TPi April 2008

Equipment Pipel ine Inspect ion

Digital flaw detector with tunable filter

other applications for the Dryscan 410D include friction materials, plastic and rubber composites, GRP/ CFRP in many forms, EB welding, root pass welds, ceramics, tyres (automotive and aircraft), wood laminate and honeycomb sections in aluminium, stainless steel and paper. Sonatest Ltd, celebrating its 50 th anniversary in 2008, is part of the Sonatest NDE Group, an independent manufacturer of ultrasonic flaw detectors, x-ray equipment, scanning

The Dryscan 410D is the latest special applications digital flaw detector released by Sonatest Ltd. In using the proven method of the shadowtechnique,throughtransmission, the Dryscan 410D is designed to be the perfect option for the non-destructive testing of high technology materials such as composites, hybrids and honeycomb structures found throughout the aerospace, aviation and marine industries, among others. For such advanced materials, often combined with complex geometries, the Dryscan 410D concept is simple to apply and is highly reliable for fault detection, requiring only a minimum of operator training. Using the unique transducers means that no coupling medium is required to contact the transducers to the test material, no material surface preparation is required and many of the geometric considerations that are applied to conventional ultrasonic detection methods can be ignored. The Dryscan 410D has a unique, tunable filter that can be adjusted for the best signal response for the material under test, which allows significantly increased sensitivity, whilst maintaining low noise, enabling the testing of very attenuative materials.

Sonatest’s Dryscan 410D digital flaw detector S S

systems, thickness gauges, transducers and NDT accessories.

Sonatest Ltd – UK sales@sonatest.com www.sonatest.com

Highly portable ultrasonic instruments AGR Field Operations, UK, uses its experience of the NDT, electronics and software industries to produce compact, reliable, advanced multi-functional ultrasonic systems and advanced user-friendly software.

The TD range of leading-edge ultrasonic instruments includes the TD Focus-Scan ® , the miniature TD Pocket-Scan ® system, and the company’s latest product release, the TD Handy-Scan ® .

The TD Handy-Scan was developed in response to the demand for relatively inexpensive, highly portable ultrasonic instruments that combine phased array, ToFD and pulse echo into one convenient package that satisfies the growing use of multifunctional UT systems for routine detection and analysis.

The TD Handy-Scan from AGR Field S S Operations

Suited to materials that have geometrically complicated patterns,

Field technicians are often expected to perform inspections using several UT modes, and it is common for inspections to include, for example, phased array, ToFD and even conventional manual pulse echo to complement each other. Switching between UT modes is achieved simply by selecting the appropriate mode in the software, and may be applied individually or simultaneously, if required. The improved Windows XP based software is common to all AGR Field Operations instruments, with the result that existing users will be quite familiar with the Handy-Scan environment, and new users will find its operation easy to master. The user-friendly software coupled with convenient replaceable battery and ultra-compact, lightweight construction brings a new dimension of portable functionality to field technicians without relinquishing any data quality.

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The TD Handy-Scan can be used to perform a wide range of code compliant inspections as well as bespoke procedures for special applications.

AGR Field Operations – UK utsales@agr.com • www.agr.com

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