US Patent Issued to Ecolab USA on Sept. 16 for "Separation column inspection using off axis gamma scanning" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,588, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Ecolab USA Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Separation column inspection using off axis gamma scanning" was invented by Daryl Hanson (San Antonio) and Charles Winfield (Muldoon, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of inspecting a separation vessel may utilize off axis gamma scanning. During scanning, a gamma radiation source can emit gamma radiation through a separation vessel toward a detector, and the detector can detect radiation emitted by the gamma radiation source and passing through the separation vessel. The gamma radiation source may be positioned at a first vertical elevation al...