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Krautkramer USM100
The new standard in flaw detection. Now also available with the industry-leading features of the Pro edition
Sleek but rugged, the Krautkrämer USM 100 is a portable, highly versatile flaw detector with smartphone-like capabilities. Designed ergonomically for unrivaled ease of use, it features a large touch screen and buttons that allow seamless ambidextrous operation. Digital features include a best-in-class user interface that streamlines setup, training time and updates.
Flaw detection redefined
Few inspection tools are more versatile than the portable Krautkrämer USM 100, built to tackle a wide range of inspection challanges. Perform comprehensive, accurate inspections on industrial assets, then enrich your inspection data with images and geolocation for improved traceability and reporting.
Features and Benefits
Features
- Digital features like data availability, remote calibration and public storage
- Standard features like DAC/TCG, CNDAC, JISDAC, DGS, AWS D1.1/1.5
- Premium features like averaging of A-Scan, IF Gate/3rd gate, iOS app and customizable filter
Benefits
- Ultrasonic excellence
- Ergonomics
- Sleek and rugged design
- Connectivity
Applications
- Weld inspection
- Corrosion inspection
- Inspection of forging and castings
- Inspection of rails
- Inspection of composites
- Nuclear plant inspections
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Krautkramer USM36
A proven reliable and robust ultrasonic flaw detector for precise results
The Krautkrämer USM 36 combines the 21st century operating platform with the reliable and robust hardware of Waygate Technologies’ well-established Krautkrämer portable flaw detection instruments. It incorporates a range of innovative features to ensure that this new instrument is adopted as the everyday workhorse of flaw detectors by NDT inspectors globally.
The harshest industrial environments require rugged and reliable NDT inspection products specifically designed to stand up to any conditions.
Perform comprehensive and highly accurate NDT flaw detection inspections on industrial assets without interrupting operations or putting personnel at risk.
Features and Benefits
Features
- Flexible data reporting and storage
- Comprehensive connectivity
- Can be used in the harshest of environments
- Largest viewable A-Scan display in its class
- Available in three versions
Benefits
- Simple and efficient operation
- Few inspection tools are more versatile
- Ideally suited to stand up to a wide range of inspection challenges
Applications
- Weld inspection in the Oil & Gas, Power Generation, and Petrochemical Industries
- Precise thickness measurement in the Automobile Industry
- Corrosion measurement in the Oil & Gas, Power Generation, and Petrochemical Industries
- Inspection of fine-grained and long work forgings
- Inspection of special materials, including those used in the Aerospace and Automobile industries
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Technical Specifications USM 36
Krautkrämer USM 36 ultrasonic flaw detector brochure
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Krautkramer USMGo+
Introducing the USM Go+ that takes field inspection NDT to the next level. Light, handy and controlled by an intuitive arrow-keypad, it has the latest industrial electronics under the hood and offers excellent ultrasonic performance which allows for reliable detection of defects located just below the surface of the test piece.
Achieve reliable results in a variety of inspection situations throughout the industrial and process spectrum, from aerospace to power generation and from the automotive sector to the oil and gas industry.
When ultrasonic testing circumstances call for a portable and lightweight handheld instrument, there is no reason to compromise quality for convenience.
When flaw detection equipment can be operated with one hand, inspectors are free to make changes to the probe or their environment with the other. Inspections don’t get easier than that. This is truly the ultrasonic flaw detector designed to stand up to any inspection challenge.
Features and Benefits
Features
- A-Scan video recording up to 8 minutes allows live reporting and playback of an entire inspection sequence for review by more qualified personnel
- A truly ambidextrous instrument with the flip function of the display and functionality of the rocker switches
- AUTOANG (Auto Angle) feature calculates the refracted angle of an angle beam wedge and utilizes it for trigonometric flaw location projections
- A standard USB connection allows for data to be downloaded from the flaw detector for further analysis or storage
- The instrument’s 2 GB memory can be easily exchanged by SD cards up to 16 GB
- Reports are produced in jpeg or bmp format so there is no need for special reading software
- Backwall Echo Attenuator (BEA) helps to find very small defects, improving detectability
- Automatic Gate Threshold for the 2 gates ensuring accurate measurements made under the same conditions
Benefits
- The ideal device for portable ultrasonic testing and the perfect tool for operating e.g., in confined spaces, due to its comfortable fit
- The USM Go+ is designed with a rugged rubber casing to stand up to the harshest field conditions and it is dust and waterproof to IP67
- The 108 mm x 64,8 mm screen (zoomed mode) with best in class 800 x 480 pixel resolution offers optimum echo dynamics and separation
- The display is readable in bright sunlight as well as in darkness, and can be adjusted to suit your working environment.
- The excellent near surface resolution enables you to detect flaws located just under the surface of the test piece with a high degree of reliability
Applications
- Weld inspection
- Inspection of forging and castings
- Inspection of rails
- Inspection of composites
- More demanding applications such as narrow band filters, low noise digital amplifier, and square wave pulsers
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Krautkrämer USM Go+ Ultrasonic Flaw Detector Brochure
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Krautkramer USIP|xs
As the successor of the USIP 40 multi-channel flaw detector, the newly available Krautkrämer USIP|xs CV solves a growing need for easy, cost-effective integration. The improved multi-instrument architecture helps to optimize automation capabilities and provides more interfaces and flexibility. The USIP|xs CV can be integrated into any automated and semi-automated inspection system. With different T/R specifications and multitude of channel configurations, the instrument is scalable in performance as well as associated cost. As a result, it is well suited for a wide range of applications and system sized, such as Quality Assurance, Press Control and R&D.
Benefits of the Krautkrämer USIP|xs CV
Ease of Use
The plug-and-play instrument applies the latest usability standards and is equipped with a vast array of integrated diagnostic features. This allows a quick start-up and operation without excessive training of staff and learning efforts. The integrated box design of the USIP|xs CV makes the instrument extremely easy to maintain in comparison to slot card type electronics.
Best automation capabilities
Industry-leading automation and integration capabilities allow for even the most complex systems to be built with less effort. Multiple interface standards – including field bus – make USIP|xs CV one of the best equipped instruments for effective integration into automated systems.
Creating synergies
As one of the largest platforms of conventional ultrasonic instruments, the new Krautkrämer instrument offers UT performance and channel count perfectly fitted to individual inspection needs. In contrast to a “one-size-fits-all” solution, the USIP|xs CV creates synergies concerning technical infrastructure, instrument cost, and training and integration know-how, reducing the overall complexity of setting up and maintaining inspection systems.
Software highlights:
- Fully refreshed GUI according to latest usability standards
- 5 gates per channel, up to 3 with its own amplifier -> flaw Evaluation and BWE by one channel
- Up to 8 parallel A-Scans
- All digital filters, pre-set and customizable
- TCG over the complete dynamic range; one curve for all probes or individual curves
- Remote Control for loading UT setups from L2 system
Software Development Kit (SDK)
Create your own, customized Graphical User Interface (GUI) or integrate your GUI into another HMI environment. The instrument can be operated via the standard GUI and the customized GUI in parallel. All parameter changes are synchronized online through the SDK software.
Access all inspection raw data through the SDK:
- Collect gate data (amplitude, time of flight, gate events) for further processing in a customized inspection data display, evaluation, or recording
- Record digital Data-A-Scans in real time for a fully customized evaluation
- 1x amplitude value (rectified amplitudes), resp. 2x (RF amplitudes)
- Encoder data x, y position (optional)
- Gate data: amplitude, time of flight (optional)
- Configurable amplitude resolution 16 bit or 24 bit (global parameter)
For eased communication within a system, the SDK unlocks additional digital I/O interfacing capabilities that can be used via the SDK-API, e.g., for PLC handshake, Inspection start/stop, Ready for testing, etc.:
- OUT: 3x via D-Sub, 12x via bus gateway; IN: 7x via D-Sub, 16x via bus gateway
- The SDK software supports C# / .ne
Ultraproof 2.0
Digital strip chart recording software for installation on the USIP|xs system’s PC.
- Digital data interface to the USIP|xs single instrument or multi-instrument arrangements
- Records and displays the results of up to 160 gates per instrument
- Representation of event, amplitude and ToF [mm, inch] information
- All gate information can be grouped and assigned to suitable tracks according to the individual user requirements
- Strip chart display can be grouped into up to 8 configurable views containing up to 16 strip chart tracks each
- Max. 25000 length segments recordable per test piece (segment length configurable)
- Single piece or batch operation
- Start/pause/stop control via external test data release signals or manual
- “Ok” / “Not Ok” evaluation and interface signal
- Configurable statistics
- Report generator
- csv data export
- Viewer mode for review of stored inspection results
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Krautkramer RotoArray compact
Unique and ultra-portable phased array ultrasonic roller probe for your composite inspection needs.
Krautkrämer RotoArray comPAct is Waygate Technologies’ first instrument powered by our new technology comPAct. As an industry first it combines the performance of a complete phased array inspection system in a single probe thanks to miniaturized instrument electronics. With Krautkrämer RotoArray comPAct your PA inspection workflow needs less equipment and becomes more flexible. RotoArray comPAct ensures reliable and convenient flaw detection with maximum portability, minimum weight and excellent connectivity for time- and cost-efficient manual phased array inspections.
The innovative comPAct technology opens up new and versatile application possibilities if you are looking for ultra-portable, ergonomic and easy-to-use solutions. You can conveniently take Krautkrämer RotoAray comPAct with you anywhere into the field, while benefiting from equipment miniaturization, associated weight reduction, high connectivity and lower upfront costs.
ComPAct
Waygate Technologies has developed and integrated a disruptive and unique technology into the proven RotoArray roller probe that redefines phased array inspection and makes it easier and faster for everyone: comPAct.
comPAct paves new ways for lighter, simpler and more cost-effectiveUT phased array applications.
The most cost-effective lightweight PA solution
The brand new patented technology of comPAct compresses the functionality of PA electronics into a half-thumb-sized chip. The miniaturized instrument electronics enable a 100x reduction in volume and a 20x reduction in power consumption compared to traditional PA instruments, allowing the instruments to be easily powered from a tablet or PC via a USB connection. Minimal size and light weight offer maximum flexibility for housing PA electronics in a box, directly in a scanner, or even in the PA probe itself.
Features and Benefits
Features
- Maximum Portability
- Krautkrämer RotoArray comPAct is a small and lightweight yet powerful all-in-one solution in the palm of your hand and allows maximum portability. There is no additional phased array instrument required as all the necessary PA electronics are integrated directly into the probe. As a true lightweight, the probe weighs just 0.85 kg empty and 1.2 kg filled with glycol.
You can easily connect Krautkrämer RotoArray comPAct to a tablet or PC via USB connection to operate the probe and display A, B, and C-scan images.
- Krautkrämer RotoArray comPAct is a small and lightweight yet powerful all-in-one solution in the palm of your hand and allows maximum portability. There is no additional phased array instrument required as all the necessary PA electronics are integrated directly into the probe. As a true lightweight, the probe weighs just 0.85 kg empty and 1.2 kg filled with glycol.
- Ease of use
- Thanks to the instruments’ ergonomic design Krautkrämer RotoArray comPAct is very comfortable to handle. The step-by-step instructions ensure easy and comprehensive operation, which is particularly suitable for phased array entry-level users. In addition, pre-configured settings can be easily selected from a menu and streamline the process. The Mentor UT-based software application ensures intuitive guidance through system set-up, calibration and the manual phased array inspection process.
- Connectivity
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The high connectivity of KrautkrämerRotoArray comPAct enables faster data insights. The roller probe can be easily connected to a tablet or PC simply via USB port. With a Wi-Fi or cellular-enabled tablet or PC, you can connect to an available on-site network to share and store inspection data.
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Applications
Krautkrämer RotoArray comPAct is designed for ergonomic, high-speed large area inspection with improved probability of detection (PoD) for composite material inspection in the aerospace, space and , wind energy industries.
The versatile applications include:
- Composite materials inspection of aerospace structures, wind turbine blades, aluminium blades and aircraft skins (wings, fuselage), helicopter blades and complex composite castings
- Detection and sizing of delamination and disbonds
- Thickness measurements, material loss
- Detection and quantification of internal porosity
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Krautkramer Transducers
Ultrasonic Testing Probes and Transducers
Reliable probes for any application
Waygate Technologies’ ultrasonic probes and transducers are trusted for a wide variety of ultrasonic testing tasks such as flaw detection, thickness gauging, weld and bond testing, and more. Our portable, easy-to-use transducers make inspections simpler than ever. Including contact, phased array, immersion and special application transducers for use in industries like aerospace, power generation, oil and gas, and transportation.
Boosting efficiency
Our transducers make inspections faster and simpler than ever without compromising accuracy. They help reduce downtime, and they’re built tough to perform today, and tomorrow.
Improving asset reliability
Whether for flaw detection, thickness gauging, or weld and bond testing, our probes and transducers detect more flaws to help you improve asset reliability and cut maintenance costs with more precise, more efficient inspections.
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Ultrasonic Contact Transducers
Multiple straight beam single element, straight beam dual element, and angle beam options. Each one is built to last, easy to use, and highly accurate — for better results, every time
Immersion Probes
The ideal choice for scanning parts with irregular geometries — most often used in mechanized or automated testing using water. The best method for consistent coupling and achieving reliable, reproducible results.
Phased Array Probes
A wide variety of reliable phased array probes and transducers for many applications. Eliminate the need for multiple inspections, and reduce setup and scan times.
Thickness Transducers
Precise, easy to use, transducers for a variety of wall thickness measurements on different materials found on the production line and in the field, including components subject to wear and precision parts of all kinds.
Special Application Probes
A wide range of options for less common ultrasonic inspections — from roller wheel transducers to high temperature probes to custom devices designed especially for you.