Description
The Waygate Technologies Krautkramer USM 36 Ultrasonic Flaw Detector, a Baker Hughes business product (formerly GE Inspection Technologies), is the most versatile ultrasonic flaw detector on the market thanks to its ability to operate in DAC, AWS and DGS modes and with applications including weld inspections, thickness measurements, corrosion measurement, forging inspections and other inspections for difficult materials. The industries where the Waygate Technologies Krautkramer USM 36 proves useful include the automobile, power generation, petrochemical, and aerospace industries.
Available in Three Versions:
The USM 36 Ultrasonic Flaw Detector is offered in three versions to meet the most standard inspection codes. The most advanced version can operate in DAC, AWS and DGS modes, features a powerful square wave pulser for excellent material penetration and can accommodate Waygate’s patented trueDGS probe technology, which offers unrivalled accuracy in sizing of flaws using the DGS method, as well the patented Phantom Echo Detection technology. Another feature included is the 7′ screen that makes viewing A-Scans efficient, with signals being easily viewed even in bright sunlight as well as flexible data storage with removable SD cards or USB ports.
Applications:
Weld Inspection in the Power Generation and Petrochemical Industries
Intuitive tools facilitate analysis and the use of color on the ultra-bright, 7 inch screen allows significant display benefits during weld inspection:
- Monitor gates and curves are displayed in various colors
- Messages and alarms are displayed in red
- A-scans can be displayed in different colors to assist comparison
- Color display of all parameters involved in flaw location, including sound path, surface distance, depth position and leg number
- Patented color coded display of legs for angle beam inspection
Precise Thickness Measurement in the Automobile Industry
The Krautkramer USM 36 provides precise thickness measurement, as the sound path differences are measured very accurately at the peaks of an echo sequence.
Corrosion Measurement in the Power Generation and Petrochemical Industries
Corrosion measurement can be carried out using dual element probes, where the screen displays both the thickness measurement and the A-scan, ensuring maximum reliability. A minimum capture mode provides the thinnest measured reading at the end of a continuous scan. An auto-freeze function, which minimizes the probe’s surface contact time, is used for measuring structures and components with hot surfaces.
Inspection of Forgings
The instrument’s Phantom Echo Detection technology is used in the inspection of fine grained and long work pieces to ensure accurate detection of flaws but not Ghost Echoes.
Inspection of Special Materials
The powerful square wave pulsar which is an available option for the Krautkramer USM 36 provides excellent penetration of difficult materials, such as those sometimes used in the aerospace and automobile industries.
Технические характеристики
Specs
| Display | |
| Display Shift ( Delay) | 15 &hellip, 3,500 &mu,s |
| Probe Delay | 0 &hellip, 1,000 &mu,s |
| Velocity | 250 &hellip, 16,000 m/s |
| PRF | Automatically optimized 15 &hellip, 2,000 Hz, 3 automatic setting modes: Auto Low, Auto Med, Auto High, Manual |
| Display Screen | |
| Size Diagonal | 7 |
| Active Range (W x H) | 152.4 91.44 mm2 |
| Resolution (W x H) | 800 480 pixels |
| Range | 4 &hellip, 14,108 mm (555) for longitudinal wave |
| Connectors | |
| Probe Connectors | 2 LEMO-1 or 2 BNC |
| USB Interface | USB type B connector |
| Service Interface | LEMO-1B, 8 pin |
| Pulser | |
| Pulser Mode | Spike pulser, optionally: Square-wave pulser |
| Pulser Voltage (SQ Mode) | 120 &hellip, 300 V, in steps of 10 V with a tolerance of 10% |
| Pulser Falling/Rising Time | max. 10 ns |
| Pulser Width (SQ Mode) | 30 &hellip, 500 ns, in steps of 10 ns |
| Pulser Amplitude (Spike Mode) | low: 120 V, high: 300 V |
| Pulser Energy (Spike Mode) | low: 30 nS, high: 100 nS |
| Damping | 50 ohms, 1000 ohms |
| Receiver | |
| Digital Gain | Dynamic range 110 dB, adjustable in steps of 0.2 dB |
| Analog Bandwidth | 0.5 &hellip, 20 MHz |
| Equivalent Input Noise | <,80 nV/Hz |
| Filters | Broadband: 1-5 MHz / 2, 2.25 MHz / 4, 5 MHz / 10 MHz / 13, 15 MHz |
| Rectification | Positive half-wave, negative half-wave, full wave, RF signal |
| Gates | |
| Independent Gates | Gates A and B (triggering by gate A), Gate C (option, triggering by gate A or B) |
| Measurement Mode | Peak, Flank, J-FLANK, FIRST PEAK |
| Memory | |
| Card Slot | SD-card slot for all standard SD-cards |
| Capacity | 8 GB, SD-card |
| Datasets | UGO data structure in ASCII |
| Reports | JPG or BMP format |
| General | |
| Battery | Li-Ion, operating time: 13 hours with full charge Charging method (standard): internal with power adapter Charging method (optional): external charger Charge level: proportional charge level indicator |
| Power Adapter | Universal power supply unit 100 &hellip, 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz |
| Size (W x H x D) | 255 177 100 mm (10 7.0 3.9) |
| Weight | 2.2 kg incl. battery |
| Languages | Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish |
| Damp Heat and Humidity (Storage) | EN 60068 Part 2-30 6 cycles: 9 hrs at +25C up in 3 hrs to +55C, 9 hrs at +55C then down to +25C in 3 hrs, at 93% humidity |
| Vibration | EN 60068 Part 2-6 2g per axis, 5 &hellip, 150 Hz, 1 oct/min, 25 cycles |
| Shocks | EN 60068 Part 2-27 1000 cycles per axis, 15 g, 11 ms, half-sine |
| Enclosure | IP66 according to IEC 60529 |
| Operating Temperature | 10 &hellip, 55C |
| Cold Operation | 10C for 16 hrs, 502.5 Procedure II |
| Heat Operation | +55C for 16 hrs, 501.5 Procedure II |
| Storage Temperature | 20 &hellip, +60C, without battery |
| Cold Storage | 20C for 72 hrs, 502.5 Procedure I |
| Heat Storage | +70C for 48 hrs, 501.5 Procedure I |
| Options | |
| AWS | AWS calibration tool, according to AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code |
| DAC/JISDAC/CNDAC | DAC calibration tool, 16 points, according to EN 1712, EN 1713, EN 1714, ASTM E164, ASME, ASME III, JIS Z3060, GB11345 TCG: 120 dB dynamic, 110 dB/&mu,s slope |
| DGS | DGS calibration tool, according to: EN 1712, EN 1713, EN 1714, ASTM E164 |
| Data logger | Grid file creation |
| 3G | Gate C |
| SWP | For pulser parameter optimization, voltage setting 120 &hellip, 300 V in steps of 10 V, pulse width setting 30 &hellip, 500 ns in steps of 10 ns |
| Phantom-PRF | Phantom-PRF for the identification of erroneous echoes caused by multiple reflections in low-attenuation materials |
| BEA | Blackwall Echo Attenuation |
