Zetec TOPAZ 16 Portable Phased Array UT Instrument
September 18, 2019
Waygate Palm Flat Scanner
September 18, 2019
Waygate RotoArray Scanner
The Waygate RotoArray is a portable, manually operated, phased array, ultrasonic inspection device which can be connected to any suitable phased array flaw detection instrument to allow rapid scanning of a wide variety of materials and components.
The Waygate RotoArray is a portable, manually operated, phased array, ultrasonic inspection device which can be connected to any suitable phased array flaw detection instrument to allow rapid scanning of a wide variety of materials and components.
Details
Key Benefits
- Is so portable that it puts the power of an immersion C-san system in the palm of your hand
- Is quick and simple, with minimal setup
- Replaces or compliments full immersion tank and squirter system scanning
- Provides fast and reliable portable scanning, with A, B and C-scan data
- Is light weight and ergonomically designed, with torque resistant grips which can be adjusted for left-hand and right hand operation
- Standard models are available with 3 connectors: Tyco (Phasor XS™), Ipex (Omniscan™) and Hypertronics™ (Tomoscan ™, UTXX ™, etc) and other connectors can be custom ordered
- Is supplied with a Service Station to allow users to carry out simple repairs and configuration adjustments, such as tire replacement and air purging without factory assistance
- Features easy coupling with no need for complicated irrigation systems
- Is supplied with a comprehensive digital guide
- Features a unique, direct-drive encoder with no belts, pulleys or gears assuring backlash-free reliability
- Platform is designed to be scalable and arrays can be customized to solve new applications.
Typical RotoArray Applications
- Inspection of composite plates, stiffeners and cylinders to check for delaminations, porosity, disbonds, etc.
- Providing complementary inspection for composite panels that have holes through which bubbler or squirter water can leak causing couplant problems
- Providing enhanced capabilities to scan from the “rougher side” of composites
- Inspection of composite wind turbine blades
- Inspection of composite aerospace structures, both during manufacture and in service
- Inspection of some components which are conventionally inspected by immersion/bubbler systems
- Inspection of aluminium aircraft skins and other metal structures for corrosion
- Inspection for flaws and corrosion in various metals
- Utilizing the flexible rolling core of the RotoArray as the scanning head in automatic and semi-automatic scanning systems.
Specifications
2 Sizes Available
- 51.2mm Trace Width – 5MHz / 64 Element / 6.4mm Elevation / 0.8mm Pitch
- 81.3mm Trace Width – 5MHz / 64 Element / 8mm Elevations / 1.3mm Pitch
