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Section 6: Selected Applications & Techniques

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Inspection of Bonded Joints<br />

If the shape of a joint is favorable, ultrasonic inspection can be used to<br />

determine the soundness of joints bonded either adhesively or by any of the<br />

various metallurgical methods, including brazing and soldering. Both pulseecho<br />

and resonance techniques have been used to evaluate bond quality in<br />

brazed joints.<br />

A babbitted sleeve bearing is a typical part having a metallurgical bond that is<br />

ultrasonically inspected for flaws. The bond between babbitt and backing<br />

shell is inspected with a straight-beam pulse-echo technique, using a contacttype<br />

search unit applied to the outside of the steel shell. A small-diameter<br />

search unit is used to ensure adequate contact with the shell through the<br />

couplant. Before inspection, the outside of the steel shell and the inside of the<br />

cast babbitt liner are machined to a maximum surface roughness of 3.20 μm<br />

(125 μ in.) (but the liner is not machined to final thickness).

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