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Page 1: ...D 1000LF Ultrasonic Flaw Detector Operation Manual Version 5 01 July 2012 SW Version 2012 06 12...

Page 2: ...ill DRC s r l be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in this documentation even if advised of the possibility of such damages Drawings and...

Page 3: ...ernal adjustments by parties other than authorized DRC service personnel DRC reserves the right to charge on a time and material basis for repairs that are necessitated by a b and c above Seals may be...

Page 4: ...55022 standard the ultrasonic flaw detector D1000 meets requirements for class A only User shall undertake necessary measurements if reception interferences occurs Power supply adapter SYS 1319 2005...

Page 5: ...Top Panel Connectors 12 2 Specifications 13 2 1 Connectors and Communication Ports 14 3 Keyboard Description 15 3 1 Power Button 15 3 2 Escape Key 16 3 3 Execution Keys 16 3 4 Display Freeze 16 3 5 Di...

Page 6: ...nu 29 4 2 1 BANDWIDTH 29 4 2 2 AVERAGING 29 4 2 3 DETECTOR 29 4 2 4 TR MODE 29 4 2 5 P WIDTH 29 4 2 6 ATT 30 4 2 7 DAMP 30 4 2 8 PRF 30 4 2 9 SPIKE BURST 31 4 2 10 P FREQ 31 4 3 DAC Menu 32 4 3 1 GATE...

Page 7: ...R G B Palette 42 4 5 5 TOFD BW Time Of Flight Diffraction 43 4 5 5 1 Initializing TOFD Mode 43 4 5 5 2 Basic Settings For TOFD Technique 43 4 5 6 BSCAN data records 45 4 6 SETTING Menu 46 4 6 1 GATE 4...

Page 8: ...odes of GATE 2 60 5 2 2 THICKNESS AUTO 1P 1P 60 5 2 3 THICKNESS 1P 1P 61 5 2 4 THICKNESS F F 61 5 2 5 THICKNESS P P 61 5 3 GATE 3 62 5 3 1 Available Modes of GATE 3 62 5 3 2 Function of GATE 3 62 5 4...

Page 9: ...In Pa Mode 82 8 2 1 PA WEDGE 82 8 2 2 WEDGE FRONT 82 8 2 3 Z OFFSET ZERO OFFSET 82 8 2 4 WEDGE VEL 82 8 3 PA Mode Chan ALL 83 8 4 PA MODE Chan SEL TX RX Mode 86 8 5 PA MODE Chan N M RX ALL TX 87 8 6...

Page 10: ...ion DAC and a low noise receiver with selectable RF and detected displays Figure 1 D 1000 Front Panel The expanded top panel has seven connectors including two LEMOs for probes connection plus one wid...

Page 11: ...it should be protected as much as possible from water or chemical splashes rapid temperature changes or areas near large electrical equipment that may interfere with the operation of the internal circ...

Page 12: ...nnectors Seven external connectors are provided on the D1000 top panel refer to Figures 2a 2b Single element probe Dual element probe Pulser OUT Receiver IN Figure 2a D 1000 SF Top Panel Two standard...

Page 13: ...in Control Range 0 to 111 0 dB Gain Control Steps Selectable 0 1 0 5 1 0 and 6 0 dB Display RF Half wave Half wave Full wave Reject 0 to 80 full screen height in 1 steps Time Base Test Range 1 9 mm to...

Page 14: ...within Gate1 when Gate1 is set to to ON A TTL amplitude of echo in Gate1 when Gate1 is set to ON AUX and Gate2 is OFF AOUT1 voltage 0 2 7V as relative info about position of echo flank in Gate1 or in...

Page 15: ...n The POWER button switches instrument power ON and OFF Immediately after power is turned ON an initialization routine is started During the start up routine the instrument s microprocessor measures a...

Page 16: ...xecution of the menu item displayed just above them NOTE Hereinafter should be any execution key depressed it will be referenced as menu item just above the required execution key 3 4 Display Freeze T...

Page 17: ...utomatically in order to save battery This power saving mode is indicated by text for PWS OFF in the status window First depressing of any key within power saving mode will only restore the initial br...

Page 18: ...ber changes by 1 after each depressing select the setup position number e g SET_011 to SET_016 for SET_01x by depressing the appropriate key Execution Key occupied setup positions are highlighted with...

Page 19: ...ctual picture name next to the picture group number PREFIX key enables to add a prefix with automatic timestamp to the file name the last PREFIX value is maintained in the memory for the next picture...

Page 20: ...the memory depress the key PIC_XX key with green background will be displayed in the menu instead of SET_XX key select the picture group PIC_01 to PIC_09 by depressing the appropriate key Execution Ke...

Page 21: ...any had been specified in advance and timestamp i e Pxx_PREFIX_timestamp see 3 6 2 Save Picture Screenshot 3 9 Zoom key provides zoomed display of the actually chosen gate area GATE 1 to GATE 4 depend...

Page 22: ...DE Chan ALL Chan 1 16 RX All TX Chan SEL TX RX Phased Array operation modes selection APERTURE 1 15 virtual transducer width PA ACG OFF Default Angle Corrected Gain SPOT WELD disabled enabled Spot Wel...

Page 23: ...right corner Instrument settings cannot be changed in the LOCKED mode as all side keys for parameters settings are inactive Only keys of context items which don t affect operation in the bottom row of...

Page 24: ...ding key without value change second depressing changes its value item will disappear after 2 sec Functions of Immediate Execution Keys yellow buttons just below the screen are as follows HW_SET Switc...

Page 25: ...just below the time base scale RF raD frequency alternating RF radio frequency with envelope red ENV indicator is displayed just below the time base scale Note If DETECTOR in HW_SET menu is set to NEG...

Page 26: ...ansmitter Receiver modes are available SINGLE for pulse echo technique with single element probe DUAL for through transmission technique two separate probes or pulse echo technique with dual element p...

Page 27: ...all not be greater than length of one period determined by PRF With this parameter the autoPRF does not work therefore the PRF value shall be decreased first if high PROBE DELAY value is needed 4 1 6...

Page 28: ...ce as other HELP files see 10 6 Management of User Help This file can be displayed during browsing If this file not found the table is filled with default values as in older SW versions 4 1 12 RANGE A...

Page 29: ...ecutive signals Note Averaging function is applied to limited A Scan range intended mainly for EMAT At the RANGE over approx 250 mm for longitudinal wave in steel the rest of the signal is not average...

Page 30: ...e GAIN range as follows AUTO GAIN range 0 111 dB 0 dB GAIN range 0 71 dB 20 dB GAIN range 20 91 dB 40 dB GAIN range 40 111 dB 4 2 7 DAMP Adjustment of the receiver damping impedance 42 Ohms 51 Ohms 18...

Page 31: ...t to the PRF value i e maximum possible PRF value is decreased automatically when the RANGE value is increased and vice versa if the RANGE value is shortened then the PRF value increases up to the pre...

Page 32: ...displayed instead of DAC key With AWS MODE set ON see SETTING CURVES AWS MODE in 7 5 AWS key will be displayed instead of DAC key DAC TCG and TCG modes may be activated only after reference DAC curve...

Page 33: ...width actual gate number activated in the GATES menu see 4 4 is indicated in parentheses next to the gate end position value 4 3 3 GATE Adjustment of the gate vertical position actual gate number act...

Page 34: ...depending on the DAC TYPE switched ON see 4 3 10 below TR CORR adjustment of transfer correction value transfer attenuation in dB is available with DAC TYPE DAC 1 TRIGGER LINE only in combination with...

Page 35: ...tment of the gate start position without changing its width actual gate number is indicated in parentheses next to the gate start position value this item is displayed by the corresponding gate colour...

Page 36: ...ICKNESS 1P 1P P P 1st peak to 1st peak see 5 2 3 for details THICKNESS F F F F flank to flank see 5 2 4 for details THICKNESS P P M M peak to peak see 5 2 5 for details GATE 3 measures position and pe...

Page 37: ...1 0 dB and 6 0 dB steps 4 4 8 REJECT Adjustment of the reject level all signals below this level will be neither displayed nor evaluated 4 4 9 THICKNESS Adjustment of minimum thickness value for autom...

Page 38: ...on without changing its width actual gate number activated in GATES menu see 4 4 is indicated in parentheses next to the gate start position value this item is displayed by the corresponding gate colo...

Page 39: ...stment of maximum limit thickness value 4 5 1 8 BSCAN MIN Adjustment of minimum limit thickness value 4 5 1 9 THICKNESS Adjustment of minimum thickness value for automated thickness measurement using...

Page 40: ...tte TOFD BW grey scale palette presentation of measured signal amplitudes with A scan presentation in the bottom part of the screen used for TOFD Time Of Flight Diffraction technique for details see 4...

Page 41: ...uring the following conditions need to be fulfilled see also 7 1 Automatic Thickness Measurement 4 5 3 1 Using GATE 1 only GATE 2 OFF 1 Set GATE 1 over first back wall echo may be longer only first ec...

Page 42: ...thickness limit of the graph mm or inch 4 5 3 3 Thickness measuring mode with GATE 2 set to THICKNESS 1P 1P 1 Set GATE 1 over first back wall echo 2 Switch GATE 2 mode to THICKNESS 1P 1P from 1st peak...

Page 43: ...key measured signal amplitudes will be shown as a grey scale palette B scan with A scan presentation in the bottom part of the screen 4 5 5 2 Basic Settings For TOFD Technique 1 Set the TOFD BW go to...

Page 44: ...ere will be displayed diffraction of longitudinal wave will defined this way 9 If there is any discontinuity in the weld axis then another echo appears between two echoes Gate1 start point should be s...

Page 45: ...to the file with the same name as actual picture Pnn dddddd but with txt extension The data file length is limited to 500 kB Each line of the data file txt contains measured value in mm 2 decimal pos...

Page 46: ...nu for setting of evaluation curves parameters see 4 8 CURVES Sub Menu SETTING PROBE Submenu for settings of specific parameters of transducers see 4 9 PROBE Sub Menu SETTING A CALIB Switches ON OFF t...

Page 47: ...correct localization of indications using angle probes depth D and surface distance P from the probe end for details see 7 7 Curved Surface Metric Options are as follows OFF common mode curved surfac...

Page 48: ...value for angle beam probe OFF 1 0 to 89 0 4 6 8 X VALUE Adjustment of the x point of the angle probe 0 0 mm to 100 0 mm this button is active only if the ANGLE is different from zero 4 6 9 THICKNESS...

Page 49: ...or time base and all calculated values mm inches microseconds s Available settings are as follows mm s push once the left yellow button mm initial default setting inch push once the right grey button...

Page 50: ...parent light green background ON 2 filled envelope with yellow background 4 7 4 GRID Setting of vertical grid display OFF DYNAMIC positions of vertical lines change depending on the time base range FI...

Page 51: ...0 MULTI MODE as follows IRC A C for encoder without direction resolution IRC A B C for encoder with direction resolution Input C is used for encoder resetting to zero if the encored is equipped with a...

Page 52: ...flector R100 on the K1 V1 standard block acc to EN 12223 BW back wall reflector DSR disc shape reflector SDH side drilled hole 4 8 4 REF SIZE Setting the reference reflector size for DSR and SDH only...

Page 53: ...therwise would not possible due to the dynamic range 4 8 7 DAC INTERP Setting of DAC curve interpolation mode see also 7 3 Distance Amplitude Correction Function DAC LINEAR adjacent DAC curve points a...

Page 54: ...equency value as m X XX mm 4 9 2 XTAL SHAPE Setting the probe crystal shape Disc Rectangle Unknown 4 9 3 Diam eff WIDTH eff Setting the probe crystal effective diameter for Disc or Unknown shape or ef...

Page 55: ...0 dB to 111 0 dB See also NOTES in 4 2 6 4 9 7 ANGLE Adjustment of the angle value for angle beam probe OFF 1 0 to 89 0 4 9 8 X VALUE Adjustment of the x point of the angle probe 0 0 mm to 100 0 mm t...

Page 56: ...tive logic alarm and analog position of echo flank within GATE1 on AOUT1 analog output and 5V 0V AOUT2 analog output for echo flank present absent 5 1 2 Standard Functions of GATE 1 The following valu...

Page 57: ...the value by symbol The position of echo peak on the skip diagram is indicated by small grey square which changes to red when echo crosses the gate level 2 1 P XXmm position and height of first echo...

Page 58: ...aximum echo peak marked with red cross within the Gate 1 b with ANGLE function ON see also 4 6 7 or 4 9 7 1 S XXmm non corrected sound path position of maximum echo peak marked with red cross within t...

Page 59: ...ON There is a signal on the AOUT1 output LEMO Analog Out with voltage corresponding to relative echo position within GATE 1 see also 6 Functions of Analog Output minU GATE1_BEGIN maxU GATE1_END When...

Page 60: ...e reference Minimum THICKNESS shall be set in the right side of the GATES menu This THICKNESS value T x xx is added to position value of first echo found within GATE 1 and determines a zone to search...

Page 61: ...1 shall be positioned across first echo GATE 2 shall be positioned across second echo at discretion When both gates are overpassed thickness is determined by the difference between positions of flanks...

Page 62: ...endent GATE 3 may be switched ON in any operation mode of the instrument It measures echo position and echo peak height FSH marked with yellow cross Values are displayed directly underneath the gate A...

Page 63: ...y of sound propagation Thus it is possible to measure distance in water or other liquid independently on distance in the material under test In addition there is ECHOSTART function which shifts the wa...

Page 64: ...0V 4 7V no echo echo ON AUX OFF Gate1 echo amplitude 0V to 4 1V 0 100 screen ON AUX Thickness Gate1 Gate2 Thickness 0V to 4 1V 0 to BSCAN_MAX TTL OUT Voltage Value mapping Firmware since Jan 2012 Sync...

Page 65: ...enu 3 Adjust minimum THICKNESS value The minimum THICKNESS value shall be less than expected thickness value to be measured 4 Place transducer on the subject to be measured and get a waveform with at...

Page 66: ...obe e g dual or single element straight probe as well Position of echo flank within GATE1 will be used for Auto calibration therefore it is advisable to adjust the echo height just above the GATE1 dur...

Page 67: ...utton 14 The star symbol appears next to S1 100 0mm 15 Move the gate over the second echo 16 Depress AUTOCALB button right to activate S2 MEASURE and measure second echo 17 Adjust the GAIN until the s...

Page 68: ...culation 21 Depress CALC NOW RUN button 22 The instrument now calculates the PROBE DELAY and VELOCITY values for the best positions of first and second echoes exactly over 100mm and 200mm marks on the...

Page 69: ...g up to 20 points which may be set in any order they will be automatically arranged in the ascending order 7 3 2 DAC Interpolation Modes DAC INTERP See also 4 8 CURVES Sub Menu SETTING LINEAR adjacent...

Page 70: ...DAC Execution key 2nd from the left 4 Delete all previous DAC points if any exist depressing DEL xx button 5 Make sure that DAC 1 is displayed depress DAC TYPE button if needed 6 TR CORR shall be set...

Page 71: ...7 3 5 Setting of Auxiliary DAC Curves DAC TYPE 2 to DAC TYPE 5 1 Up to four 4 auxiliary DAC curves DAC 2 to DAC 5 may be derived based on DAC 1 depress DAC TYPE button to display the desired DAC numbe...

Page 72: ...ared to DAC is that 5 five auxiliary curves will be set automatically with fixed predefined offsets L LINE 12 dB light blue M LINE 6 dB magenta H LINE 0 dB pink dashed basic curve U LINE 6 dB red U LI...

Page 73: ...de correction functions as follows depress DAC once the DAC button green background indicates active Distance Amplitude Correction mode depress DAC twice the DAC TCG button green background indicates...

Page 74: ...ed hole SDH 1 Switch ON the DGS function in the SETTING CURVES sub menu 2 Return to the Basic menu depress the SETTING twice Now there is DGS key at the 2nd position instead of DAC key 3 Depress the D...

Page 75: ...at the same depth otherwise warning DSR Dbeam appears 9 If the object under test is made of different material or has different properties than the reference block some corrections need to be performe...

Page 76: ...Depress the CURVES button 3 Make sure that the API 5UE mode is OFF 4 Switch the AWS MODE to ON 5 Return to the Basic Menu depress the SETTING button twice 6 The DAC button had changed to AWS 7 Depres...

Page 77: ...ayed simultaneously with live echo 3 With active FREEZE MAX mode move probe over a calibration notch in the reference block and get envelope shape Bring GATE 4 over the echo and adjust VELOCITY value...

Page 78: ...per part of the screen In the Status Window the parenthesis symbol next to the D and P symbols indicates that depth of flaw D and surface projection distance P are calculated from the outside convex s...

Page 79: ...the output connector of D 1000 otherwise built in preamplifier in the probe will be damaged 1 Turn TR MODE to the BASIC MODE depress right dark button and confirm YES if the instrument had been set to...

Page 80: ...press the key to activate special mode menu Set Phased Array to OFF Set MULTI MODE to SYNC SYNC MODE is activated by MULTI cable connected and IRC C pull up to 5V HW_SET Puse repetition rate PRF Hz va...

Page 81: ...TUPS DEFAULT and confirm YES If the PA probe is equipped with wedge depress the right control key grey next to the PA WEDGE OFF on the display For 0 degree wedge depress the left control key yellow Th...

Page 82: ...om 0 0 to 100 0 mm The wedge front position is displayed as a vertical line WF 8 2 3 Z OFFSET ZERO OFFSET Setting of the time base zero offset for proper display of the sound path Smm within value ran...

Page 83: ...2Errore Per applicare Nadpis 1 al testo da visualizzare in quest ALL With instrument in the basic PA mode default the main functions of sta ultrasonic flaw detector may be applied such as DAC TCG and...

Page 84: ...re in questo pun setting the cursor angle for sound velocity m s and for standard specified wedge the absolute angle range ns of wave phase between the outmost elements The cursor is displayed as incl...

Page 85: ...N M RX ALL TX see 8 5 may be zoomed to the W scan Wide scan by depressing the key The S scan tab is changed to W scan Next depressing the key will return to the S scan The W scan display allows more...

Page 86: ...robe the back echo position will be changed then all 16 rows are similar with red back wall echo only SW Version 2012 06 12Errore Per applicare Nadpis 1 al testo da visualizzare in questo pun SEL TX R...

Page 87: ...e PA the S scan SW Version 2012 06 12Errore Per applicare Nadpis 1 al testo da visualizzare in questo pun Chan N M RX ALL TX In order to switch ON the Chan N M RX LL TX mode activate the PA Phased 8 1...

Page 88: ...to be scanned The MODE WELD OFF changes to MODE WELD GEOM at the same time the S scan changes to WELD There are some predefined examples of weld geometry that can be chosen by the WELD X of N buttons...

Page 89: ...der to do so depress the grey left WELD X of N button until the WELD Designed by params screen appears The meanings of all parameters is shown in the picture Groove Angle range 0 120 Groove Bevel rang...

Page 90: ...0 05 1 1 st segment 2 nd segment 3 rd segment 4 th segment WELD 4 of 4 All weld configurations shall be contained in sections abbreviated with names in square brackets Weld configuration name Number o...

Page 91: ...he D1000 help folder it can be easily transferred between the USB device and instrument also it can be displayed during viewing the help Example 1 Butt V weld thickness T 20 mm Groove Angle 60 Groove...

Page 92: ...ve tg15 0 0 25 1 0 83 0 268 0 247 Y1 0 weld top X2 Weld Gap 2 T 2 5 1 0 025 0 025 Y2 T Depth of Groove 1 83 0 83 2nd segment X2 Y2 X3 Y3 X2 Weld Gap 2 T 2 5 1 0 025 0 025 Y2 T Depth of Groove 1 83 0 8...

Page 93: ...Y 1 X 2 Y 2 0 067 1 This weld geometry will be described by 3 segments 1st segment X1 Y1 X2 Y2 X1 Weld Gap Depth of Groove tg45 0 067 0 87 1 0 937 Y1 0 weld top X2 Weld Gap 0 067 Y2 T Depth of Groove...

Page 94: ...if had been saved with names and or descriptions Possible actions are as follows QUIT key return to the basic mode DEFAULT force default setup the FORCE DEFAULT SETUP menu will be displayed with opti...

Page 95: ...will be saved in D1000 setups folder 10 2 Load Setups From USB Memory Stick Setup files shall be saved from the computer to the USB memory stick in D1000 setups folder in advance connect the USB memo...

Page 96: ...ters for each picture are saved in stp file with A scan in digital form dat file 1024 max values for FW waveform and 2048 max min pairs for RF waveform for research purposes or for import to Excel Dep...

Page 97: ...age_str txt pictures not necessary for firmware update printscreen files png associated data and settings files dat stp csv htm setups not necessary for firmware update setup files txt for D1000 PA on...

Page 98: ...firmware all saved records pictures with settings etc will be saved to the USB memory stick in the D1000 pictures folder if there is enough space on the USB memory stick and at the same time all recor...

Page 99: ...aspect ratio to fit the screen text files txt shall be prepared using UTF8 encoding for national character set The menu for keys Execution Keys is as follows go to previous help page file PLAY play mo...

Page 100: ...Automatic calibration of probe delay 66 Automatic calibration of sound velocity 66 Calibration intervals 3 CAMERA 22 Configuration files Management of configuration files 94 Connectors 12 Connectors a...

Page 101: ...near scan 86 Load Picture 20 Setup 20 Lock 23 LOG LINEAR 53 69 LOG LOG 53 69 L scan 86 Management of configuration files 94 Menu Basic 24 BSCAN 38 DAC 32 Description 24 GATES 35 HW_SET 29 SETTING 46 A...

Page 102: ...er Instrument 22 80 TCG 32 52 73 TCG Modes 73 THICKNESS 39 48 Automatic thickness measuring 42 Thickness Measuring 41 Thickness measurement Analog output 64 Automatic thickness measurement 65 Time Bas...

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