Contents

Chapter 1 Software Operation................................................................................3

1.1 Starting the Software................................................................................... 3

1.2 Network Connection.....................................................................................4

1.2.1 Wired network settings................................................................................................. 4

1.2.2 Wi-Fi setting................................................................................................................... 6

1.3 Parameter setting......................................................................................... 7

1.3.1 Step 1: Workpiece setting............................................................................................ 7

1.3.2 Step 2: Zonal setting.....................................................................................................8

1.3.3 Step 3: Probe Setting..................................................................................................10

1.3.4 Step 4: SoundBeam setting.................................................................................... 11

1.3.5 Step 5: Encoder setting.............................................................................................. 19

1.4 Calibration................................................................................................... 19
1.4.1 Step 1：VelCal............................................................................................................ 19

1.4.2 Step 2：Fusion calibration.........................................................................................21

1.4.3 Step 3: Volumetric calibration....................................................................................27

1.4.4 Step 4: CouplingMonitor calibration......................................................................... 29

1.4.5 Step 5: TOFD channel calibration.............................................................................29

1.5 Scan..............................................................................................................32

1.6 CalibrationCheck........................................................................................ 34
1.6.1 Fusion............................................................................................................................34

1.6.2 Volumetric..................................................................................................................... 38

1.6.3 TOFD channel..............................................................................................................39

1.7 Data Analysis.............................................................................................. 40

1.7.1 AUT view measurement............................................................................................. 41

1.7.2 A view measurement.................................................................................................. 43

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 1.7.3 TOFD view measurement.......................................................................................... 44

1.8 Report...........................................................................................................46

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 Chapter 1 Software Operation

1.1 Starting the Software

Double-click , and a window like Fig. 1-1 will pop up after the software is started.

Select AUT and enter the Fig. 1-2 interface.

Fig. 1- 1 Mode selection

Fig. 1- 2 AUT mode

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1.2 Network Connection

Network connection is the precondition for automated ultrasonic testing. A good network

connection status guarantees the normal operation of the testing system. Users can

choose (wired or wireless) network settings according to field testing needs.

1.2.1 Wired network settings

The wired network connection is to use a network cable to realize the interconnection

between the ultrasound module and the host PC. The operation steps of the wired

network setting are as follows:

1) Use a network cable to interconnect the network port of the workstation (the inside of

the workstation is wired to the router) and the interface of the ultrasound module. See

Fig. 1-3.

Wired network port of workstation

VGA port of Wired network port of

ultrasound module ultrasound module

Fig. 1- 3 Network cable connection

2) Plug the monitor into the VGA port of the ultrasound module. In Ultrasonic module

go to Setting-Info-Network, take Fig. 1-4 as an example, change the IP address and

subnet mask of the network settings. The subnet mask generally defaults to

255.255.255.0.

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 Fig. 1- 4 Ultrasonic module network settings

Note: The IP address here shall be an IP different from that of the

workstation, and the subnet mask generally defaults to 255.255.255.0.

3) After SuporUp enters the AUT mode, see Fig. 1-5, click the menu

Network-Setting. In the pop-up (Fig. 1-6) window, input the IP address of the

ultrasound module and mask in Fig. 1-4 in the setting window.

Fig. 1-5 Network Setting

Fig. 1-6 IPConfigure window

4) After completing the above settings, the button in the upper left of the

SuporUp menu bar is displayed in green connection status, and the ultrasound

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 module screen displays "Network controlling...".

Note: Click to change it to , and the network connection is

disconnected.

1.2.2 Wi-Fi setting

The Wi-Fi network connection is a connection method that only needs to be equipped with

a Wi-Fi network card and a router. The operation steps of the Wi-Fi network setting are

as follows:

1) Insert the Wi-Fi network card into the ultrasound module interface.

Note: SyncScan X1 has built-in wireless network card, no need to equip an

additional one.

2) Plug the monitor into the VGA port of the ultrasound module. On the ultrasound

module, go to Setting-Info-WIFI. See Fig. 1-7. In the pop-up Wifi window, check

Auto IP and select the Wifi name (The name of the router that comes with the

workstation is GL-AR750S-XXX-5G) corresponding to the router to connect. Or

uncheck [Auto IP], and fix IP through IP settings, such as "wired connection".

Fig. 1-7 Wifi window

3) After the connection is completed, uncheck "Auto IP", the status is shown in Fig. 1-8
as an example. The current display shows that the GL-AR750S-6ef-5G is connected,

and its IP address is displayed in parentheses.

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 Fig. 1-8 Wifi connection

4) Open the SuporUp software, and set the network IP address under

Network-Setting menu to be the same as the IP address displayed by the

ultrasound module See Fig. 1-9.

Fig. 1-9 SuporUp IPConfigure

5) After completing the above settings, the SuporUp button shows that the

host PC is connected, and the ultrasound module screen displays " Network

controlling...".

Note: Click to change it to , and the network is disconnected.

1.3 Parameter setting

1.3.1 Step 1: Workpiece setting

After starting the SuporUp software, go to Workpiece menu under Emulator, and input

the workpiece parameters according to the actual size of the workpiece to be tested in the

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red box in Fig. 1-10.

Fig. 1-10 "Workpiece" menu

1.3.2 Step 2: Zonal setting

After entering Zones menu, the zones can be set up according to the workpiece drawing

of the calibration test block. See Fig. 1-11 for the interface, which is mainly divided into

three parts: zonal setting, zones information and zones simulation.

Fig. 1-11 “Zones” module

Take Fig. 1-12 as an example for zonal setting, the setting steps are as follows:

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 Fig. 1-12 Drawing of calibration test block

a) According to the drawing, enter the zones data of the calibration test block into

the zonal setting column for automatic zones. See Fig. 1-13. Input in the

software: CapH 1.51mm, FillCnt (F1-F6) 6, HotPassCnt (HP1-HP2) 2,

LCP(LCP)1, RootCnt (R) 1, VolumetricCnt (V1-V4) 4, VolumetricH 4.77mm.

default Coupling (P/E) 6.

Fig. 1-13 Zonal Setting

Note:

1) For TRMode, P/E is for emission and reception by itself, and P/C is for

emission and reception respectively.

2) The height of the cap area shall be set to simulate the zonal result normally.

b) After the automatic zonal setting is completed, check the zones and reflector

parameters in the zone information area (Fig. 1-14). If the parameters are not

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 the same as those in the drawing, click "Height" and "InspY" column to make

changes to the selected channel.

Fig.1-14 Zones Information Bar

Note: After completing the zonal setting, the zones simulation diagram simulates

the zones and calibration reflector. The red and green lines and dots simulate the

zones and reflector of the fusion area. The blue line and dots simulate the zones

and reflector of the Volumetric area.

1.3.3 Step 3: Probe Setting

The user enters the probe menu, and completes the parameter setting of the probe and

the wedge in the Fig. 1-15 interface. Select Pa Probe as "7.5SL60-1.0-10-R100E", Pa

Wedge as "60N33.7HC2-AOD-1422", TOFD probe as "T5-6L*", and TOFD wedge as

"TFD-70-*-I".

Note: TOFD probe and wedge models are set according to the models used in

actual testing.

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 Fig. 1-15 "Probe" menu

1.3.4 Step 4: SoundBeam setting

Enter the SoundBeam menu. See Fig. 1-16 for the screen. The SoundBeam settings of all

channels are completed under this menu. It is mainly divided into three parts: SoundBeam

simulation, channel selection and parameter setting. The calibration of the zonal setting of

the workpiece is taken as an example and explained in Fig. 1-14.

SoundBeam simulation Parameter setting

Channel selection

Fig. 1-16 “SoundBeam” module

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There are two ways for SoundBeam setting. One is to use "BeamAutoSimu"; the other is

to set up the soundbeam manually.

Method 1 - Set up the pitch, and click "BeamAutoSimu". The parameters of all

channels can be automatically set, and the parameter setting of the entire workpiece can

be completed at one time.

Method 2 - The method of setting the soundbeam manually is to adjust TRMode,

FocusMode, StartEle, EndEle, Aperture, EchoLeg and RefAngle subject to the selected

channel, so as to meet the requirements of detecting reflectors in the current zone. The

following is an example of how to set the soundbeam manually.

1.3.4.1 Fusion Cap

Taking the setting of Fusion(US) cap zone as an example. The steps are as follows:

1) Click the channel selection, and set the channel to Fusion (US) Cap.

2) Set the parameters in the parameter setting column. Set DistanceE to -15mm,

the default TRMode "P/E", Focus Mode "Focus", Aperture "20", and EchoLeg

"2".

3) Set RefAngle to about 58.5°. According to the SoundBeam simulation, adjust

StartEle to make the SoundBeam fall on the Cap reflector. See Fig. 1-17.

Fig. 1-17 Cap SoundBeam setting

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 4) Adjust Focus. See the figure above, enable the small yellow dot (focus) on the

reflector of the SoundBeam simulation.

1.3.4.2 Fusion Fill

Taking the setting of US Fill F6 zone setting as an example. The steps are as follows:

1) Click the channel selection bar and set the channel to “Fusion (US) Fill 6”.

2) The default TRMode is “P/C”, FocusMode is “Focus”, Aperture (T) and

Aperture (R) are “12”. Set EchoLeg (T) to “2”, EchoLeg (R) to“3”.

3) As shown in Fig. 1-18, set Refraction Angle (T) to about 50°, Refraction Angle

(R) to about 60°, adjust StartEle (T) and StartEle (R) to enable the SoundBeam

of the transmitting end and the SoundBeam of the receiving end intersect on the

reflector of the F6 zone.

Fig. 1-18 Fill SoundBeam setting

4) Adjust Focus to enable the small yellow dot (focus) on the reflector of the

SoundBeam simulation diagram.

1.3.4.3 Fusion HotPass

Take the zonal setting of US HotPass HP2 as an example. The steps are as follows:

1) Click the channel selection bar and set the channel to Fusion (US) HotPass 2.

2) The default TRMode is "P/E", FocusMode "Focus", Aperture "12", and

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 EchoLeg (T) "2".

3) Set RefAngle to about 45°, adjust StartEle to make SoundBeam fall on the

reflector of HP2 zone. See Fig. 1-19.

Fig. 1-19 HotPass SoundBeam setting

4) Adjust Focus to enable the small yellow dot (focus) on the reflector of the

SoundBeam simulation diagram.

1.3.4.4 Fusion LCP

Take the US LCP setting as an example. The steps are as follows:

a) Click the channel selection bar and set the channel to Fusion (US) LCP.

b) The default TRMode is "P/C", FocusMode "Focus", and Aperture "12". Set

EchoLeg (T) to "1", EchoLeg (R) to "2" ".

c) Set RefAngle (T) and EchoLeg (R) to about 60°. Adjust StartEle (T) and

StartEle (R) so that SoundBeam intersects with the LCP reflector. See Fig.

1-20.

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 Fig. 1-20 LCP SoundBeam setting

d) Adjust Focus so that the small yellow dot (focus) on the SoundBeam simulation

diagram falls on the reflector.

1.3.4.5 Fusion Root Area

Take the US Root area setting as an example. The steps are as follows:

a) Click the channel selection bar and set the channel to Fusion (US) Root.

b) The default TRMode is "P/E", FocusMode "Focus", Aperture "16", and

EchoLeg "1".

c) Set RefAngle to about 52.5°. Adjust StartEle to make SoundBeam intersect with

the reflector in the Root zone. See Fig. 1-21.

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 Fig.1-21 SoundBeam setting of Root

d) Adjust Focus so that the small yellow dot (focus) on the SoundBeam simulation

diagram falls on the reflector.

1.3.4.6 Volumetric

Take the setting of US Volumetric V4 as an example. The steps are as follows:

a) Click the channel selection bar and set the channel to "Volumetric (US) V4".

b) The default TRMode is "P/E", FocusMode "No Focus", Aperture "12", and

EchoLeg "2".

c) Set RefAngle to about 45°, and adjust StartEle to make SoundBeam fall on the

reflector of V4 zone. See Fig. 1-22.

Fig. 1-22 Volumetric SoundBeam setting

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 1.3.4.7 Root Volumetric

Take the US Root Volumetric MAP zone setting as an example. The steps are as follows:

a) Click the channel selection bar and set the channel to "Volumetric (US) Root

Volumetric".

b) The default TRMode is "P/E", FocusMode "No Focus", Aperture "12", and

EchoLeg "1".

d) Set RefAngle to about 52.5°, and adjust StartEle to make SoundBeam fall on

the reflector in the MAP zone. See Fig. 1-23.

Fig. 1-23 Root Volumetric SoundBeam setting

1.3.4.8 TOFD channel

The TOFD channel setting steps are as follows:

a) Click the channel selection bar and set the channel to "TOFD".

b) As shown in the figure below, the default LayerStart is 0mm, and LayerEnd is

22mm, which is the thickness of the workpiece. The default CalcRule is -6dB.

See Fig. 1-24.

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 Fig. 1-24 TOFD channel setting

1.3.4.9 CouplingMonitor

The steps for setting CouplingMonitor are as follows:

1) The default TRMode is P/E, FocusMode is No Focus, Aperture 20, and

EchoLeg 1.

2) Set StartEle according to the number of CouplingMonitor, for example,

CouplingMonitor1 is set to 1, CouplingMonitor2 is set to 20, and

CouplingMonitor3 is set to 40. See Fig.1-25.

Fig. 1-25 CouplingMonitor setting

After setting the US channel parameters, click the Sync button on the parameter setting

bar, the parameters are copied to the downstream synchronously, and all the SoundBeam

settings are completed.

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 1.3.5 Step 5: Encoder setting

The user enters the ultrasound parameter interface to set the encoder and scan

parameters. Set EncoderSel to CPS-01, ScanMode to Encoder-Positive,

ScanEncoderStep to 0.6299mm, PA_Position to 0mm, and TF_Position to 55mm. See

Fig. 1-26.

Fig. 1-26 Encoder setting

1.4 Calibration

Calibration directly affects the final judgment of the test results. Calibrating on the

calibration test block according to the correct calibration steps is an indispensable step

for user operations.

1.4.1 Step 1：VelCal

The SoundPath calibration is carried out by using the P/E parameters of HotPass

zone, and the velocity calibration is realized by taking the arc on the phased array

calibration block as the CalibRefPoint. Calibrating a P/C zone is not available.

SoundPath calibration generally uses a test block with two known radius of curvature

to calibrate an angular phased array probe.

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 Fig. 1-27 VelCal

Steps:

1) Place the probe on the calibration block. See Fig. 24.

Fig. 1-28 Velocity and sound path calibration test block

2) In the "CalibRefPoint1"and "CalibRefPoint2" menu, set the radius value of 1, 2

(in this example, 50mm and 100mm). After the setting is completed, adjust the

"Gain" to make the echo amplitude around 80%. Move the probe back and forth

to get the highest echo of CalibRefPoint1.

3) Click the “Record” menu to set the value of “Record” to 1, which means to record
the echo position of CalibRefPoint1. Repeat step 2) to make the AWaveEcho of

CalibRefPoint2 pass through the center of the gate and get the highest wave of

CalibRefPoint2.

Click “Record” menu, which means to record the echo position of CalibRefPoint2 and

complete the calibration. If the calibration value of MaterialVel is not accepted, click

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“ClearCalib” and repeat steps 2)~3).

1.4.2 Step 2：Fusion calibration

1.4.2.1 Fill sensitivity calibration

After entering the sensitivity calibration, the interface is as shown in Fig. 1-29:

Strip chart view Fig. 1-29 Sensitivity calibration

The steps of Fill channel sensitivity calibration are as follows:

1) After selecting the channel for calibration (taking "Fusion (US) F4 zone" as an

example), the remote control controls the PA probe to move to the vicinity of the

calibration reflector, and observe the gate echo in the A-wave until the probe stops at

the highest echo position of the calibrated reflector.

2) Adjust the parameters of StartEle (T) and StartEle (R) until it is determined that the

echo amplitude under the current StartEle is the highest. Click AdjustGain to

automatically change the gain of echo amplitude to 80%. See Fig. 1-30:

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 Fig. 1-30 Adjust StartEle

Note: The small red dot in the gate of View A is the peak record point for

recording the highest amplitude. Click “ResetPeak” and the software will

refresh the small red dot record.

3) Click DelayCal to calibrate the calibration echo. After DelayCal, the values of S,

D, R, P are updated. See Fig. 1-31, where the delay deviation P is set to 0.

Note: The delay deviation P represents the relative gate position, which is the

distance between the echo signal and the weld fusion line. When P value is 0, it

means the defect is located on the fusion/bond line.

Fig. 1-31 DelayCal

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4) Adjust the remote control and control the probe to pass the calibration reflector

and its adjacent upper and lower reflectors (in the same zone) to test whether it

meets the requirements. (In the example, the adjacent reflector is lower than the

calibration reflector by -6dB~-24dB). If it meets the requirements. See Fig. 1-32,

the sensitivity calibration of the channel is completed.

Fig. 1-32 Fill F4 zone sensitivity calibration and verification

Note:

a) The upper reflector in the top zone F6 and the lower reflector in the bottom

zone F1 of the Fill do not need to meet the requirements of -6dB~-24dB

lower than the calibration reflector, but only need to be lower than the

amplitude of the main reflector.

b) If the calibration verification in step 4) fails, try to adjust "RefAngle" and

"Aperture" and then repeat steps 2) -step 4) till the calibration pass.

c) When performing sensitivity calibration, in addition to observing the A view,

click on the sensitivity calibration interface to start scanning, and the

displayed strip chart interface can more intuitively read the echo

amplitude difference of adjacent reflectors. The strip chart is shown in Fig.

1-33, and the meaning is shown in Table 2-1.

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Axis A Axis B
H2
H1

Axis C

Fig. 1- 33 Strip chart

Table 2- 1 Description of the strip chart

Name Description

Axis A Represents the time gate.

H1 Represents the height of the color block. It represents the position where

the reflected signal appears in the time gate. The color of the color block

corresponds to the echo amplitude. The color is not displayed if the

amplitude is less than 20%, Green for 20%≤amplitude≤40%; Red for 40%

＜amplitude＜70%; Yellow for 70%≤amplitude≤99% , and Red for ＞99%

Axis B Represents the echo amplitude range from 0%-100%FBH.

H2 The amplitude of the reflected signal on the axis B.

Axis C Crawler scanning the distance axis.

1.4.2.2 HotPass sensitivity calibration

The steps of HotPass channel sensitivity calibration are as follows:

1) Taking the "Fusion (US) HotPass2" channel as an example, the remote control

controls the PA probe to stop at the highest echo position of the calibration

reflector.

2) Adjust StartEle until it is determined that the echo amplitude under the current

StartEle is the highest. Click AdjustGain to adjust the echo amplitude to 80%.

3) Click DelayCal to calibrate the calibration echo.

4) Adjust the remote control to control the probe to pass the calibration reflector and

its adjacent upper and lower reflectors (in the same zone), and test whether the

adjacent reflector shall be lower than the calibration reflector by -6dB~-24dB as

required. If it meets the requirements, see Fig. 1-34, the sensitivity calibration of

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 this channel is completed.

Fig. 1-34 HotPass HP2 zone sensitivity calibration and verification

Note:

a) The upper reflector in the uppermost Zone HP2 and the lower reflector

in the lowermost Zone HP1 of HotPass do not need to meet the

requirements of -6dB~-24dB lower than the calibration reflector, but

only require to be lower than the amplitude of the main reflector.

b) If the calibration verification in step 4) fails, try to adjust RefAngle and

Aperture and then repeat steps 2) -step 4) till the calibration passes.

1.4.2.3 LCP sensitivity calibration

The sensitivity calibration steps of LCP are as follows:

1) Select "Fusion (US) LCP", the remote control controls the PA probe to stop at

the highest echo position of the calibration reflector.

2) Adjust StartEle until it is determined that the echo amplitude under the current

StartEle is the highest. Click AdjustGain to adjust the echo amplitude to 80%.

3) Click DelayCal to calibrate the calibration echo.

4) Adjust the remote control to control the probe to pass the calibration reflector and

its adjacent upper and lower reflectors, and test whether the adjacent reflectors

meet the requirements of the echo amplitude shall be lower than the calibration

reflector. If it meets the requirements. See Fig. 1-35, and complete the sensitivity

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 calibration of this channel.

Fig. 1-35 LCP (LCP zone) sensitivity calibration and verification

Note:

If the calibration verification in step 4) fails, try to adjust RefAngle and

Aperture and then repeat steps 2) -step 4) till the calibration passes.

1.4.2.4 Root zone sensitivity calibration

The sensitivity calibration procedure of the Root zone is the same as that of LCP. See

2.4.1.3 for details, and the calibration verification is shown in Fig. 1-36.

Fig. 1-36 Root zone (R zone) sensitivity calibration and verification

Note: Since there is no lower reflector in the Root zone, when performing sensitivity

calibration verification, it is only necessary to meet the requirement that the

adjacent upper reflector shall be lower than the echo amplitude of the calibration

reflector.

1.4.2.5 Cap sensitivity calibration

The procedure of Cap sensitivity calibration is the same as that of LCP. See 2.4.1.3 for

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details, and the calibration verification is shown in Fig. 1-37.

Fig. 1-37 Cap (CAP zone) sensitivity calibration and verification

Note: Since Cap does not have an upper reflector, when performing sensitivity

calibration verification, it is required to meet the requirement that the adjacent

lower reflector shall be lower than the echo amplitude of the calibration reflector.

1.4.3 Step 3: Volumetric calibration

1.4.3.1 Volumetric sensitivity calibration

The Volumetric channel sensitivity calibration steps are as follows:

1) Taking "Volumetric (US) V3" as an example, the remote control controls the PA

probe to stop at the highest echo position of the calibration reflector.

2) Adjust StartEle until it is determined that the echo amplitude under the current

StartEle is the highest. Click AdjustGain to adjust the echo amplitude to 80%.

3) Click DelayCal to calibrate the calibration echo.

4) Adjust the remote control to control the probe to pass through the calibration

reflector and its adjacent upper and lower reflectors, and test whether the

adjacent reflector meets the requirements of the echo amplitude of the adjacent

reflector shall be lower than the calibration reflector. If it meets the requirements,

see Fig. 1-38, and complete sensitivity calibration.

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 Fig. 1-38 Volumetric (V3) sensitivity calibration and verification

Note:

a) There is no upper reflector in Zone V1, the uppermost layer of

Volumetric. The sensitivity calibration of V1 only needs to verify that

the lower reflector is lower than the main reflector.

b) If the calibration verification in step 4) fails, try to adjust RefAngle and

Aperture and then repeat steps 2) -step 4) till the calibration passes.

1.4.3.2 Root Volumetric sensitivity calibration

The sensitivity calibration procedure of Root Volumetric is the same as Volumetric. See

2.4.2.1 for details, and the calibration verification is shown in Fig. 1-39.

Fig. 1-39 Root Volumetric (MAP zone) sensitivity calibration

Note: Since Root Volumetric does not have a lower reflector, when performing

sensitivity calibration verification, it is only necessary to meet the requirement that

the adjacent upper reflector shall be lower than the echo amplitude of the

calibration reflector.

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 1.4.4 Step 4: CouplingMonitor calibration

The steps of CouplingMonitor sensitivity calibration are as follows:

1) Ensure that the probe and the wedge are well coupled on the workpiece.

2) After selecting a group of coupling channels, set MeasGateThresh to 40%.

3) Move MeasGateStart and MeasGateWidth to make the measuring gate on the

A-view record the first BW of the workpiece.

4) Click AdjustGain, and the software will automatically adjust the BW to 80%

amplitude as the testing sensitivity.

Note: After completing the settings of all US channels according to steps 6 to 8,

click Sync to synchronize the US parameter settings to the downstream and

complete the settings of all channels.

1.4.5 Step 5: TOFD channel calibration

If the selected channel type is TOFD, the user needs to perform CalibZero and CalibPCS.

1.4.5.1 CalibZero

When the user enters the CalibZero interface, the interface is as shown in Fig. 1-40.

Fig. 1-40 CalibZero

 The CalibZero steps are as follows:

1) After the probe is well coupled with the wedge, dock the probes properly. See Fig.

1-41:

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 Fig. 1-41 Docking probes

2) Move the relative position of the two TOFD probes and observe the butt echo in

the gate of view A. See Fig. 1-42. When the echo amplitude is the highest, keep

the relative position of the two probes unchanged.

Fig. 1-42 Echo of probe docking

3) Click CalibZero, and Probe Delay will update automatically. Measure "d", and enter

the value of d/2 into "X_Value". See Fig. 1-43. Complete CalibZero.

Fig. 1-43 CalibZero finished

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 1.4.5.2 CalibPCS

When the user finishes CalibZero, it enters the next step CalibPCS. The interface is as Fig.

1-44.

Fig. 1-44 Time window

 The steps of CalibPCS are as follows:

1) Install the TOFD probe on the crawler, adjust the TOFD arm, and measure the

distance at the front end of the wedge as "PCS-d" for placement.

2) Set "RefPt", generally default to 0.

3) Adjust Range and DispDelay to make the LW (lateral wave) and BW (bottom

wave) completely and clearly displayed in the A view window. Place the PCS red

line of A view at the first echo peak of the calibration echo. Take Fig. 1-45 as an

example. If RefPt is set to 0, place the PCS red line on the first peak of the LW.

Fig. 1-45 PCS red line placement

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 4) Click CalibPCS, the "PCS" value is updated. If the error between the updated

"PCS" value and the old "PCS" value is within the allowable range, see Fig. 1-46,

then CalibPCS is completed. If the error is greater than the allowable range,

then perform calibration again.

Fig. 1-46 CalibPCS finished

5) After completing the calibration, adjust Gain until the maximum amplitude of the

LW (lateral) reaches 40% -80% as the testing sensitivity. And move the

measuring gate to cover the LW alone.

1.5 Scan

After the calibration is finished, all channels need to be scanned as a whole on the scan

interface, and the parameters can be applied to field testing after verifying the accuracy of

the calibration results.

As shown in Fig. 1-47, enter the scan interface. Confirm that the encoder cable of the

crawler is well connected to the encoder port of the ultrasound module. Click to
start the scan.

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 Fig.1-47 Scanning screen

During the scanning process, the position and map of each channel are displayed as

shown in Fig. 1-48.

Fig. 1-48 channel position and map display

Click to stop and the software will end the scan. Then click the File-Save menu, as
shown in Fig. 1-49, to save the record file.

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 Fig. 1-49 Saving file

1.6 CalibrationCheck

The CalibrationCheck function is used to check and calibrate the overall sensitivity of all

channels.

Note: Generally, the CalibrationCheck function is used in the following two

situations: 1) After the calibration of each channel is finished, perform

CalibrationCheck before applying it to the field testing. 2) After the field testing for a

period of time, perform the sensitivity check again in accordance with the standard.

1.6.1 Fusion

The FusionCalibrationCheck steps are as follows:

1) After opening the record file, see Fig. 1-50,In the AUT view, right-click to select

"Zoom", and left-click to drag the mouse to realize the zonal zoom. Move

MeasureLine1 and MeasureLine2 to record the calibration echo in the channel

to be measured.

Fig. 1-50 Placing MeasureLine1 and MeasureLine2

Note: The MeasureLine should avoid recording other echoes in the channel to

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 be measured that are higher than the amplitude of the calibration echo to

ensure the accuracy of the calibration measurement.

2) Long press Ctrl, click the title bar of the channel to be tested, and select multiple

channels. See Fig. 1-51. The background color of the channel is highlighted by

the color Blue.

Fig. 1-51 Selecting Multi

3) Enter [Toolbar] - [CalibrationCheck], after the setting is completed, click [Apply] to

take effect; if the file is opened, the parameters applied by [CalibrationCheck]

are the original state before saving "CalibrationCheck".

Fig. 1-52 CalibrationCheck

Note: The specific menus and description can be found in Table 2-2.

Table 2- 2 Menu and description

Menu Description

MainAmp Set the allowable error range of the highest echo amplitude of the

calibration reflector for Fusion, Volumetric and TOFD.

UCover/DCover Set the allowable error range of the highest amplitude of the

adjacent upper and lower echoes of MainAmp.

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POff Set the allowable measurement error of the delay deviation P value.

BaseAmp Set the BaseAmp of MainAmp for Fusion, Volumetric and TOFD.

CovOffset For measuring the CalcRule of multi-channel UCover/DCover. After

setting, the software calculates the UpDownCov echo according to

the up/down offset of the MainAmp position.

4) Click the measurement menu. See Fig. 1-53, In this case, select

MainAmp+UpDownCov (Multi1).

Fig.1-53 MainAmp+UpDownCov (Multi1)

Note: For the description of the measurement menus, see Table 2-3.

Table 2- 3 Sub-menus and description

Sub-menus Description

MainAmp (Single) Search for the channel selected in the red frame, and measure the

highest echo within the MeasureLine range as the MainAmp and

DelayOffset (P value) of the channel.

UpCov (Single) For the channel selected in the red frame, set the highest echo

within the MeasureLine range as the UpCov measurement value

of the channel.

DownCov (Single) For the channel selected in the red frame, set the highest echo

within the MeasureLine range as the DownCov measurement

value of the channel.

MainAmp (Multi) Search for multiple selected channels, measure the highest echo

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Sub-menus Description

within the MeasureLine range as the MainAmp and DelayOffset (P

value) of the channel.

MainAmp Search for Search for multiple selected channels, measure the

+UpDownCov highest echo amplitude of MainAmp and its upper and lower

(Multi1) adjacent echoes within the MeasureLine range. The measurement

diagram is shown in Fig.1-54.

Fig. 1-54 MainAmp +UpDownCov (Multi1)

MainAmp Search for multiple selected channels and measure the highest

+UpDownCov echo amplitude of MainAmp and its upper and lower adjacent

(Multi2) echoes within the MeasureLine range. The measurement diagram

is shown in Fig. 1-55.

Fig.1-55 MainAmp +UpDownCov (Multi2)

5) After the measurement is finished, the channel MeasureResult is displayed in the

CalibrationCheck window. As shown in Fig. 1-56, the pass values are displayed

in green, and the failed values are displayed in red.

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 Fig. 1-56 CalibrationCheck window

Note: After the measurement is finished, if the UpDownCov does not meet the

requirements, re-calibrate the sensitivity of the channel in question.

1.6.2 Volumetric

The Volumetric (including Root Volumetric) CalibrationCheck steps are as follows:

1) As shown in Fig. 1-57, move MeasureLine1 and MeasureLine2 to record the

calibration echo in the channel to be measured.

Fig. 1-57 Move the MeasureLine

Note: The MeasureLine should avoid recording other echoes in the channel to be

measured that are higher than the amplitude of the calibration echo to ensure the

accuracy of the calibration measurement.

2) Long press Ctrl and click the title bar of the channel to be tested. See Fig. 1-58,

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 select multiple channels.

Fig. 1-58 Select measurement channel

3) Click Toolbar-CalibrationCheck measurement menu, select MainAmp (Multi)

to perform measurement. After the measurement, MeasureResult will be

displayed in the CalibrationCheck window.

1.6.3 TOFD channel

The steps of TOFD channel CalibrationCheck are as follows:

1) Move MeasureLine1 and MeasureLine2, as shown in Fig. 1-59, and to record a

section of a complete LW in the TOFD channel.

Fig.1-59 Move the MeasureLine

2) Click the TOFD title bar. See Fig. 1-60, the TOFD channel is selected by the red

frame.

Fig. 1-60 Select TOFD channel

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 3) Click Toolbar-CalibrationCheck measurement menu, select MainAmp (Single)

to measure. After the measurement, MeasureResult will be displayed in the

CalibrationCheck window.

After finishing the calibration measurement of all channels, if "MainAmp" or

"DelayOffset" does not meet the requirements, click the Calib button under the

CalibrationCheck window. In the pop-up window of Fig. 1-61, click OK for One-key

calibration of all channels.

Fig. 1-61 One-key calibration

By setting "CompRatio", click "OK" to realize one-key calibration, After one-key

calibration, scan the calibration test block again, and perform the CalibrationCheck

steps of 2.6.1~2.6.3 again until the calibration results of all channels meet the

requirements.

1.7 Data Analysis

After the parameters are applied to the field testing, the stored record files can be opened

on the host PC for image assessment.

After opening the map under data analysis. See Fig. 1-62, slide the scroll bar on the left of

the ruler to browse the map as a whole, and then control the length of the scroll bar to

perform zoomed observation and measurement of the flaw area.

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 Fig. 1-62 Field testing map

Take Fig. 1-63 as an example, it shows a defect in the testing map.

Fig. 1-63 Testing flaws

1.7.1 AUT view measurement

To perform AUT measurement on the flaws of the map, the operation is as follows:

1) Move MeasureLine1 and MeasureLine2, as shown in Fig. 1-64, to record the

area to be measured. Single-channel measurements can also be performed by

double-clicking on the channel name to zoom in the channel image to the entire

viewing area.

Fig.1-64 Moving MeasureLine

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 2) As shown in Fig. 1-65, check in front of the channel name or hold down the

“Ctrl” button, drag the mouse to select/deselect the channel, and select all the

channels with flaw echoes.

Fig. 1-65 Select Multi

3) Enter the Toolbar-Measure menu. See Fig. 1-66, select "CorrectMethod" as the

SelfHeightMethod and set the flaw information.

Fig. 1-66 Measure menu

Note: For the menus and description, see Table 2-4.

Table 2- 4 Menu description

Menu or icon Description

A view echo measurement icon. When the A view is turned on and

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 selected, the menu is active. Click the menu, and the

measurement data is displayed in the

MeasureResult-AWaveEcho under the menu bar window.

Rectangle measurement icon for measuring AUT view, B view or

TOFD view. After clicking this menu, the measurement data will

be displayed in MeasureResult-AUT Image/BImage under the

menu bar window.

FlawID User-defined flaw ID, and MeasureResult is marked with FlawID.

AssessAmp Set the minimum amplitude threshold to participate in the

calculation of "EasyMethod" and "CorrectMethod".

QualityJudge User-defined the nature of the flaw according to the measured

flaw, which will be displayed under MeasureResult

simultaneously after measurement.

AssessResult User-defined AssessResult, which will be displayed under

MeasureResult simultaneously after measurement.

4) After the setting is finished, click , and the AUT view MeasureResult will be

displayed in the MeasureResult-AUT Image menu under the menu bar window.

See Fig. 1-67.

Fig. 1-67 AUT Image MeasureResult

1.7.2 A view measurement

1) Right-click the view window and change the view layout to AUT+A.

2) Select the channel with the highest flaw amplitude in the AUT view, and move the

MeasureLine to the highest echo position. As shown in Fig. 1-68, the red box

selects the HP2D channel, and MeasureLine2 is placed at the highest amplitude

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 in the A-view gate.

Fig. 1-68 Measure A view

3) After clicking to select View A, click under the Toolbar-Measure menu,

and MeasureResult is displayed in the MeasureResult-AWaveEcho menu. See

Fig. 1-69.

Fig. 1-69 A image MeasureResult

1.7.3 TOFD view measurement

If the flaw on the TOFD view is clearly displayed, the user shall measure the TOFD view.

1) Right-click the mouse in the view window and change the view layout to

"AUT+B".

2) After selecting the TOFD channel of the AUT view, B view shows the enlarged

TOFD view. See Fig. 1-70.

Fig. 1-70 B view window (TOFD view)

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 3) Move the red LW line to the first peak (white) of the LW. See Fig. 1-71, move the

parabola of MeasureLine1 to fit the first trough (black) of the upper endpoint of

the flaw, and the parabola of MeasureLine2 fit the first peak (white) of the lower

endpoint of the flaw.

Fig. 1-71 Move the LW line and the MeasureLine

4) After clicking to select view B, click under the Toolbar-Measure menu,

and MeasureResult is displayed in the MeasureResult-BImage menu. See Fig.

1-72.

Fig. 1-72 BImage MeasureResult

Note: If necessary, the user can also perform BImage measurement on other

channels, and the MeasureResult will be displayed in the BImage measurement

window simultaneously.

After completing the measurement above, check the summary measurement data in

MeasureResult-Gather. See Fig. 1-73.

Fig. 1-73 Gather information

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1.8 Report

After the measurement is finished, click General Report under the MeasureResult

window, and a pop-up window is shown as Fig. 1-74. After the user enters the basic

equipment information, click Report, and the software will automatically generate the

report.

Fig. 1-74 Test report window

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