ultrasonic transducer assembly includes a wear cap and an ultrasonic transducer. The ultrasonic transducer is mounted in the wear cap and includes a transducer body with a cylindrical shape. A method of producing a wear cap for an ultrasonic transducer includes selecting a flexible material, forming a flexible barrel from the flexible material, selecting a rigid material, forming a rigid disc from the rigid material, and affixing the rigid disc to an end of the flexible barrel.

主权项

1. An ultrasonic transducer assembly comprising:
a wear cap comprising:
a flexible barrel having a cylindrical shape; anda rigid disc affixed to an end of the flexible barrel; and an ultrasonic transducer mounted in the wear cap with the rigid disc contacting a front face of the ultrasonic transducer, the ultrasonic transducer comprising a transducer body having a cylindrical shape; wherein the flexible barrel has an inner diameter less than an outer diameter of the transducer body such that the flexible barrel stretches to receive the ultrasonic transducer.