TOPAZ
– Technical Guidelines
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1.
PaintBrush Scanner Support
NDT
PaintBrush™
is a hand held scanner with dual encoder design that allows free motion on a scan-
index inspection canvas. Not bounded by single axis motion, it allows you to freely paint over the
surface to examine for enhance wall thickness measurements.
NDT PaintBrush
features were integrated
to the TOPAZ™ and now available in UltraVision through the
touch
interface.
To create an inspection configuration with your
PaintBrush
scanner:
1.
Start-up your TOPAZ
2.
Connect the encoder feedback cable of the
PaintBrush
scanner to your TOPAZ;
A window will pop-up showing the detection process.
3.
Define your specimen;
4.
To define your
PaintBrush
inspection sequence, go to the
Mechanical
menu:
a.
In the
Sequence
tab, select PaintBrush;
Figure 1-1 PaintBrush Sequence Selection
b.
For the
Scan
and
Index
-axis, define the
Start
,
Stop
and
Resolution
of the inspection
sequence;
c.
In the
PaintBrush
tab, click
Position
The
PaintBrush Position
window appears.
