Detecting flaws and measuring pipe thickness
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Magnetic Analysis Corporation product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Jan 24, 2006
Ultrasonic test instrument can detect flaws and measure wall thickness and outside diameters of tubes and pipes.
Magnetic Analysis has introduced the Echomac FD-4 ultrasonic test instrument for on- or off-line inspection of tubes, bars or plates, specifically flaw detection and measurement of wall thickness and outside diameters in tube and pipe applications.
It is for use in new installations and retrofit applications using existing transducers.
The firm will demonstrate the product at the Tube 2006 show in Dusseldorf, Germany, from 24th to 28th April on stand 70, C 36 in Hall 7.
With 32 test channels in one system, the FD-4 provides testing on a Windows XP platform.
With the addition of outside diameter and thickness measurement, it can report inside diameter dimensions, ovality, eccentricity or wall variation.
The equipment includes network support for remote desktop viewing and control.
It can be used either with the company's Echomac Rotary UT transducer assemblies, or with other immersion, squirter, spin-the-tube and C-scan plate ultrasonic systems.
Using the Echohunter software, users can configure each channel for any combination of thickness and flaw detection.
The strip chart portion of the simultaneous strip chart/A-scan display shows peak signal values within each threshold gate for up to 16 channels.
The flicker-free A-scan captures non-repetitive events such as short duration flaws, even during high-speed UT scanning, typical of rotating transducer head systems.
Display modes include basic sample and persistence modes with adjustable decay time.
There is a 3D mode in which the prior signals fade into the background as the displacement of the transducer and reflector changes.
Operating parameters for each channel are shown on one screen and may be adjusted using the mouse.
A copy-and-paste sequence lets the user transfer parameter settings from one channel to another.
Other features include four independent flaw gates in each UT channel, simultaneous A-scan and strip chart display for up to 16 channels, and adjustable pulse firing sequence to avoid crosstalk in multi-channel applications.
An unlimited number of setups may be named, saved and recalled from the hard drive, or archived directly to a CD.
The system features high-resolution colour printing of setups, waveforms or strip chart recordings.
At the end of each run, summary reports detail the number of pieces or lengths tested, number of rejects, date of test, material and customer data.
The software also provides a test signal recorder, channel mapper, tracking system, production logging, end suppression, routing screen (to assign multiple thresholds to the desired output devices) and multi-channel views.
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