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PHASOR XS Operating Manual

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Contents

1. Phased Array Operation—Keypad,

Menus, and Displays .......................................7

1.1 Supplying Power ....................................................7

1.2 Powering On and Off the Instrument ...................8

1.3 Keypad and Knob Features ...................................8

1.4 Home Menu

and Functions.............................9

1.5 Display Screen Features (Phased Array) ...........12

1.6 Startup Mode ........................................................13

1.7 Software Updates ................................................13

2. Setting Up for Phased Array
Measurement

..................................................15

2.1 Language, Units of Measurement, Date,

and Time................................................................15

2.2 Display Appearance .............................................16

2.3 Installing a Phased Array Probe .........................17

2.3.1 Connecting a Probe ................................ 17

2.3.2 Conﬁguring the Instrument for a

Phased

Array

Probe

................................ 18

2.3.3 Inputting Wedge-Related Information .. 19

2.4 Inputting Test-Piece Properties .........................20

2.5 Deﬁning the Scan Parameters ...........................23

2.6 Deﬁning the Ultrasonic Characteristics

of the Displayed Scan ............................................25

2.6.1 LEG Setting to Control the Scan

Range

....................................................... 25

2.6.2 Setting the Display Delay ....................... 25

2.6.3 Deﬁning the Display’s Starting Point .... 25

2.7 Pulser and Receiver Settings for Phased

Array Operation ...................................................26

2.7.1 Setting the Pulser Voltage Level

(UT-PULSER-VOLTAGE)

......................... 26

2.7.2 Selecting the Pulser Width

(UT-PULSER-WIDTH)

.............................. 27

2.7.3 Specifying the Receiver Frequency

(UT-RECEIVER-FREQUENCY)

............... 27

2.7.4 Selecting a Rectiﬁcation Mode

(UT-RECEIVER-ASCAN

RECTIFY)

......... 27

2.8 Managing Gates for Phased Array

Operation .............................................................28

2.8.1 Positioning Gates ................................... 28

2.8.2 Selecting the TOF-Detection Method .... 30

2.8.3 Setting Gate Logic ................................. 30

2.8.4 Conﬁgure the Gate to Ignore or

Accept Off-Screen Triggers

(DISPLAY-RESULTS2-GATE

SHAPE)

.... 30

2.8.5 Assign TTL Output / Alarm Indication

Light to a Gate

(DISPLAY-RESULTS2-TTL

#1)

................ 30

2.9 Calibrating the Instrument /

Probe Combination ..............................................31

2.9.1 Performing a Quick Calibration ............ 31

3. Operating in Phased Array Mode .................33

3.1 Selecting the Displayed View

(Phased Array) ......................................................33

3.2 Displaying Results (Phased Array) .....................34

3.3 Controlling A-Scan Orientation and

Beam Cursor Position .........................................36

3.4 Operating in Freeze Mode (Phased Array) .........38

3.5 Setting the Gain (Phased Array) .........................38

3.6 Operating in TCG Mode (Phased Array) .............41

3.6.1 Recording the TCG Reference Points ... 42

3.6.2 Selecting Beam-Groups of Interest

During the TCG Recording Process ..... 44

3.6.3 Applying Incremental Gain to

Beam Groups During the Recording

Process

.................................................... 44

3.6.4 Manually Imputing TCG Points ............. 44

3.6.5 Editing TCG Points ................................. 45

4. Conventional Operation: Menu

System, Keypad, and Displays .....................47

4.1 Supplying Power ..................................................47

4.2 Powering On and Off the Instrument ................48

4.3 Keypad and Knob Features .................................48

4.4 Home Menu, Eval Menus, and Functions .........48

4.5 Display Screen Features (Conventional) ...........53

4.6 Initial Instrument Setup .......................................53

4.6.1 Language, Units of Measurement,

Date, and Time ........................................ 54

4.6.2 Display Appearance ............................... 56

4.7 Installing a Conventional Probe ........................56

Summary of Contents for Phasor 16/16

Page 1: ...nsing Inspection Technologies GEInspectionTechnologies com Phasor XS 021 002 362 rev 5 g 2008 General Electric Company All rights reserved We reserve the right to technical modiﬁcations without prior notice ...

Page 2: ...e channel ultrasonic operation only Chapters 4 and 5 Phasor 16 16 Single channel ultrasonic operation plus 16 channel ultrasonic phased array operation Chapters 1 7 Phasor XS 16 64 Single channel ultrasonic operation plus 16 64 conﬁguration of phased array operation This optional level also includes TOP VIEW referenced in Chapter 8 of the manual Chapters 1 8 Version 2 0 and higher of the Phasor ma...

Page 3: ...2 8 Managing Gates for Phased Array Operation 28 2 8 1 Positioning Gates 28 2 8 2 Selecting the TOF Detection Method 30 2 8 3 Setting Gate Logic 30 2 8 4 Conﬁgure the Gate to Ignore or Accept Off Screen Triggers DISPLAY RESULTS2 GATE SHAPE 30 2 8 5 Assign TTL Output Alarm Indication Light to a Gate DISPLAY RESULTS2 TTL 1 30 2 9 Calibrating the Instrument Probe Combination 31 2 9 1 Performing a Qui...

Page 4: ...isplay 70 5 8 DAC TCG EVALUATION MODE 70 5 9 Using DAC 71 5 9 1 Recording the DAC Curve 71 5 9 2 Working with DAC 71 5 10 Using TCG 72 5 10 1 Generating the TCG Reference Curve 72 5 10 2 Working with TCG 73 5 11 Adjusting DAC or TCG Display and Adding Offsets 73 5 12 Editing and Deleting DAC and TCG Reference Points 74 5 13 Deleting a DAC Curve or TCG Reference Points 74 5 14 DGS Evaluation Mode 7...

Page 5: ...ng a TOP View 95 8 1 2 Setting Up TOP View for TIMED Operation 96 8 1 3 Setting Up TOP View for ENCODED Operation 97 8 2 Creating a TOP View 99 8 3 Freezing the Display and Navigating Data in TOP View 104 8 4 Storing the TOP View Data 106 8 5 Using TOP View s ENCODED Mode User Application Summary 106 9 Error Messages 107 10 Index 109 ...

Page 6: ...Contents Page 4 PHASOR XS Operating Manual ...

Page 7: ...ge of the theory of sound propagation the effects of sound velocity in the test material the behavior of the sound wave at interfaces between different materials the shape of the sound beam the inﬂuence of sound attenuation in the test object and the inﬂuence of surface quality of the test object Lack of such knowledge could lead to false test results with unforeseeable consequences You can contac...

Page 8: ...n us or one of our authorized service representatives or iii external causes such as accident abuse misuse or problems with electrical power This warranty does not cover parts identiﬁed as wear and tear parts or lamps transducers tubes acces sories or optional equipment not manufactured by us which items may be covered by separate manufactur ers warranties Our obligation under this warranty is lim...

Page 9: ... menu sys tem Section 1 4 Interpret the symbols that most often appear on the display Section 1 5 1 1 Supplying Power The instrument operates on a Lithium battery pack located in the rear of its housing or by using the power adapter Figure 1 1 To remove the battery compartment cover ﬁrst remove the four thumb screws The standard Lithium battery pack will provide maximum operating life between char...

Page 10: ...nt Conventional Mode Adjust all parameters related to conventional ultrasonic measurement see Chapter 4 See Section 1 6 to set the mode in which the instrument starts up 1 3 Keypad and Knob Features The instrument is designed to give the user quick ac cess to all of the instrument s functions Its easy to use menu system allows any function to be accessed with no more than three key presses Figure ...

Page 11: ...tomatically generates a report or stores a dataset Sections 3 4 and 6 1 Power Key turns the instrument on and off Knob Emulator Key switches from the Home Menu to the Knob Menu which allows you to perform Knob functions using the keypad both knobs are disabled Function Rotary Knob Rotate to change the value of the selected function See Section 3 5 to disable this knob Gain Rotary Knob Rotate to ch...

Page 12: ...ion in the image ORIGIN OFFSET Deﬁnes the distance from an artiﬁcially desig nated zero position such as the center of a weld to the projection point of a reﬂector in the gate Setting equal to zero sets the probe s front edge as the zero position PART MENU PLAN Submenu Refer to Section 2 4 VELOCITY L Longitudinal velocity of sound in the part under test VELOCITY S Shear Transverse velocity of soun...

Page 13: ...r to Section 2 7 FREQUENCY Selects the frequency ﬁlter of the instrument ASCAN RECTIFY Selects the rectiﬁcation mode which effects how the A Scan appears on the display GATEMODE Submenu GATE SELECT Select A B or IF gates Refer to Section 2 8 TOF MODE Indicates whether the triggering echo s ﬂank or peak is used when making sound path measurements Refer to Section 2 8 2 LOGIC Determines whether the ...

Page 14: ...features you ll most often encounter Pressing and holding allows you to modify the displayed view to include A Scans Sector or Linear Scans or a combination of these Deﬁnition of Display Icons There are several graphical features icons which appear in the display screen s for various reasons Figure 1 5 includes several of these icons along with an explanation of their signiﬁcance FIGURE 1 5 These ...

Page 15: ...ocated in the CONFIG MENU by pressing below it Selections will appear down the left side of the display Step 2 Press next to STARTUP MODE to select one of the following WELCOME Display allows the user to select PHASED ARRAY or CONVENTIONAL operation each time the instrument is powered on LAST Instrument automatically powers on in the mode that was last active At any time the operating mode can be ...

Page 16: ...1 Phased Array Operation Keypad Menus and Displays Page 14 PHASOR XS Operating Manual ...

Page 17: ...surement Date and Time Use the procedures below to adjust the unit of measure ment the date the time and the language that appears on the instrument s display screens and data output These adjustments will require access to the REGIONAL and STARTUP Submenus These are accessed from the CONFIG Menu NOTE Once set the internal clock will maintain the current date and time Setting the Units of Measurem...

Page 18: ...unction knob while the desired character is highlighted Step 4 When complete press one more time The current time will be set to the time displayed 2 2 Display Appearance Use the procedures in this section to adjust display ap pearance The adjustments will require access to the DISPLAY Menu shown in Figure 2 1 Setting the Image Color Brightness and Orientation DISPLAY IMAGE or BACKGRND The color o...

Page 19: ...rn the Function Knob to select settings from 1 to 10 Step 6 The selected function will remain at the value last displayed 2 3 Installing a Phased Array Probe NOTE Modifying certain settings related to probe or scan conﬁguration will require a recalculation of the delay laws When such a change is made the modi ﬁed function will turn red indicating that the effect of this change will not take affect...

Page 20: ...IAL NUMBER Step 1 Activate the PRB DAT Submenu located in the PROBE Menu by pressing below it Step 2 Press next to one of the selections PART NUMBER or SERIAL NUMBER two times Step 3 To change the active digit of the part or serial number to match the value printed on the side of the probe connector turn the Function Knob To make the next digit active turn the Gain Knob Step 4 Press again to compl...

Page 21: ... change the value of the active digit of the part or serial number to match the value printed on the side of the probe connector turn the Function Knob To make the next digit active turn the Gain Knob Step 4 Press again to complete the PART or SERIAL NUMBER entering process The orientation of probe elements with respect to the wedge is displayed on the next page Deﬁning the Wedge Geometry PROBE WD...

Page 22: ...e assembly to be offset a ﬁxed distance from an inspection target the value of the offset which is typically equal to the width of an installed guide ring must be manually measured and input This allows the instrument to compensate for the offset and adjust the display accordingly Figure 2 4 Be sure to also measure and input the WEDGE FRONT dimension before setting ORIGIN OFFSET Step 1 Activate th...

Page 23: ... of the probe that corresponds to the LOW thin side of the wedge with additional elements arranged towards the high thick side of the wedge FIGURE 2 6 ELEM 1 POS setting identiﬁes the location of the probe s ﬁrst element and describes the direction in which remaining elements are arranged In this case the ﬁrst element is located at the edge of the probe that corresponds to the HIGH thick side of t...

Page 24: ...2 Setting Up for Phased Array Measurement Page 22 PHASOR XS Operating Manual ...

Page 25: ... modi ﬁed function will turn red indicating that the effect of this change will not take affect until the new delay law calculation is carried out To command a calculation press and hold for three seconds or access the SCAN PATT submenu and press next to the CALC Function When operating in Phased Array mode the sequence and pattern at which the probe s elements ﬁre are deﬁned by the scan parameter...

Page 26: ...2 Setting Up for Phased Array Measurement Page 24 PHASOR XS Operating Manual FIGURE 2 7 Linear Scan Parameters FIGURE 2 8 Sector Scan Parameters ...

Page 27: ...e 2 10 to be displayed but is not otherwise required to use the LEG feature Step 2 Press to activate the HOME Menu Then press next to the selection titled LEG Step 3 Turning the function knob will change the value of LEG and reduce or expand the sound path length dis played on the screen If COLOR LEG is set to ON you ll also notice the addition or removal of leg lines as the LEG setting changes 2 ...

Page 28: ...meter relates to the measured distance from the probe to the test piece through the delay material The IF Gate is initially positioned based on this value Switching on the IF Gate activates the IF condition that controls the A and B Gate starting point 2 7 Pulser and Receiver Settings for Phased Array Operation 2 7 1 Setting the Pulser Voltage Level UT PULSER VOLTAGE The relative energy with which...

Page 29: ...ilable 2 3 4 5 MHz Select as required LOW PASS 4 MHz Select to utilize a built in low pass LP ﬁlter HIGH PASS 5 MHz Select to utilize a built in high pass HP ﬁlter BB 0 6 6 5 MHz Select to utilize a built in broad band BB ﬁlter Step 3 The receiver frequency level will be set to the last selection displayed 2 7 4 Selecting a Rectiﬁcation Mode UT RECEIVER ASCAN RECTIFY Rectiﬁcation affects the orien...

Page 30: ...tive orienta tion POS HALFWAVE Shows the positive component of the RF signal FULLWAVE Shows the positive and negative halves of the RF wave but both are oriented in the positive direction RF Shows the echo with no rectiﬁcation Step 3 Select the rectiﬁcation method 2 8 Managing Gates for Phased Array Operation Setting the position and characteristics of the IF A and B Gates for phased array operati...

Page 31: ...lso Section 2 6 3 NOTE When operating with the DISPLAY START Function set to IF the interface echoes for each beam are visible on the display This provides a visual indica tion of variation in the IF Gate triggering point When operating in this mode only the operator is alerted to the loss of an IF Gate triggering echo by the application of a special IF LOSS color to the display Setting a Gate s S...

Page 32: ...NEGATIVE No A Scan signal crosses the gate A and B Gates only OFF The selected gate will not be triggered NOTE The IF Gate must be turned OFF for the instru ment to produce a sector scan 2 8 4 Conﬁgure the Gate to Ignore or Accept Off Screen Triggers DISPLAY RESULTS2 GATE SHAPE Gate triggering can in some cases occur at a point that does not appear on the display screen The GATE SHAPE Function det...

Page 33: ...on standard s known reﬂector Step 3 Couple the probe to the calibration standard so that the ﬁrst reﬂector is captured inA Gate Press next to PROBE DELAY and adjust the value until the displayed SA value matches the depth of the calibration standard s known reﬂector The material velocity and probe delay are now adjusted to match the instrument probe test piece combination 2 9 1 Performing a Quick ...

Page 34: ... CAL submenu located in the PART menu Step 2 Adjust the VELOCITY setting until the displayed SBA measures 3 inches or 75 mm if an EN block is used Step 3 Adjust the PROBE DELAY setting until the dis played SA measures 1 inch or 25 mm if an EN block is used Step 4 Recalculate the delay laws by pressing three times A B ...

Page 35: ... operating in Phased Array Mode there are three ways in which the resulting image may be viewed Press to change the view mode noting that each change requires a few seconds to update the display screen During this brief delay appears near the upper right corner of the screen If the A Scan and Sector or Linear Scans are displayed simultaneously the relation of the two scans with respect to each oth...

Page 36: ... in Linear view P A Peak amplitude of all beams in scan that are currently captured by Gate A as a of FSH PSA Peak soundpath distance of all beams in scan that are currently captured by Gate A PPA Peak projection distance of all beams in scan that are currently captured by Gate A PDA Peak material depth of all beams in scan that are currently captured by Gate A PZA Peak uncorrected depth of all be...

Page 37: ... Path distance or duration represented by the highest echo to cross A Gate in the beam selected by the beam cursor SA Uncorrected Sound Path distance or duration represented by the ﬂank echo to cross A Gate in the beam selected by the beam cursor SBA Sound Path distance or duration between the highest echo in the beam selected to cross B Gate and the highest echo in the beam selected to cross A Ga...

Page 38: ...ed with a representing PEAK or representing FLANK See 2 8 2 to select detection methods Assigning Measured Readings to the Displayed Reading Boxes DISPLAY RESULTS1 or 2 READING The display includes a total of ﬁve boxes where measured values can be displayed Figure 3 4 Four small reading boxes can each contain one of four measured values A large reading box can display in a larger format any one of...

Page 39: ...the Beam Cursor with the Function Knob DISPLAY VIEW BEAM CURSOR Whenever a Sector is displayed the Beam Cursor ap pears as a diagonal line across the scan display screen it appears as a vertical line in Linear Scans The angu lar position of this cursor which can be displayed in a Reading box Section 3 2 can be controlled by turning the Function Knob To control the Beam Cursor with the Function Kno...

Page 40: ...AMP2 Amplitude measurement of image point at Cursor 2 intersection SBM2 Soundpath measurement from the selected Beam at the Horizontal Cursor 2 intersection OFF RESULTS1 Display the four READINGS that were operational prior to freezing the display OFFLN DB Change the Gain that s applied to the frozen display The amount of ofﬂine gain in dB that s applied to the frozen image is indicated in the ico...

Page 41: ...3 Operating in Phased Array Mode PHASOR XS Operating Manual Page 39 FIGURE 3 5 These A and Sector Scans are being evaluated in Freeze Mode ...

Page 42: ... Once a dB STEP value has been selected each click of the Gain Knob will increase or decrease the instrument s gain by the dB STEP increment NOTE Pressing and holding will switch the type of gain controlled by the Gain Knob between dBD digital gain and dBA analog gain The type of gain that is NOT controlled by the Gain Knob will appear in the top function bar position and can be controlled by the ...

Page 43: ...ent settings PULSER RE CEIVER etc have been made Changing these settings after the TCG reference points are input will affect the accuracy of measurement FIGURE 3 7 Why compensation may be needed Step 2 To unlock the knob change the setting of dB STEP to some value other than LOCK NOTE Both knobs are disabled whenever operating in Knob Emulator mode 3 6 Operating in TCG Mode Phased Array The depth...

Page 44: ...t material depths other than the baseline depth Only one set of TCG reference points can be stored at a time To record TCG reference points Step 1 A Gate is used to record the reference echoes Set GATE START and WIDTH to evaluate only the se lected reference echo Set THRESHOLD to 5 in order to include any signal height above 5 FSH Step 2 Access the NRM TCG Submenu located in the UT Menu by pressin...

Page 45: ...3 Operating in Phased Array Mode PHASOR XS Operating Manual Page 43 FIGURE 3 9 TCG Recording Process ...

Page 46: ...s stored it will be active when that data set is recalled 3 6 2 Selecting Beam Groups of Interest During the TCG Recording Process During the recording process the gain applied to one or more beam group segment can be reduced to eliminate the effect of an undesired reﬂector such as a geometric feature that is detected by these speciﬁc segments on the recording of a TCG point To select a region of ...

Page 47: ...to activate the BEAM CURSOR Function and set its value to a single beam or turn in to one of it s extremes to select all beams in the SCAN see Figure 3 10 Step 5 Press to activate the POINT Function and set its value to NEW Step 6 Press next to POINT POS and POINT GAIN then turn the Function Knob Set these values to corre spond with the desired position and applied gain level of the ﬁrst TCG point...

Page 48: ...int As exiting points are selected with the POINT Function their present time based position will be displayed Simply press next to the POINT POS Function and turn the Function Knob to alter this value When a NEW point is selected the POINT POS Function will be initially set to 0 but can be modiﬁed in the same way Note that an existing point can be deleted re moved from the curve by changing the v...

Page 49: ... that most often appear on the display Section 4 5 Set up the instrument s display and basic operating features Section 4 6 Install a conventional probe and conﬁgure the Pul sar Receiver to match the probe type Section 4 7 Adjust the A Scan display screen s appearance Section 4 8 Calibrate the instrument Section 4 9 Set the reminder alarm Section 4 10 Input option activation code Section 4 11 4 1 ...

Page 50: ...select a menu The menus across the bottom of the display will immediately be replaced with the submenus contained in the selected menu Press a menu key again to select the submenu containing the desired function Up to four functions will be displayed in the function bar on the left side of the display Select the desired function by pressing one of the four function keys Change the value listed in ...

Page 51: ... Menu System Keypad and Displays PHASOR XS Operating Manual Page 49 FIGURE 4 2 Some of the keypad and knob functions are shown here FIGURE 4 3 These conventional menus submenus and functions are accessed through the Home Menu ...

Page 52: ... of the display screen from 040 to 300 in steel Refer to Section 4 8 1 PROBE DELAY Represents the time delay caused by sound wave travel through a probe s wearplate membrane delay line or wedge Refer to Section 4 9 2 VELOCITY Displays the velocity for the selected material and allows the user to input a velocity Refer to Section 4 9 2 DISPLAY DELAY Shifts the A Scan viewing window to the left or r...

Page 53: ...layed in each of the four Reading Boxes Refer to Section 5 3 RESULTS2 Submenu Refer to Section 5 3 MODE Set the large reading box to display one or two results READING 5 LRG Select the measurement displayed in the large or ﬁfth if the large box is split result box READING 6 Select the measurement displayed in the sixth when the large box is split result box GATE A Submenu Refer to Section 5 1 1 GA...

Page 54: ...in probe options set to 0 for user deﬁned probe XTAL FREQUENCY Frequency of selected probe EFF DIAMETER Diameter of selected probe DELAY VELOCITY Delay line velocity of selected probe HEADER Submenu Refer to Section 6 5 HEADER NUMBER Selects the Header Line to edit EDIT Set to YES to allow editing of the selected Header Line HDR IN REPORT Determines if the header will be included in the generated ...

Page 55: ...alculated based on formula for D1 1 and D1 5 GATE A Submenu Refer to Section 5 1 1 GATE A START Sets the beginning position of A gate on the A Scan GATE A WIDTH Sets the width of A gate on the A Scan A THRESHOLD Sets the height of A gate on the A Scan TOF MODE Indicates whether an A Scan echo s ﬂank or peak is evaluated by the A gate JISDAC MENU RECORD Submenu Refer to Section 5 17 1 GATE A START ...

Page 56: ...nd Time Use the procedures below to adjust the unit of measure ment the date the time and the language that appears on the instrument s display screens and data output The adjustments will require access to the REGIONAL and STARTUP Submenus These are accessed from the CONFIG Menu shown in Figure 4 7 Setting the Operating Language CONFIG REGIONAL LANGUAGE Step 1 Activate the REGIONAL Submenu locate...

Page 57: ...cated in the CONFIG Menu by pressing below it Functions will appear down the left side of the display screen Step 2 Press next to the selection titled DATE The date is displayed to show the Day Month and Year Note that the ﬁrst time you press the day character is highlighted The next time you press the month character is highlighted Finally pressing again will cause the year character to be highli...

Page 58: ...e continue pressing or turn the function knob Each grid style is shown in the display screen s A Scan window as it is selected Step 4 The grid style will be set to the last one displayed Setting the Display Color CONFIG DISPLAY COLOR Step 1 Activate the DISPLAY Submenu located in the CONFIG Menu by pressing below it Functions will appear down the left side of the display screen Step 2 Press next t...

Page 59: ...pecified frequency continue pressing or turn the function knob You ll note that the following frequency settings are available 1 2 2 25 4 5 10 13 MHz Set to match conven tional probe frequencies BROADBAND Select to utilize a built in broad band BB ﬁlter Step 3 The probe frequency level will be set to the last one displayed Modifying the Signal Ratio to Noise by Changing the Damping Level SETUP PUL...

Page 60: ...re 4 9 Note that the RF signal has a negative component below the axis and a positive component above the axis In RF mode the A gate and B gate can be positioned either above or below the axis to be triggered by a positive heading echo or a negative heading echo Positive Half Rectiﬁcation means that only the upper positive half of the RF signal is displayed Negative Half Rectification means that o...

Page 61: ...e amount ofA Scan you wish to omit from the display screen as a percentage of screen height turn the function knob You may omit A Scans up to 80 of the screen height Whenever REJECT is set to a value greater then 0 the will appear in the status bar 4 8 Adjusting the A Scan Conventional 4 8 1 Setting the A Scan Range Calibration requires the use of two calibrated standards of different thickness ma...

Page 62: ...F set to AUTO TCG Turned OFF Recommended that REJECT be set to 0 4 9 2 Using AUTOCAL to Calibrate the Instrument Read the following while reviewing Figure 4 12 Step 1 From the SETUP Menu activate the AUTOCAL Submenu by pressing below it Four functions will appear down the left side of the display screen Step 2 Press next to the selection titled S REF1 and turn the function knob until the value of ...

Page 63: ...AL Function applies only to conventional operation not to phased array operation Checking Calibration Results Following the calibration procedure the calculated acous tical velocity and probe delay are displayed To view these calculated values Step 1 Access the HOME Menu Step 2 You ll ﬁnd these selections PROBE DELAY Adjustment made as a result of the AUTOCAL zeroing procedure This represents the ...

Page 64: ...nctions also resets the alarm 4 11 Activating Instrument Upgrades When provided activation codes matched to your instru ment s serial number can be input by using the CODE Submenu located in the CONFIG Menu This submenu also lists the serial number assigned to your instrument To input an activation code Step 1 Access the CODE Submenu located in the CON FIG Menu Step 2 Press two times next to the C...

Page 65: ...gain setting Section 5 6 Use the DAC TCG evaluation modes to normal ize A Scan amplitudes regardless of the reﬂectors depths Section 5 8 Operate in DGS evaluation mode Section 5 14 Operate in dB REF evaluation mode Section 5 15 Operate in AWS D1 1 1 5 evaluation mode Section 5 16 Operate in JISDAC evaluation mode Section 5 17 5 1 Conﬁguring the A and B Gates Setting the position and characteristic...

Page 66: ... cross the gate Setting a Gate s Starting Point GATES GATE A or GATE B GATE START Step 1 Activate the GATE A or GATE B Submenu located in the GATES Menu Step 2 Select the GATEAor B START function and adjust the starting point by turning the Function Knob Increasing and decreasing the value of the starting point moves the gate to the right and left respectively Step 3 The gate starting point will r...

Page 67: ...ight is based on the HIGHEST triggering echo in the gate FLANK Time based triggering point is the ﬁrst ﬂank to cross the gate and amplitude based results are based on the HIGHEST peak of any echo crossing the gate NOT necessarily the peak of the echo whose ﬂank triggered the gate JFLANK Time based triggering point is the ﬁrst ﬂank to cross the gate and amplitude based results are based on the peak...

Page 68: ...IC is set to OFF Use the following procedure to indicate which gate activates the light Step 1 Activate the GATE MODE Submenu in the GATES Menu Step 2 Select the OUTPUT SELECT Function Step 3 Choose one of the following selections A GATE Alarm light indicates when A Gate s alarm triggers B GATE Alarm light indicates when B Gate s alarm triggers A or B Alarm light indicates when either A or B Gate ...

Page 69: ... on instrument conﬁguration and operating mode A A Amplitude as a of full screen height of the highest echo falling within the width of A Gate A B Amplitude as a of full screen height of the highest echo falling within the width of B Gate Note that when S D P or R readings are displayed the Gate Detection Mode 5 1 2 setting for the refer enced gate A or B is indicated by a Peak Mode or a Flank Mod...

Page 70: ...e ERS Evaluates the reﬂected echo DGS Mode and calculates the Equivalent Reﬂector Size Gt DGS test gain which initializes the DGS curve s max height at 80 FSH Gr DGS reference gain which represents the instrument gain at which the reference echo s peak reaches 80 FSH OFF No reading will be displayed in the reading box The measured readings can be displayed in any of the up to six small reading box...

Page 71: ... values When the word LOCK appears as the dB STEP value the gain knob is locked Step 2 To unlock the knob change the setting of dB STEP to some value other than LOCK NOTE The gain knob is automatically locked whenever the knob emulator menu is activated by pressing 5 6 Setting the Gain Instrument gain which increases and decreases the height of a displayed A Scan is adjusted with the Gain Knob The...

Page 72: ...ection DAC functions Figure 5 6 These functions are ac cessed through the DAC TCG Menu on the HOME Menu bar Both the DAC and TCG functions operate based on a set of user recorded data points These points are re corded from the DAC TCG menu as described below The TCG function displays reﬂectors of equal size at equal A Scan amplitudes regardless of the reﬂector s depth in the test material This is ...

Page 73: ...at the echo crosses the A Gate and the highest peak in gate A is at approximately 80 of full screen height The highest peak must not be higher than 100 full screen height NOTE The AUTO 80 function allows for automatic application of gain to set A Gate s triggering echo to 80 of full screen height Press to select AUTO 80 located in the RECORD Submenu then press and hold it again This function can a...

Page 74: ...reference points are input will affect the accuracy of measurement Step 2 TCG reference points up to 15 must be recorded This process allows the instrument to calculate and com pensate for the effect on material depth on reﬂector echo height The dynamic range of the TCG function is 60 dB Maximum curve slope is 12 dB per microsecond Succes sive data points do not have to decrease in amplitude That ...

Page 75: ...E function until TCG appears will appear Step 3 Press next to the TCG DISPLAY function to turn this feature ON or OFF NOTE The TCG curve begins at the ﬁrst reference point recorded It then proceeds horizontally from this amplitude of this ﬁrst reference point to the depth time position of the last reference point recorded 5 11 Adjusting DAC or TCG Display and Adding Offsets Once the DAC or TCG cur...

Page 76: ...rtical position Note that this adjustment applies re gardless of whether the point is used for TCG reference or a DAC Curve Step 5 Press next to the ENTER function to input the adjusted point values or new point s position The DAC Curve or TCG reference function will be adjusted to match this edited input Step 6 To delete any single DAC point press and hold next to the POINT POINT POS or POINT GAI...

Page 77: ...gs related to the pulser receiver and material velocity settings The instrument will prevent changes to certain settings after the DGS Reference Echo has been recorded and DGS is turned ON 5 14 1 Specifying a Probe and Preparing to Record the Reference Echo Before using the DGS feature to evaluate reﬂectors in test pieces the characteristics of the attached probe must be speciﬁed certain character...

Page 78: ...tom Hole with a reference defect size equal to the hole s facial diameter Follow these steps and Figure 5 9 to record a reference echo Step 1 Select the REF ECHO submenu then the REFER ENCE TYPE function Once activated this function allows you to select one of the three reference types described above and specify the size of the known standard s refer ence ﬂaw Step 2 Couple the probe to the known ...

Page 79: ...eference echo has been recorded the DGS curve is displayed simply by selecting the SETUP sub menu in the DGS menu then setting the DGS MODE function to ON Figure 5 10 Note that switching this value to OFF does not delete the curve it simply removes the curve from the display and disables the DGS mode Once the DGS Curve is displayed it can be adjusted using one of these three functions TEST ATTEN f...

Page 80: ... the reference block is made of the same mateial as the test object The evaluation is carried out using the same probe which was also used for recording the reference echo Another probe of the same type can be used after recording a new reference echo Echo amplitudes for reﬂector distances smaller than half of the probe s near ﬁeld length are subject to heavy variation for physical reasons due to ...

Page 81: ... reference echo and the highest echo to cross B Gate A rB Amplitude of the signal crossing the B Gate as a percentage of the reference amplitude 5 16 AWS D1 1 Weld Rating Evaluation Mode NOTE Result evaluating features such as AWS D1 1 D1 5 are ﬁrst selected by the user via the EVAL MODE function located in the EVAL Menu The se lected evaluation feature s menu then appears in the HOME Menu This fe...

Page 82: ...s not fall between 10 and 90 the inputted point will not be accepted Step 3 Press next to the B REFERENCE function then to conﬁrm to deﬁne the reference dB level Step 4 To evaluate a reﬂector in a test piece couple the probe to the test piece Now adjust the A Gate position if required so that it is over the desired echo as shown in Figure 5 12 Step 5 Adjust the gain until the peak of the test piec...

Page 83: ...presents constant reﬂector size at varying material depth Whendisplayed theJISDACcurvevisuallyrepresentsaline of constant reﬂector peaks over a range of material depths Remember that in JISDAC mode the only deviation from traditional display and operation is the appearance of the JISDAC curve and a series of OFFSET curves AllA Scan echoes are displayed at their non compensated height A JISDAC curv...

Page 84: ...e to record additional Curve points follow ing steps 2 and 3 up to a maximum of 15 points note that at least two JISDAC Curve points are required Step 5 When complete press next to FINISH 5 17 2 Working with DAC In JISDAC mode the instrument uses the user input refer ence points to create a curve representing the amplitudes of echoes representing same size reﬂectors at varying material depth Figur...

Page 85: ...or is set to the high contrast BLACK on WHITE 5 17 3 Deleting a JISDAC Curve To delete a stored JISDAC curve Step 1 With the JISDAC Menu activated select the SETUP Submenu Step 2 Press next to the DELETE CURVE function see Figure 5 6 Step 3 Press next to the DELETE CURVE function a second time Then press to conﬁrm your selection Step 4 The statement in the JISDAC function box will change to OFF FI...

Page 86: ...5 Making Conventional Measurements Page 84 PHASOR XS Operating Manual ...

Page 87: ... 1 Data Set Files Data set ﬁles are used to store a speciﬁc instrument setup conﬁguration Instrument settings and the active A Scan present when the data set ﬁle is created can be stored in the ﬁle When the data set ﬁle is recalled all instrument settings are modiﬁed to match the settings stored in the data set ﬁle NOTE Data sets stored on an SD card will include a frozen display image and related...

Page 88: ... image and related A Scans DIALOG PROBE Phased Array only Abbreviated data sets can be stored in connected phased array dialog probes Step 5 With the desired data set name input press next to ENTER to complete the data set creation process The instrument s settings have been saved in the data set NOTE Pressing and holding for three seconds causes a dataset to be stored or a report to be gener ated...

Page 89: ...gure 6 2 Including a Report Header In a Generated Report You can specify whether the report header is included in a report To add or remove an active ﬁle s report header Step 2 Set the ACTION function in the FILENAME submenu to STORE DATASET Step 3 Press next to ENTER then follow the on screen instructions to make the edits to this file permanent 6 2 Recalling Existing Data Sets Accessing an exist...

Page 90: ... Scan FILE REPORT IMAGE IN REPORT Listing of Data Set Stored Instrument Settings FILE REPORT PARAM IN REPORT With the SD card installed and the desired data set active to store a report you must Step 1 Activate the FILENAME Submenu located in the FILES Menus and press to set the ACTION Function to STORE REPORT Step 2 Be sure that the SOURCE DEST Function in the active submenu is set to SD CARD Ste...

Page 91: ...rear corner of the instrument To output the 5 volt TTL 1 signal to a connected PC you must connect the instrument to the PC using the correct cable RS 232 to 9 Pin Serial Printer Cable Note that the 5 volt output signal occurs on pin 7 of the RS 232 port The seven pin LEMO connector is located on the right side of the instrument above the Function Knob This connector s pin assignments are shown in...

Page 92: ...6 Storing Data Sets and Generating Reports Page 90 PHASOR XS Operating Manual ...

Page 93: ...ging External charger External Power Supply Universal Input 85 to 260 V 50 to 60 Hz Probe Connectors Conventional 00 lemo BNC adapters provided Phased Array Custom ZIF VGA Output Yes Dialog Languages Chinese English French German Japanese Spanish Polish Romanian Russian and Czechoslovakian Display Size 165 mm 6 5 in diagonal Display Resolution VGA color TFT 640H x 480V pixel Internal Capacity Capa...

Page 94: ...robe 1 to 64 Virtual Probe 1 to 16 Number of Cycles 1 to 128 Pulser Width 1 2 Cycle 40 to 500 nsec Pulser Delay 0 to 10 24 μ sec Receiver Delay 0 to 10 24 μ sec Acoustic Velocity 1000 to 16000 m s 0 0393 to 0 6299 in μ sec 1000 to 15000 m s 0 0393 to 0 5905 in μ sec Measurement Range 14 m 5900 m s 1 8 m 5900 m s Display Delay 10 m 5900 m s 1 8 m 5900 m s Auto Timebase Calibration Yes Reject 0 to 8...

Page 95: ...siﬁcation 7 4 Phased Array Probes Product Code Frequency MHz Element Cable Length Count Aperture Elevation Pitch mm2 inch2 mm inch mm inch m ft L8U84 2 8 8 x 9 31 x 35 9 35 1 039 2 6 5 L8U96 4 16 8 x 9 31 x 35 9 35 0 5 020 2 6 5 EUN75 5 32 16 x 10 63 x 39 10 39 0 5 020 2 6 5 L99HK 5 16 16 x 10 63 x 39 10 39 1 039 2 6 5 L99KO 2 25 16 16 x 13 63 x 51 13 51 1 039 2 6 5 L99LQ 2 25 16 24 x 19 94 x 75 1...

Page 96: ...7 Technical Speciﬁcations Page 94 PHASOR XS Operating Manual ...

Page 97: ... buffered data Section 8 3 Store the TOP View data in a data set Section 8 4 Conduct a typical ENCODED data acquisition session by following an application summary Section 8 5 NOTE To avoid inadvertently deleting TOP View data before it can be stored in a data set or otherwise evalu ated refer to the various notes in Section 8 4 8 1 Preparing for TOP View Operation The TOP View display option allo...

Page 98: ...ines acquired and displayed per second Step 4 Note that the calculated value of DISPLAY LENGTH automatically updates This calculated value represents the amount of scanning time represented on the TOP View display at any one time While scanning a test piece stopping the display Section 8 3 allows the operator to scroll back through TOP View data that s held in the data buffer NOTE While scanning i...

Page 99: ...on in the VIEW Submenu located in the DISPLAY Menu Select from four types of gated data to represent in the TOP View including AMP A Amplitude of echoes captured in the A Gate AMP B Amplitude of echoes captured in the B Gate SA Time of ﬂight duration to A Gate triggering echoes SB Time of ﬂight duration to B Gate triggering echoes Step 9 Press to activate TOP View by setting the VIEW MODE Function...

Page 100: ...he NEW DATA Function in the IMAGE Submenu located in the DISPLAY Menu The selection sets the screen location LEFT RIGHT TOP or BOTTOM at which newly acquired TOP VIEW data is added to the display screen This function controls the display screen scrolling direction Step 3 Press to activate and set the AMP COLOR PALETTE in the IMAGE Submenu located in the DIS PLAY Menu Select one of the four standar...

Page 101: ...adjusted in TIMED mode prior to switching to ENCODED mode Acquiring TOP View Data in TIMED Mode After the instrument is configured as described in Sections 8 1 1 and 8 1 2 the TOP View display is im mediately active when the VIEW MODE Function in the VIEW Submenu is set to TOP TIMED operation is shown in Figure 8 4 NOTE While scanning in TIMED mode TOP View data is ﬁrst added to the display screen...

Page 102: ...isted in the DISPLAY LENGTH Function box When the screen is full as it is in Figure 8 5 the initial data scrolls into the instrument s data buffer When the buffer is full the scanning process automatically stops requiring the operator to take action before the data is overwritten At any time the TOP View scan ning process can be stopped allowing on screen and buffered data to be stored Storing the...

Page 103: ...View data acquired in ENCODED mode can be viewed as an amplitude or sound path distance to trigger TOF in A or B Gate If desired to use the PEAK feature in ENCODED mode the ASCAN MODE Function must ﬁrst be set to PEAK in the TIMED acquisition mode before setting the CLOCK Function to ENCODED ...

Page 104: ... or TOF mode These four data sources are also the only data related to the TOP View display that can be accessed from a frozen display Section 8 3 or stored in a data set Section 8 4 Adding or Removing the A Scan from the TOP View Display While acquiring TOP View data the A Scan representing a selected beam can be displayed on the screen along with the TOP View image Note that if acquiring data in...

Page 105: ...valuated IF loss can occur from loss of coupling or when the dis tance from the probe to the part exceeds an acceptable limit Limits are established to insure the phased array delay law calculations remain valid for the beam The variations described effect this Phased Array delay law calculation for both angle steering and focal depth Delay law calculations are based on an assumed Z distance Secti...

Page 106: ...ll unsaved TOP View data and restarts the display acquisition process while RESUME not displayed when the ENCODED mode buffer is full allows the acquisition to continue from its position when STOP was selected Step 1 With TOP View operating and the TOP View Control Menu displayed Figure 8 7 press below STOP to freeze the TOP View display pressing has the same effect Step 2 The Frozen TOP View Menu...

Page 107: ...ure PHASOR XS Operating Manual Page 105 FIGURE 8 7 TOP View data can be viewed as an amplitude or sound path distance to trigger TOF in A or B Gate Note that in ENCODED mode DATA SOURCE changes can only be made when the display is frozen ...

Page 108: ...ting Similarly selecting and altering functions that require a recalculation of instrument parameters will result in loss of unsaved TOP View data 8 5 Using TOP View s ENCODED Mode User Application Summary A typical TOP View data acquisition session may be conducted in the following manner A probe is selected to cover an area of test material material with multiple straight beams Suitable cou plin...

Page 109: ...04 AUTOCAL 60 AUTO 80 76 82 AWS D1 1 D1 5 79 axes 33 A Gate 64 B B Gate 64 BACKGROUD 16 battery pack 7 BEAM 34 BEAM CURSOR 45 46 BEAM GROUP 44 Beam Ultrasonic Depth 36 BIP 66 BOLD LINE 82 BRIGHTNESS 17 56 BUD 36 buffer 95 BW 76 C CALALARM Submenu 61 CALIBRAT 31 Calibrating 60 CLEAR 104 CLEAR DATASET 87 CLOCK 96 CLS 68 82 CODE Submenu 62 COLOR 17 56 COLOR ASCAN 17 COLOR LEG 25 67 CONFIG Submenu 50 ...

Page 110: ... Display Screen Features Phased Array 12 Display Screen Features Conventional 53 DISPLAY START 25 Distance Gain Sizing 74 DUAL 57 E EFF DIAMETER 76 ELEM 1 POS 20 ENCODED 97 ENCODER 98 encoder 98 ENERGY 59 ERS 67 68 F FBH 76 78 FILENAME 87 104 FILES Menu 85 FLANK 30 65 FOCAL POINT 23 FRAME 95 Freeze Key 9 48 Freeze Menu 38 Freeze Mode Phased Array 38 Freezing 70 FREQUENCY 18 27 57 FULLWAVE 28 58 Fu...

Page 111: ...ox 68 LB 67 LEG 25 LINEAR SCAN TYPE 23 Lithium battery pack 7 LOGIC 30 longitudinal 23 LOW END 20 L Line 82 M Magniﬁed View Key 9 48 MAGNIFY GATE 66 MATERIAL 23 26 MAT ATTN 77 MAT THICKNESS 23 Measured Results Phased Array 34 MEAS 1 38 104 MEAS 2 38 MEMO 87 MEMO IN REPORT 87 menus 10 MM 15 56 Mode Selector Key 9 48 M Line 82 N NEGATIVE 30 NEG HALFWAVE 28 58 NEW DATA 96 NUMBER of ELEMENTS 18 O OFFL...

Page 112: ...ALUE 58 Printing a Report 88 PROBE 75 PROBE ANGLE 67 Probe Attachment 57 PROBE DELAY 61 Probe Delay 19 Probe Index Point 19 PROBE NAME 75 Probe Type 56 PSA 35 PSA 34 PSB 41 42 PSB 35 PSB 34 PULSER 57 59 Pulser 26 PULSER DAMPING 57 Pulser ENERGY Level 59 Pulser Repetition Frequency 57 pulser voltage 26 pulser width 27 PZA 35 PZA 34 PZB 35 PZB 34 R RA 67 RANGE 59 RANGE Submenu 50 RB 67 READING 36 RE...

Page 113: ...D CARD 86 SECTOR SCAN TYPE 23 SERIAL NUMBER 18 serial number 62 Software Updates 13 SOURCE DEST 86 SPLIT 69 START 104 STARTUP 15 54 Startup Mode 13 STEP 25 STOP 104 STORE DATASET 86 87 submenus 10 SYNCH 26 T TCG 72 TCG EDIT 44 TCG Mode Phased Array 41 TCG Reference Points 72 TEST ATTEN 77 THICKNESS 67 THRESHOLD 29 TIME 16 55 TIMED 96 Time Formats 15 55 TOF COLOR PALETTE 97 TOF MODE 30 65 TOP View ...

Page 114: ...OCITY L 23 VELOCITY T 23 VIDEO REVERSE 17 View Phased Array 33 VIEW MODE 95 View Select Key 9 48 VIEW WINDOW 104 VOLTAGE 26 voltage 59 W WAVE TYPE 23 WDGE DAT 19 WDGE GEO 19 wedge angle 19 WEDGE FRONT 20 WIDTH 29 X XTAL FREQUENCY 76 X VALUE 67 Z Z1 38 Z1 2 38 Z2 38 ZA 36 ZA 36 ...

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