GE KRAUTKRAMER USM 36 ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTOR
The Waygate Technologies Krautkramer USM 36 Ultrasonic Flaw Detector, a Baker Hughes business product (formerly GE Inspection Technologies), is the most versatile ultrasonic flaw detector on the market thanks to its ability to operate in DAC, AWS and DGS modes and with applications including weld inspections, thickness measurements, corrosion measurement, forging inspections and other inspections for difficult materials. The industries where the Waygate Technologies Krautkramer USM 36 proves useful include the automobile, power generation, petrochemical, and aerospace industries.
GE Krautkramer USM 36 Ultrasonic Flaw Detector
GE KRAUTKRAMER USM 36
The Waygate Technologies Krautkramer USM 36 Ultrasonic Flaw Detector, a Baker Hughes business product (formerly GE Inspection Technologies), is the most versatile ultrasonic flaw detector on the market thanks to its ability to operate in DAC, AWS and DGS modes and with applications including weld inspections, thickness measurements, corrosion measurement, forging inspections and other inspections for difficult materials. The industries where the Waygate Technologies Krautkramer USM 36 proves useful include the automobile, power generation, petrochemical, and aerospace industries.
AVAILABLE IN THREE VERSIONS:
The USM 36 Ultrasonic Flaw Detector is offered in three versions to meet the most standard inspection codes. The most advanced version can operate in DAC, AWS and DGS modes, features a powerful square wave pulser for excellent material penetration and can accommodate Waygate’s patented trueDGS probe technology, which offers unrivalled accuracy in sizing of flaws using the DGS method, as well the patented Phantom Echo Detection technology. Another feature included is the 7″ screen that makes viewing A-Scans efficient, with signals being easily viewed even in bright sunlight as well as flexible data storage with removable SD cards or USB ports.
SPECIFICATION GE KRAUTKRAMER USM 36
| Display | |
| Display Shift ( Delay) | –15 … 3,500 μs |
| Probe Delay | 0 … 1,000 μs |
| Velocity | 250 … 16,000 m/s |
| PRF | Automatically optimized 15 … 2,000 Hz, 3 automatic setting modes: Auto Low, Auto Med, Auto High, Manual |
| Display Screen | |
| Size Diagonal | 7″ |
| Active Range (W x H) | 152.4 × 91.44 mm2 |
| Resolution (W x H) | 800 × 480 pixels |
| Range | 4 … 14,108 mm (555“) for longitudinal wave |
| Connectors | |
| Probe Connectors | 2 × LEMO-1 or 2 × BNC |
| USB Interface | USB type B connector |
| Service Interface | LEMO-1B, 8 pin |
| Pulser | |
| Pulser Mode | Spike pulser, optionally: Square-wave pulser |
| Pulser Voltage (SQ Mode) | 120 … 300 V, in steps of 10 V with a tolerance of 10% |
| Pulser Falling/Rising Time | max. 10 ns |
| Pulser Width (SQ Mode) | 30 … 500 ns, in steps of 10 ns |
| Pulser Amplitude (Spike Mode) | low: 120 V, high: 300 V |
| Pulser Energy (Spike Mode) | low: 30 nS, high: 100 nS |
| Damping | 50 ohms, 1000 ohms |
| Receiver | |
| Digital Gain | Dynamic range 110 dB, adjustable in steps of 0.2 dB |
| Analog Bandwidth | 0.5 … 20 MHz |
| Equivalent Input Noise | <80 nV/√Hz |
| Filters | Broadband: 1-5 MHz / 2, 2.25 MHz / 4, 5 MHz / 10 MHz / 13, 15 MHz |
| Rectification | Positive half-wave, negative half-wave, full wave, RF signal |
| Gates | |
| Independent Gates | Gates A and B (triggering by gate A), Gate C (option, triggering by gate A or B) |
| Measurement Mode | Peak, Flank, J-FLANK, FIRST PEAK |
| Memory | |
| Card Slot | SD-card slot for all standard SD-cards |
| Capacity | 8 GB, SD-card |
| Datasets | UGO data structure in ASCII |
| Reports | JPG or BMP format |
| General | |
| Battery | Li-Ion, operating time: 13 hours with full charge Charging method (standard): internal with power adapter Charging method (optional): external charger Charge level: proportional charge level indicator |
| Power Adapter | Universal power supply unit 100 … 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz |
| Size (W x H x D) | 255 × 177 × 100 mm (10” × 7.0” × 3.9”) |
| Weight | 2.2 kg incl. battery |
| Languages | Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish |
| Damp Heat and Humidity (Storage) | EN 60068 Part 2-30 6 cycles: 9 hrs at +25°C up in 3 hrs to +55°C, 9 hrs at +55°C then down to +25°C in 3 hrs, at 93% humidity |
| Vibration | EN 60068 Part 2-6 2g per axis, 5 … 150 Hz, 1 oct/min, 25 cycles |
| Shocks | EN 60068 Part 2-27 1000 cycles per axis, 15 g, 11 ms, half-sine |
| Enclosure | IP66 according to IEC 60529 |
| Operating Temperature | –10 … 55°C |
| Cold Operation | –10°C for 16 hrs, 502.5 Procedure II |
| Heat Operation | +55°C for 16 hrs, 501.5 Procedure II |
| Storage Temperature | –20 … +60°C, without battery |
| Cold Storage | –20°C for 72 hrs, 502.5 Procedure I |
| Heat Storage | +70°C for 48 hrs, 501.5 Procedure I |
| Options | |
| AWS | AWS calibration tool, according to AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code |
| DAC/JISDAC/CNDAC | DAC calibration tool, 16 points, according to EN 1712, EN 1713, EN 1714, ASTM E164, ASME, ASME III, JIS Z3060, GB11345 TCG: 120 dB dynamic, 110 dB/μs slope |
| DGS | DGS calibration tool, according to: EN 1712, EN 1713, EN 1714, ASTM E164 |
| Data logger | Grid file creation |
| 3G | Gate C |
| SWP | For pulser parameter optimization, voltage setting 120 … 300 V in steps of 10 V, pulse width setting 30 … 500 ns in steps of 10 ns |
| Phantom-PRF | Phantom-PRF for the identification of erroneous echoes caused by multiple reflections in low-attenuation materials |
| BEA | Blackwall Echo Attenuation |
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