Danatronics ECHO 8 Precision and Corrosion Thickness Gauge

The Danatronics ECHO 8 offers a 3.5” high resolution sunlight readable color display with live A-Scan, use of a wide variety of dual, contact, delay line and immersion transducers from 1-20 Mhz as default and custom created and stored applications setups, B-Scan, datalogger  with up to 32GB of SD card memory and  interface to Microsoft excel. The ECHO 7 is available in 4 models including the ECHO 8, ECHO 8DL, ECHO 8W and ECHO 8DLW. The vibrate on alarm feature is the world’s first and is great for loud environments

Details

Features:

• Simultaneous Live Color A-Scan and Thickness Display
• 3.5” Sunlight readable color display
• Field upgradeable software options including live waveform, datalogger or both
• Fast/Min and Fast/Max displays minimum, maximum or both simultaneously with actual thickness at 25 Hz
• Compatible with a wide variety of Danatronics dual and single element transducers
• Multiple languages
• Datalogger interfaces with Microsoft Excel
• Designed for IP67
• Made in the USA

Typical Applications:

• Boiler Tubes
• Pressure Vessels
• Storage Tanks
• Ship Hulls
• Pipes

Precision Applications:

• Coil steel
• Plastic parts (bottles, toys, pipes, tanks and trays)
• Aluminum
• Glass
• Fiberglass
• Rubber

Specifications

Size: Length 7.25” x Width 4.00” x Height 2.00” (184mm x 101.6mm x 50.8mm)

Weight: 1.15 lbs (.52 kg) with internal Li-Ion battery, 1.0 lb. (.45 kg) with optional Alkaline tray including 3 AA batteries

Display: 3.5” high resolution color display, 320 x 240 pixels (1/4 VGA), sunlight readable, including multiple color choices

Backlight: Light Emitting Diode (LED) backlight. Includes variable light intensity, indoor and outdoor modes

Temperature (Gage operating): -4 to 122F (-20 to 50C)

Package: Designed for IP67 rating, custom, splash-proof, high impact plastic with illuminating rubber keypad for go/no-go testing

Transducer Connector Type: Lemo 00 (2qty)

Bandwidth: 0.5-30 Mhz (-3dB)

Measurement Rate: 4 Hz or 25 Hz.

Pulser: 150V, Square Wave

Range: Thickness range depends on gage type, probe selection and material conditions. Typical range in corrosion mode, .004″-23″ (.508 – 584 mm)

Calibration: Cal zero, Cal velocity, Two-point calibration or Auto Calibration performs a two-point calibration using a 5-step test block

Material Velocity Range: .0200 in/usec-.7362 in/ uS (0.508-18.699 mm/ uS)

Batteries: Standard 3.7 V Li Ion internally rechargeable battery (11-27 hours…Standard mode of 4Hz. and 74% brightness: 27 hour continous operation, Fast mode at 25Hz., continuous measurements in echo to echo mode: 11 Hours) or optional alkaline tray for 3 AA batteries

Data XL: Interface program to send and receive stored readings, latest firmware and application set up files as two way communication from ECHO to computer (excel)

USB: USB 2.0

Stored Setups: Storage and recall of calibration and set up files (up to 5,000)

Memory: Internal memory standard on all models. For Datalogger models 2GB micro SD card standard and expandable up to 32GB

Gain: AGC 20-90 db in 1 db increments as a corrosion gage and initial gain, final gain and slope. 20-90 db in .1 db increments as a precision gage

Zoom: Automatically centers echos in the center of the display independent of material thickness

Units: English, Metric, Microseconds

Temperature correction: Software to correct for varying sound speed as a function of entered temperature

Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Czech, Finnish, Chinese, Japanese, Hungarian

Fast Min/Max: Displays minimum, maximum or both simultaneously with actual thickness at 25 Hz.

Alarms: Gage vibrates and beeps. Display changes color based on alarm condition

Transducers: Single, delay lines, contact, immersion

Measurement Types: Main bang to first backwall echo, echo to echo and velocity mode (displays acoustic sound speed based on entered thickness)

Freeze Mode: Direct access to freeze display (ideal for high temperature applications)

Hold Mode: Holds display to retain last thickness reading

Warranty: Limited 2 year warranty under normal use on parts and labor for gage. Optional Dan-A-Care to add up to 3 more years

Shut off: selectable auto shut off 1-31 minutes or never shut off

Differential Mode: Displays the difference from actual thickness measurement in absolute or percentage of a user entered reference value

Resolution:  .001” or .01” (.01mm or .1mm) as a corrosion gage and .0001” or .001” (.001mm or .01mm) as a precision gage

Transport case: Hard Plastic with high density molded foam cut out for gage and most accessories

Certifications: CE certified, RHOS compliant, designed for IP67

Accessory Mount: ECHO 8 includes a 1/4×20 standard connection point on the back of the unit to allow for a multitude of accessories including a magnetic pipe attachment and a Gorilla Pod

Standard Inclusions: ECHO 8 series ultrasonic thickness gage, DKS-537, transducer up to 10 Mhz., LM-06 cable, 2oz bottle of couplant, operation manual, Data XL interface program, USB cable, Charger Adapter, Transport Case *A transducer is included with each model. Contact Danatronics for details

Available Software Options: Datalogger with B-scan, Live waveform, Precision mode, Oxide scale

Hardware Options: Bluetooth, Alkaline battery tray, rubber boot, Magnetic pipe stand, footswitch, magnetic wheel encoder

Documentation

Danatronics ECHO 7,8,9 Brochure

Dantronics ECHO Series Manual