Phased Array Probes

Immersion probes are designed to be used with a water wedge or in an immersion tank when the test part is partially or wholly immersed. They are longitudinal wave probes that can be set up for refracted shear-wave inspections using a Rexolite wedge.

Curved array probes are made with a corrosion-resistant stainless steel case and are guaranteed waterproof up to 1 m underwater. The acoustic impedance of these probes matches water. They are compatible with adjustable immersion wedges and are used for the inspection of carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) corners and in addition to the inspection of composite for delamination.

Deep penetration probes can be matched to a wide selection of wedges to suit any angle beam application. These probes are dedicated to deep penetration applications such as the inspection of thick plates and welds, forging, and noisy or granular material.

Small-footprint probes offer access to confined areas (A00 probe has an 8 × 8 mm footprint) A special-design small-footprint wedge is available for those applications. Cable connector can come out from either the side or the top of these probes.

Weld inspection probes offer a low-profile housing and front-exit cable to avoid interference with the scanner probe holder. These probes are suitable for manual and automated inspections of thick welds in addition to inspection of castings, forgings, pipes, tubes, and machined and structural components for cracks and welding defects.

These probes are used for manual weld inspection using 40° to 70° simultaneously in addition to manual inspection of
stress-corrosion cracking and AWS and DGS code compliant applications.

The wedges for angle beam probes are available in standard refracted angles of 0°, 45°, 55°, and 60° in steel for angle-beam inspections from 30° to 70°, SW or LW. They come with stainless steel screw receptacles providing a firm anchoring of probes to wedges. The IHC wedge option can be ordered to improve the quality of the inspection: irrigation, mounting holes for the wedge holder to work with any Olympus scanner, and carbide pins to increase wear resistance.

The universal probes are designed to have a low-profile probe/wedge combination for easier access in restricted areas. A wide selection of wedges is available to suit any angle beam application. These probes are used for manual or automated inspection of 6.35 mm to 38 mm thick welds and the inspections of castings, forgings, pipes, tubes, and machined and structural components for cracks and welding defects.

Near-wall probes offer a shortened dead zone at both ends of the probe (1.5 mm between center of first or last element and housing edge). They are well suited for composite channel inspections and are used for C-scan inspections of composites (delamination, disbonding, and porosity).

The new Dual Linear Array™ probe offers several advantages over conventional ultrasonic dual element transducers for corrosion survey applications. This phased array solution improves productivity through features such as larger beam coverage, faster scan speed, and C-scan imaging with increased data-point density. The pitch-catch technique used by this new probe can offer better near-surface resolution and pit detection in corrosion survey applications than standard phased array pulse-echo, improving probability of detection of critical wall thinning.

Immersion corner wedges for curved array probes are available in specific radius and angle and also with adjustable radius to fit on various components to be inspected. These wedges are designed to perform manual scans and to accommodate the Mini-Wheel encoder.