Method and apparatus for the non-destructive testing of railroad track rails

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PATENT NO 4689995
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06807881

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A device for inspecting a rail 2 of a railway track comprises a truck 1 running on the rail and carried by a railway vehicle. The truck carries at least one ultrasonic emitter and/or receiver probe 7, 8 in contact with the upper surface of the rail. At least one probe 8 is displaceable on a slide 6 while another probe 7 is fixed to the truck 1. The device comprises a jack 9 for displacing the probe 8 as a function of variations of the energy received by the receiver probe to compensate for fluctuations in the height of the rail.

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MATIX-INDUSTRIES S A59 RUE SAINT-LAZARE 75009 PARIS

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Turbe, Jean Pierre Nanteuil-les-Meaux, FR 1 25

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