Sonocon B Portable Ultrasonic Flaw Detectors

Dual Mode Pulser

The Sonocon B implies two pulser modes: Spike Wave and Square Wave (SWP). This as well as a damping feature allow controlling echo shape, length and amplitude in wide ranges.

Waveform Averaging

This function permits averaging A-Scan from ×2 to ×64. This greatly raises Signal / Noise ratio, thus enabling comfortable operation at even very high gain and making measurements more precise.

Direct A-Scan and Gate Control

After just pushing a single button, the operator can intuitively control A-Scan or gates.

Quick Access Menu

The QAM button grants access to a queue of circular menus which allow a quick change of measurement and alarm parameters.

“Legs Marking” Mode

The “Legs marking” mode changes A-Scan background by marking A-Scan parts corresponding to downgoing legs in yellow and to upgoing legs – in pink. This helps to visually estimate the depth of the reflector (defect) which causes an indication.

“Smart Zoom” Mode

In this mode, both zoomed A-Scan (from one of two gates) and a full unzoomed A-Scan are displayed. This prevents the operator from losing an off gate indication.

“Evaluate” Mode

The “Evaluate” mode is very useful for evaluation of “hard to catch” indications. It also makes evaluation of usual indications much more quickly. When this mode is on, the operator needs only to make a blind scanning of the area of interest and the flaw detector will monitor all echoes in the 1st gate, find the best one (according to the amplitude), automatically adjust gain to put that echo to the evaluation level and freeze it. The “best” indication can be then evaluated and saved for reporting if needed. After the “Evaluate” mode is off, the scanning gain is automatically retrieved.

DAC System

A built-in DAC system allows building DAC curves according to the following codes: ASME (single curve and 3 curves), EN 1712, EN 1713, EN1714, JIS Z3060, GB 11345, GB 4730. User presets are also available. Base curve can contain up to 128 points. Up to 6 additional curves can be built. Besides all standard functions used in any DAC system, the Sonocon B offers such advanced functions like “20-80” function, DAC ↔ TCG conversion function, etc.

DGS (AVG) System

The DGS system allows building up to 3 DGS curves for given equivalent diameters (area) for straight beam and angle beam single element transducers. It also gives direct readings of De and / or Se for gated indication.

Probe Library

To set up the selected probe parameters, it is enough to select a corresponding item from the Probe Library and all related settings will be loaded automatically.

Automatic Calibration

The Sonocon B offers a variety of automated calibration procedures: in air, on a built-in calibration block, and classical single and dual point calibration.

Structured Files

One of the most important and difficult tasks in thickness measurement with large test pieces is to correctly organize measurement results to facilitate their analysis. Using the Sonocon B, the operator can choose one of the several templates corresponding to almost any type of test piece:

• “Line” (1D) is ideal for small diameter pipes, etc.
• “Line+” (2D) is used for a linear group of “Line” objects, for section by section thickness measurement of large diameter pipes, etc.
• “Grid” (2D) is used for testing of large quasi planar object like ship hulls, storage tanks, large diameter oil storages, etc.
• “Line++” (3D) is used for testing of a 2D group of “Line” objects.
• “Grid+” (3D) is used for a linear group of “Grid” objects.
• “Boiler” (3D) organizes measurement points on pipes and pipes on levels.

On-the-Go Measurement Statistics

The Sonocon B allows not only reviewing organized measurement data, but also analyzing them, providing statistics for the whole file and each of measurement sites.

Thickness B-Scans

The Thickness B-Scan, a section of the test piece produced by the ultrasonic beam, is easy to acquire with any 1D scanner with an encoder. It shows a back wall profile, which is useful for evaluating the corrosion type.

Thickness C-Scans

Thickness C-Scans are acquired with a 2D scanner or a series of linear scans with 1D scanner and are used for corrosion mapping.

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