1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. ACS Manuals
  4. Measuring Instruments
  5. A1210
  6. Operation manual

ACS A1210 Operation Manual

Ultrasonic thickness gauge
Hide thumbs
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

Download this manual
ULTRASONIC THICKNESS GAUGE
А1210
OPERATION MANUAL
Acoustic Control Systems Ltd.
Moscow 2016

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the A1210 and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Related Manuals for ACS A1210

Summary of Contents for ACS A1210

  • Page 1 ULTRASONIC THICKNESS GAUGE А1210 OPERATION MANUAL Acoustic Control Systems Ltd. Moscow 2016...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Contents 1 DESCRIPTION AND INSTRUMENT OPERATION ............5 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE INSTRUMENT ..................5 1.1.1 PURPOSE AND APPLICATION RANGE ................5 1.1.2 OPERATING CONDITIONS ....................5 1.2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .................... 6 1.3 INSTRUMENT DESIGN AND OPERATION PRINCIPLE ........... 7 1.3.1 DESIGN ..........................
  • Page 4 Current Operation Manual (hereinafter referred to as “the Operation Manual) includes information on the technical specifications, description of the A1210 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge and its operation principle, as well as information on proper use of the A1210 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge (hereinafter referred to as “the thickness gauge” or “the instrument”).

  • Page 5: Description And Instrument Operation

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 1 DESCRIPTION AND INSTRUMENT OPERATION 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE INSTRUMENT 1.1.1 Purpose and application range The instrument represents a portable general-purpose ultrasonic device. The instrument is designed to measure wall thickness of the tubes (including pipe-turns), boilers, reservoirs, pressure vessels, encasements and other objects from black and non-ferrous metals with smooth and corroded surfaces, as well as plastic objects and objects made of other materials with high ultrasonic attenuation with one-sided access to the surface of these objects.

  • Page 6: Technical Specifications

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 1.2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Main technical specifications of the instrument are presented in Table 1 . T a b l e 1 Name of the parameter Value Measurement range of the thickness (steel), mm: with the D1771 4.0A0D12CL transducer from 0.7 to 300.0 with the S3567 2.5A0D10CL transducer from 0.8 to 300.0...

  • Page 7: Instrument Design And Operation Principle

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 1.3 INSTRUMENT DESIGN AND OPERATION PRINCIPLE 1.3.1 Design The instrument is designed as an electronic unit (Figure 1) to which the removable piezoelectric transducers (PT) are connected via the cables. Figure 1 The upper part of the electronic unit’s face panel bears a color TFT display. The display indicates the measurement results and service information required to control the instrument.

  • Page 8: Operation Principle

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 The upper end face panel of the electronic unit bears the connectors for PT. One connecter is marked with a red dot (Figure 2). Красная точка Red dot Figure 2 The lower end face panel of the electronic unit bears the fastener for the belt and a USB Micro B connector with a plug.

  • Page 9: Operation Modes

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 be reflected from them, and the thickness will be determined as the shortest distance between the external surface and these hollows. 1.3.3 Operation modes Thickness gauge can be operated in the following modes:  in the measurement mode with indication of the measurement result belonging to the set interval and actuation criteria of the automatic flaw alarm system (AFAS) - NORM;...
  • Page 10 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Icons of the measurement modes are always arranged from left to right as follows: NORM – MEMORY – A-SCAN , at that the icon of the active mode is highlighted in yellow (Figure 5). Figure 5 After the user entered the SETTINGS mode, its icon will replace the icon of the previous mode, the parameters and settings of the mode become configurable (Figure 6).
  • Page 11 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Type of the indicator Description Level of the signal is minimal, amplification of the receive path is set to maximum There is no signal or the signal is too weak for measurements No measurements Measurement using the ACF method Measurement using the threshold method Display appearance of the thickness gauge in the NORM mode is presented on Figure 7.
  • Page 12 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Indicator of the measurement method Active tab of the MEMORY mode Accumulator charge level Measurement units A field displaying the measurement result Velocity of ultrasonic waves in current material Field for record of the measurement result Figure 8 In the A-SCAN mode the display indicates a graphic imaging of the echoed signal, digital value of the measurement result, information on the measurement units and signal amplification.

  • Page 13: Keyboard

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Active tab of the A-SCAN mode Accumulator charge level A field displaying the Strobe signal as A-SCAN Start of the scanning End of the scanning A field displaying the Measurement units measurement results Amplification Control icons Figure 10 1.3.5 Keyboard Instrument’s keyboard (Figure 11) has 11 functional keys and one ON/OFF key.
  • Page 14 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210  Key (On/Off) switches on/off the instrument. ATTENTION: THE INSTRUMENT WILL AUTOMATICALLY SWITCH OFF AFTER 10 MINUTES IN IDLE MODE (NO KEY IS PRESSED, NO MEASUREMENT IS GOING ON). ATTENTION: AFTER 2 MINUTES THE DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE SET TO THE MINIMAL LEVEL –...

  • Page 15: Proper Use Of The Instrument

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 2 PROPER USE OF THE INSTRUMENT 2.1 OPERATING RESTRICTIONS The instrument is designed to be operated under conditions listed in Section Ошибка! Источник ссылки не найден.. 2.2 MAKING INSTRUMENT READY FOR OPERATION 2.2.1 Preparation of the surface Loose or exfoliating rust, corrosion or dirt on the surface of the object being tested can influence the ultrasonic transmission to the material.

  • Page 16: Setting And Adjustment Of The Instrument To The Parameters Of The Currently Used Pt

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 key to switch on the instrument. The instrument’s screen will display a Press the start-up window with instrument’s name and firmware version (Figure 14). Figure 14 The thickness gauge will automatically enter the mode being active before switching preserving the corresponding settings.
  • Page 17 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Figure 15  using the keys go to the line with the name of the connected PT and press key to select it (Figure 16). Figure 16 After the transducer is selected the testing of PT will be started automatically followed by the adjustment of the instrument to its individual parameters.
  • Page 18 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210  Enter the SETTINGS mode.  Go to the “PT” line and press F1 key (Test). The screen will display: “TEST PT - Lift the PT in the air, clean off the oil from it and press ENTER”. ...

  • Page 19: Operation

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Figure 18 2.3 OPERATION 2.3.1 Working with the instrument Do not slice over the surface of the insected object with the work surface of the PT. Do not continuously scan the large surface if several points shall be inspected. Take the PT away from the surface and put to the point to be inspected.
  • Page 20 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 All instrument’s settings shall be saved if the instrument is switched off and the accumulator battery discharges. Display appearance in the SETTINGS-NORM mode is presented on Figure 19. Figure 19 Keys being active in any menu of the SETTINGS mode: - navigation of the active line along the menu options, the navigation is performed cyclically in both directions.
  • Page 21 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Menu option Parameter value Description (parameter) Vibro- On / Off Control over vibro-indication Language Russian / English Select the interface language Select the system of the measurement Measurement unit mm / inches units Brightness, % from 20 to 100 Adjust the display brightness Additional menu options of the SETTINGS-NORM mode common for the NORM and MEMORY modes, corresponding parameters (in the metric system of measurement) and...
  • Page 22 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Additional menu options of the SETTINGS mode - A-SCAN and corresponding parameters (in the metric system of measurement) and functions are presented in Table 7 . T a b l e 7 Menu option Parameter value Description (parameter) Scanning start, mm...
  • Page 23 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Figure 20 2.3.2.2 PT option  Enter the library of the transducers. Active keys: F1 (Test) - starts the procedure of PT testing and adjustment of the instrument to the selected transducer; F3 (Open) or - enter the library of the transducers. Display of the PT option is presented on Figure 21.
  • Page 24 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 The head of the window will display information on the currently used PT – “Current transducer:”. ATTENTION: THE USER INDEPENDENTLY NEITHER CAN ADD NEW TRANSDUCERS TO THE LIBRARY NOR CONFIGURE THE LIBRARY! Active keys: F1 (Test) – starts the procedure of the setting and adjustment of the instrument to the individual parameters of PT.
  • Page 25 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Figure 23  Working with the library of the materials. Instrument’s memory can store information on 64 materials. The head of the window will display information on the currently used material (current) material and ultrasonic velocity propagation in it. Add new material.
  • Page 26 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 F1 (Create) – opens the edit field of the material name (Figure Ошибка! Источник ссылки не найден.). F3 (Exit) - returns to the main window of the SETTINGS mode. Figure 25 Active keys: ) – Exits the editor saving the changes. F1 ( F2 (XXX) –...
  • Page 27 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210  using the keys place the cursor to the velocity field. A soon as the velocity value becomes configurable, it changes its color from white: to red: . The value will be decreased/increased depending on the selected key. ...
  • Page 28 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 - selects the material for working and returns to the main window of the SETTINGS mode. The instrument upon the library exit will remember the last active line. This line will be automatically selected when You enter the library again. The instrument will reset information on the active line of the library after switching off.
  • Page 29 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 2.3.2.4 CALIBRATION FOR option CALIBRATION FOR option is designed to determine the velocity of the ultrasound wave in the material of known thickness. Thickness of the reference sample can be set within the range from 2 to 80 mm. Display of the CALIBRATION FOR option is presented on Figure 28.
  • Page 30 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Display appearances when doing the calibration are presented on Figure 29. Figure 29 Saving the velocity value determined during calibration. Active keys: F1 (Yes) – saves the determined velocity value for the material from the library which shall be selected from the list, (Figure 30) or create a new one by selecting the “New”...
  • Page 31 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Figure 31 2.3.2.5 AFAS option (for the NORM and MEMORY modes only) Set the actuation condition of the color, sound and vibro-alarms during measurements. Select the actuation condition: INSIDE - the measurement result is within the set range; OUTSIDE - the measurement result is beyond the set interval (range);...
  • Page 32 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Figure 32 2.3.2.6 BOUNDARY: FROM option (for the NORM and MEMORY modes only) Set the lower boundary of the AFAS actuation. Permitted values от 0 to 150 mm. Display of the BOUNDARY: FROM option is presented on Figure 33. Active keys: F1 ( –...
  • Page 33 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 2.3.2.7 BOUNDARY: TO option (for the NORM and MEMORY modes only) Set the upper boundary of the AFAS actuation. Range of the permitted values: from 1 to 300 mm. Display of the BOUNDARY: TO option is presented on Figure 34. Active keys: F1 ( –...
  • Page 34 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Figure 35 2.3.2.9 MEMORY CLEANING option (for the MEMORY mode only) Delete the measurement results from the memory. The parameter indicates the filling percentage of the memory with the measurement results. Display of the MEMORY CLEANING option is presented on Figure 36. Active keys: F2 (Start) or - starts the procedure of memory cleaning.
  • Page 35 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Active keys: F1 (Yes) - confirms the data deletion. F3 (No) – cancels the data deletion. Figure 37 2.3.2.10 SCANNING START option (for the A-SCAN mode only) The SCANNING START option allows setting the beginning of the A-Scan display area on the screen.
  • Page 36 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Figure 38 2.3.2.11 SCANNING END option (for the A-SCAN mode only) The SCANNING END option allows setting the end of the A-Scan display area on the screen. Value of the scanning end can be set within the 5 - 300 mm range. Display of the SCANNING END option is presented on Figure 39.
  • Page 37 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 2.3.2.12 STROBE: FROM option (for the A-SCAN mode only) The STROBE: FROM option allows setting the lower boundary of the strobe. The value can be set within the range from 0 to 150 mm. Display of the STROBE: FROM option is presented on Figure 40. Active keys: F1 ( –...
  • Page 38 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Figure 41 2.3.2.14 AMPLIFICATION option (for the A-SCAN mode only) The AMPLIFICATION option allows setting the amplification value of the recive path of the instrument. The value can be set within the range from 0 to 80 dB. Display of the AMPLIFICATION option is presented on Figure 42.
  • Page 39 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 2.3.2.15 A-SCAN DISPLAY option (for the A-SCAN mode only) Select the display of the signal in the A-SCAN mode and for viewing the saved A-Scans in the MEMORY mode – FILL / STROKE. Display of the SCAN DISPLAY option is presented on Figure 43. Active keys: F1 (Fill) - the detected signal is displayed in the filled form.
  • Page 40 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Figure 44 2.3.2.2 SOUND option SWITCH ON / SWITCH OFF the sound indication of the instrument. To improve the usability of the thickness gauge the main events occurring in the thickness gauge during measurements, adjustments, and when the keys are pressed, are accompanied with the sound indication.
  • Page 41 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Figure 45 2.3.2.3 VIBRO- option SWITCH ON / SWITCH OFF the vibro-indication of the instrument. To improve the usability of the thickness gauge the main events occurring in the thickness gauge during measurements, adjustments, and when the keys are pressed, are accompanied with the vibro-indication.
  • Page 42 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Figure 46 2.3.2.4 LANGUAGE option The following instrument interface languages can be selected:  Russian;  English;  German;  French;  Italian;  Portuguese;  Spanish;  Chinese. Display of the LANGUAGE option is presented on Figure 47. Active keys: F1 (Russian) –...
  • Page 43 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 - switching between the measurement systems. Figure 48 2.3.2.6 BRIGHTNESS option Set the display brightness within the range from 20 to 100 %. Display of the BRIGHTNESS option is presented on Figure 49. Active keys: F1 (–) or - decreases the display brightness.

  • Page 44: Norm Mode

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 2.3.3 NORM mode Work in this mode to determine if the thickness of the object under control is within the set limits. Aply some coupling media onto the surface being tested to conduct the measurements.. Put the transducer to the object under control. The indicator of the level of the acoustic contact and the indicator of the measurement method will be displayed in the upper left corner of the screen.

  • Page 45: Memory Mode

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Active keys: - changes the velocity of ultrasound waves in the material. If the instrument produces sound signals and the readings are beign changed on the display, then you should fix the position of the ultrasonich the transducer during 2-3 seconds and wait for stable readings.
  • Page 46 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 displays information on the results already saved in the NORM, MEMORY and A-SCAN modes (groups, cells of the groups and thickness measurement results) (Figure 52). Figure 52 Active keys: F1 (To end) – goes to the empty cell (the cell following the last recorded) of the last of the existing group.
  • Page 47 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Figure 53 2.3.4.2 Save the result Measurement results are stored in the instrument’s memory in the cells. The cells form the groups. The groups and the cells in the groups are identified by the serial numbers. Numbering of the groups and the cells in each group is starting with 1.

  • Page 48: The A-Scan Mode

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Figure 54 - returns to the MEMORY mode. To view the recorded results use the keys. Scrolling along the measurement results is performed successively by the cells of the groups, according to the selected view mode. After the first/last cell in the group is reached, the program switches to the next/previous group of the results correspondingly.
  • Page 49 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 In the A-SCAN mode with the vertical orientation the display is divided into two parts: the upper parts displays the signal in the form of A-Scan, and the lower part displays the digital values of the parameters and control icons (Figure 55). Figure 55 Main Active keys: ) –...
  • Page 50 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Function Horizontal displacement of the strobe Functional purpose of the keys with the second active icon is presented in Table 1 0 . T a b l e 1 0 Function Change the scanning length Change the amplification value Horizontal scrolling of the signal on the display Functional purpose of the keys with the third active icon is presented in Table 1 1 .
  • Page 51 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 N o t e – The result will be recorded into the first free cell of the last existing group created in the MEMORY mode. Enter the MEMORY mode to select the groups and view the saved value.
  • Page 52 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 Figure 58 The A-Scan saved for the selected result (Figure 59) will be displayed in the upper part of the screen. Figure 59 Press the F2 key (A-Scan) to return to the view mode of the results. Value recorded into the instrument’s memory in the A-SCAN mode, can be adjusted in the MEMORY mode as described in Section 2.3.4.3.

  • Page 53: Measurements

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 2.4 MEASUREMENTS Before doing the measurements: select the transducer from the library, adjust the instrument and select the material for measurement. If the set velocity in the material differs from the real ine, then adjust the velocity manually or perform the calibration. Accuracy of the measurement results depends on the accuracy of the velocity settings.

  • Page 54: Functionality Check Of The Instrument During Inspection

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 diameter pipes when the transducer is tilted; the readins will remain stable when measuring the flat surfaces. When inspecting the flat metal objects with a thickness of less than 4-5 mm there is no need to make the contact liquid layer as thin as possible, i.e. there is no need to strongly press the transducer against the surface, forcing it against the surface.
  • Page 55 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 You can name the data file as required for copying.  Data in Notepad Data in MS Excel Figure 60 21.11.2014 55 Operation Manual...

  • Page 56: Technical Maintenance

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 3 TECHNICAL MAINTENANCE Technical maintenance of the thickness gauge includes cleaning the electronic unit of dirt and dust and charging the accumualtor. 3.1 ACCUMULATOR Instrument’s accumulator is designed to be operated within a broad temperature range. At negative temperatures the accumulator capacity is reduced.

  • Page 57: Storage

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 4 STORAGE The thickness gauge shall be stored in the bag included into its delivery kit. Storage conditions shall correspond to GOST15150 69 (placement category 1). The instruments shall be stored on shelves. The arrangement of the instruments in warehouses shall enable their free movement and unrestricted access to them.

  • Page 58: Transportation

    Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 5 TRANSPORTATION Thickness gauge shall be transported in the bag included into its delivery kit. Transportation conditions with regard to the impact of the external environment climatic factors should correspond to storage conditions (placement category 5) according to GOST 15150-69.
  • Page 59 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 APPENDIX A (reference) Velocity of the longitudinal ultrasonic waves in some materials are presented in Table А.1. T a b l e А.1 Material Velocity, m/s Material Velocity, m/s Aluminium 6260 Concrete 2000 - 5400 Aluminium alloyD16T 6320 Basalt 5930...
  • Page 60 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge А1210 А1210 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge OPERATION MANUAL Revision: August, 2016 Operation Manual 21.11.2014...

Table of Contents