Equipment and methods for non-destructive inspection of fiberglass and non-metal pipes

摘要

Systems and methods for inspecting defects in composite material structures include a) heating devices that heat the surface of the structure, infrared cameras that receive radiation from the surface in response to heating, and thermal images from infrared radiation. An inspection device having a controller configured to generate, b) multiple heating elements arranged to apply heat to the entire surface of the sample, an infrared camera to capture the thermal image of the sample, and more. A training system that includes a processing system for recording thermal images in a training database, including a configuration for obtaining thermal images from known composite material samples, and c) receiving thermal images from inspection equipment and creating a training database. Includes a computer system linked to a training system and inspection equipment, which is adapted to be used to detect defect parameters in the structure.