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METALA MICHAEL J
US26 patents
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WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP
13 patentsUS5670879ASep 23, 1997
Nondestructive inspection device and method for monitoring defects inside a turbine engine
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP78 citations96
US4855677AAug 8, 1989
Multiple coil eddy current probe and method of flaw detection
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP113 citations96
US5442285AAug 15, 1995
NDE eddy current sensor for very high scan rate applications in an operating combustion turbine
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP71 citations94
US4955235ASep 11, 1990
Apparatus and method for providing a combined ultrasonic and eddy current inspection of a metallic body
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP58 citations94
US4856337AAug 15, 1989
Apparatus and method for providing a combined ultrasonic and eddy current inspection of a tube
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP68 citations94
US5200704AApr 6, 1993
System and method including a buried flexible sheet target impregnated with ferromagnetic particles and eddy current probe for determining proximity of a non-conductive underground structure
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP25 citations92
US5161413ANov 10, 1992
Apparatus and method for guided inspection of an object
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP52 citations92
US5061364AOct 29, 1991
Diagnostic filter for detecting conductive and semiconductive particles in a fluid stream
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP25 citations92
US4746858AMay 24, 1988
Non destructive testing for creep damage of a ferromagnetic workpiece
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP45 citations92
US5140264AAug 18, 1992
Method for non-destructively assessing the condition of a turbine blade using eddy current probes inserted within cooling holes
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP63 citations91
US5029476AJul 9, 1991
Ultrasonic system for determining the profile of solid bodies
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP49 citations91
US4741203AMay 3, 1988
Turbine inspection device and associated coil assembly and associated method
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP34 citations89
US5373235ADec 13, 1994
System and method using portable wall engaging ferromagnetic particle impregnated target medium for electromagnetically measuring distance between oposing walls of a structure
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP16 citations81
SIEMENS WESTINGHOUSE POWER
4 patentsUS6619109B1Sep 16, 2003
Steam turbine inlet bell seal inspection apparatus and method
SIEMENS WESTINGHOUSE POWER32 citations93
US6508413B2Jan 21, 2003
Remote spray coating of nuclear cross-under piping
SIEMENS WESTINGHOUSE POWER118 citations92
US6487922B1Dec 3, 2002
Steam turbine inlet sleeve inspection apparatus and method
SIEMENS WESTINGHOUSE POWER47 citations92
US6791351B2Sep 14, 2004
Electromagnetic stator insulation flaw detector
SIEMENS WESTINGHOUSE POWER21 citations87
METALA MICHAEL J
3 patentsUS8438929B2May 14, 2013
Phased array ultrasonic inspection system for turbine and generator rotor bore
METALA MICHAEL J13 citations82
US9177371B2Nov 3, 2015
Non-destructive examination data visualization and analysis
METALA MICHAEL J7 citations71
US8941970B2Jan 27, 2015
Method and apparatus for demagnetizing generator components prior to electromagnetic core imperfection testing or EL-CID testing
METALA MICHAEL J1 citations41
ZHANG JINGDAN
3 patentsUS8525831B2Sep 3, 2013
Method and apparatus for three-dimensional visualization and analysis for automatic non-destructive examination of a solid rotor using ultrasonic phased array
ZHANG JINGDAN13 citations80
US8805625B2Aug 12, 2014
Three-dimensional visualization and analysis method and system for non-destructive examination of a rotor bore using ultrasound
ZHANG JINGDAN2 citations54
US8699817B2Apr 15, 2014
Reconstruction of phased array data
ZHANG JINGDAN0 citations47