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Страница 1: ...sing 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 modi cations without prior n...

Страница 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 ultr...

Страница 3: ...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 Con gure the Gate to Ignore or Accept Off Scree...

Страница 4: ...splay 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 T...

Страница 5: ...g 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...

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

Страница 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 in uen...

Страница 8: ...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 identi ed as wear and tea...

Страница 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 housin...

Страница 10: ...t 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 Th...

Страница 11: ...matically 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 perfo...

Страница 12: ...tion in the image ORIGIN OFFSET De nes the distance from an arti cially desig nated zero position such as the center of a weld to the projection point of a re ector in the gate Setting equal to zero s...

Страница 13: ...r to Section 2 7 FREQUENCY Selects the frequency lter of the instrument ASCAN RECTIFY Selects the recti cation mode which effects how the A Scan appears on the display GATEMODE Submenu GATE SELECT Sel...

Страница 14: ...atures 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 De nition of Display Icons There are...

Страница 15: ...cated 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...

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

Страница 17: ...urement 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...

Страница 18: ...nction 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 sec...

Страница 19: ...n 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...

Страница 20: ...AL 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 acti...

Страница 21: ...hange 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 S...

Страница 22: ...e assembly to be offset a xed 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 allow...

Страница 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 identi es the location of the p...

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

Страница 25: ...e modi ed 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 sec...

Страница 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...

Страница 27: ...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...

Страница 28: ...eter 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 cond...

Страница 29: ...ailable 2 3 4 5 MHz Select as required LOW PASS 4 MHz Select to utilize a built in low pass LP lter HIGH PASS 5 MHz Select to utilize a built in high pass HP lter BB 0 6 6 5 MHz Select to utilize a bu...

Страница 30: ...ive 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...

Страница 31: ...so 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 G...

Страница 32: ...ATIVE 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 Con gure t...

Страница 33: ...n standard s known re ector Step 3 Couple the probe to the calibration standard so that the rst re ector is captured inA Gate Press next to PROBE DELAY and adjust the value until the displayed SA valu...

Страница 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 pl...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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 ank echo to cross A...

Страница 38: ...ith 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 tota...

Страница 39: ...he 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 i...

Страница 40: ...MP2 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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 contr...

Страница 43: ...nt 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...

Страница 44: ...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...

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

Страница 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 gro...

Страница 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 a...

Страница 48: ...nt 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...

Страница 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 con gure the Pul sar Receiver to match the p...

Страница 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 desir...

Страница 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 access...

Страница 52: ...f 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...

Страница 53: ...played 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 di...

Страница 54: ...robe options set to 0 for user de ned probe XTAL FREQUENCY Frequency of selected probe EFF DIAMETER Diameter of selected probe DELAY VELOCITY Delay line velocity of selected probe HEADER Submenu Refer...

Страница 55: ...culated 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...

Страница 56: ...d 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 acce...

Страница 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...

Страница 58: ...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 Di...

Страница 59: ...specified 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 BROA...

Страница 60: ...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 tri...

Страница 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...

Страница 62: ...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 A...

Страница 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 ar...

Страница 64: ...ctions 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...

Страница 65: ...ain setting Section 5 6 Use the DAC TCG evaluation modes to normal ize A Scan amplitudes regardless of the re ectors depths Section 5 8 Operate in DGS evaluation mode Section 5 14 Operate in dB REF ev...

Страница 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 a...

Страница 67: ...eight is based on the HIGHEST triggering echo in the gate FLANK Time based triggering point is the rst ank to cross the gate and amplitude based results are based on the HIGHEST peak of any echo cross...

Страница 68: ...C 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 on...

Страница 69: ...on instrument con guration 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 ec...

Страница 70: ...ERS Evaluates the re ected echo DGS Mode and calculates the Equivalent Re ector Size Gt DGS test gain which initializes the DGS curve s max height at 80 FSH Gr DGS reference gain which represents the...

Страница 71: ...alues 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...

Страница 72: ...tion 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 point...

Страница 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 all...

Страница 74: ...eference 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 o...

Страница 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 rst reference point recorded It then proceeds hor...

Страница 76: ...vertical 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...

Страница 77: ...s 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 Speci...

Страница 78: ...ttom 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 func...

Страница 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...

Страница 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 ty...

Страница 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 ev...

Страница 82: ...not fall between 10 and 90 the inputted point will not be accepted Step 3 Press next to the B REFERENCE function then to con rm to de ne the reference dB level Step 4 To evaluate a re ector in a test...

Страница 83: ...resents constant re ector size at varying material depth Whendisplayed theJISDACcurvevisuallyrepresentsaline of constant re ector peaks over a range of material depths Remember that in JISDAC mode the...

Страница 84: ...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...

Страница 85: ...r 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 DELE...

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

Страница 87: ...6 1 Data Set Files Data set les are used to store a speci c instrument setup con guration Instrument settings and the active A Scan present when the data set le is created can be stored in the le Whe...

Страница 88: ...mage 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 c...

Страница 89: ...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 le s report header Step 2 Set the ACTION function in t...

Страница 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...

Страница 91: ...ear 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...

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

Страница 93: ...ng 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 Ch...

Страница 94: ...cal Probe 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 sec Receiver Delay 0 to 10 24 sec Acoustic Velocity 1000 to 16000 m s 0...

Страница 95: ...i cation 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...

Страница 96: ...7 Technical Speci cations Page 94 PHASOR XS Operating Manual...

Страница 97: ...uffered 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 inadvertentl...

Страница 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...

Страница 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 echoe...

Страница 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 scre...

Страница 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 m...

Страница 102: ...ted 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 automatica...

Страница 103: ...iew 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 rst...

Страница 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 Removin...

Страница 105: ...luated 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 rem...

Страница 106: ...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 se...

Страница 107: ...re 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 onl...

Страница 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 Su...

Страница 109: ...4 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 111: ...x 68 LB 67 LEG 25 LINEAR SCAN TYPE 23 Lithium battery pack 7 LOGIC 30 longitudinal 23 LOW END 20 L Line 82 M Magni ed View Key 9 48 MAGNIFY GATE 66 MATERIAL 23 26 MAT ATTN 77 MAT THICKNESS 23 Measured...

Страница 112: ...LUE 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 5...

Страница 113: ...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 SYNC...

Страница 114: ...CITY 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...

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