Novel fiber optic laser probe for the inspection of internal cylindrical surfaces

Jose Carlos Lopez Vazquez; J. L. Fernandez; Jesus Blanco-Garcia; Angel F. Doval; Benito Vasquez Dorrio; Francisco Pino Alvarez; Mariano Perez-Amor

doi:10.1117/12.145556

28 May 1993 Novel fiber optic laser probe for the inspection of internal cylindrical surfaces

Jose Carlos Lopez Vazquez, J. L. Fernandez, Jesus Blanco-Garcia, Angel F. Doval, Benito Vasquez Dorrio, Francisco Pino Alvarez, Mariano Perez-Amor

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Proceedings Volume 1821, Industrial Applications of Optical Inspection, Metrology, and Sensing; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.145556
Event: Applications in Optical Science and Engineering, 1992, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Nowadays several techniques are available for the inspection and crack detection in internal cylindrical surfaces as, for instance, those of heat exchanger pipes, being miniaturized optical probes (endoscopes, CCD cameras, etc..) and eddy current probes the most commonly used in industrial applications. Both techniques, however, present strong limitations. To overcome these limitations a new approach, based on the use of an optical fiber linear array, has been explored by our group, for which a specifically designed fiberoptic probe has been exhaustively tested in order to evaluate the possibilities of this technique.

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Jose Carlos Lopez Vazquez, J. L. Fernandez, Jesus Blanco-Garcia, Angel F. Doval, Benito Vasquez Dorrio, Francisco Pino Alvarez, and Mariano Perez-Amor "Novel fiber optic laser probe for the inspection of internal cylindrical surfaces", Proc. SPIE 1821, Industrial Applications of Optical Inspection, Metrology, and Sensing, (28 May 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.145556

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