TOMOSCAN IIIFLEXIBLE AND POWERFUL ULTRASOUND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM

The Tomoscan III is the most fl exible and powerful ultrasound system available on the market. It can handle most, if not all, automated ultrasound in-service inspections found in the power generation market.

• Available either in standard ultrasound confi guration or with phased array capability

• Up to 32 standard ultrasound channels with both linear and logarithmic amplifi ers (standard UT version)

• Up to 128 phased-array ultrasound channels with linear or logarithmic amplifi ers (phased array version)

• Pulse-echo and TOFD capability

• 12-bit, 100-MHz A/D converter

• Real-time data processing and data compression

• High pulsing rate and data throughput

• Flexible interfaces to scanners and manipulators

• Setup, data acquisition, and data analysis from standard PC

• Zetec’s UltraVision™ software for both data acquisition and data analysis

Flexible, powerful, capable

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Flexibility and Power

The Tomoscan III offers the most fl exibility and power available of any automated ultrasound system on the market. It handles all automated ultrasound applications shown on the right.

Flexible hardware and software allows the Tomoscan III to interface with virtually any manipulator used in typical in-service inspections such as reactor pressure vessels, CRDM head penetrations, and pipe scanners. Tomoscan III can be controlled by complex scanners, or as in most cases, control the inspection itself.

The PC-based UltraVision™ software offers the same amount of fl exibility. UltraVision provides a full set of display types, as well as powerful analysis tools. It features dynamic links to Microsoft® Excel spreadsheets, allowing on-time user-defi ned manipulation of data. UltraVision also provides dynamic links to a Microsoft® Access database that provides report generation with user-defi ned report layouts and content. • Flexible and powerful imaging• Phased array capability• Eddy current capability• Effi cient analysis tools• Robust reporting tools

Phased Arrays

For many applications, phased arrays allow inspections 10X faster than with conventional techniques. Phased arrays also allow an optimum focalization of the ultrasound beam, regardless of the transducer’s position, and this with a minimum number of transducers. The Tomoscan III is available with phased array capability, allowing much faster inspections in many applications including welds and tubes.

S A M P L E T O M O S C A N

Turbine disc with blade attachments Turbine bore

BMW, CCSS, and other austenitic welds

UT inspHigh-speed corrosion mapping of HX tubes One-pass RCCA inspection

High-speed pipe weld inspection

Tomoscan III (RCCA inspection, boresonic inspection, a

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N I I I A P P L I C A T I O N S

Turbine retaining ring CANDU® feeder tubes

Primary pump shaft

pection of SG tubes RPV stud boltsRBMK fuel channels

Turbine disc

RPV and nozzle welds

and UltraVision™ are suitable for all applications illustrated here.and UT inspection of SG tubes require the T3-UT version; all others can use the T3-PA version.)

CRDM head penetrations

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Main options• Air cooling unit • 16-channel remote pulser/receiver• BCD encoder interface option• Dynamic depth focusing (DDF)• 4-ch. remote preamplifi er/pulse shaper• Dual-axis motor controller/driver unit

Model Standard UT Connections Phased Array ChannelsT3-PA-32:32 8 UT channels on LEMO connectors; up to 32 on Hypertronics™ connector 32 active elements out of 32 available channelsT3-PA-32:64 8 UT channels on LEMO connectors; up to 64 on Hypertronics connector 32 active elements out of 64 available channelsT3-PA-32:128 8 UT channels on LEMO connectors; up to 128 on Hypertronics connector 32 active elements out of 128 available channels

Phased array channels 32:32, 32:64, 32:128*Number of conventional UT connectors (LEMO®) 8Max. number of conventional UT channels 128Remote UT channels (optional remote P/R) 16 channelsData acquisition rate 5 MB/sA/D converter 12-bit, 100-MHzA-scan length 20 to 16,328 samplesRectifi cation Digital/analogSmoothing (video fi lter) Digital/analogReal-time data compression YesDynamic range (0-40 dB gain, 32-element probe) > 42 dB (> 52 dB in logarithmic mode)Pulse output voltage 50–200 VBandwidth 0.7–20 MHzRF fi lters 0.7–5 MHz, 2–10 MHz, 5–15 MHzMax. acquisition speed 4,800 12-bit, 512 point A-scans/sEncoder interfaces 6 quadrature-type encoders

48-bit parallel BCD (opt.) Ethernet transfer of position (opt.)

Network interface 100Base-TWeight 24 kg * 32:64 and 32:128 systems can handle 64 active elements: 32 pulsing and 32 receiving elements, each group having a separated delay law set (typically for use with PA TR probes with 2D capability)

Main options• Multicoil, multifrequency ECT option• 16-channel remote pulser/receiver• Second UT processor• BCD encoder interface option• 4-ch. remote preamplifi er/pulse shaper• Dual-axis motor controller/driver unit

Internal UT channels 8, 16, or 32Remote UT channels (optional remote P/R) 16 channelsData acquisition data rate ~5 MB/s (single UT processor)

~10 MB/s (dual UT processor)A/D converter 12-bit, 100-MHzA-scan length 20 to 16,328 samplesRectifi cation Digital/analogSmoothing (video fi lter) Digital/analogReal-time data compression YesPulse output voltage 1–300 VDynamic range (0-40 dB gain) > 44 dB (> 65 dB in logarithmic mode)Bandwidth 0.5–24 MHzRF fi lters High-pass: 1-2-5-10 MHz

Low-pass: 2-5-10-20 MHzBooster at input (+25 dB) YesMax. acquisition speed 9,600 12-bit, 512 A-scans/s

(dual UT processor)Encoder interfaces 6 quadrature-type encoders

48-bit parallel BCD (opt.) Ethernet transfer of position (opt.)

Analog inputs YesECT option YesNetwork interface 100Base-TWeight 20 kg

Specifi cations for the Tomoscan III UT (standard ultrasound version)

Model Standard UT ConnectionsT3-UT 08:1 8 UT channels, single UT processor A single UT processor is suffi cient for most nuclear applications.

T3-UT 16:1 16 UT channels, single UT processorT3-UT 16:2 16 UT channels, dual UT processor Dual UT processor versions provide dual-channel parallel pulsing capability at twice the PRF and twice

the UT processing speed and data throughput (~10 MB/s) of single processor confi gurations.T3-UT 32:2 32 UT channels, dual UT processor

Specifi cations for the Tomoscan III PA (phased array version)