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Sharck™ Probe
for Reddy™ Inspection
User's Guide
Version 1.1
Date: 2015-07-28

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  • Page 1 Sharck™ Probe for Reddy™ Inspection User’s Guide Version 1.1 Date: 2015-07-28...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    4. Setting Up Your Inspection ..............11 4a. Opening an Existing Setup ............... 11 4b. Creating a New Setup with the Setup Wizard ..........13 5. Nulling the Sharck Probe ..............18 6. Calibrating the Sharck Probe ............. 19 7. Collecting Data ................21 8.

  • Page 3: Probe Description

    1. Probe Description The medium Sharck™ probe used in this guide contains two rows of 11 independent fingers. This array probe (SHARCK-W053-R-N05S) offers a coverage or active area of 53 mm (2.1 in). Other sizes of Sharck array probes are also available.

  • Page 4: Teca™ Technology

    As illustrated below, this coil orientation helps eddy currents to dive underneath cracks, offering valuable information about their depth. Each finger of the Sharck probes contain three coils: two tangential operating in transmit/receive mode and a third whose axis is perpendicular to the surface under test. The tangential coils are used to measure the depth of cracks, while the third coil is used to position cracks, measure their length, and to detect transverse cracks.
  • Page 5 The main characteristics of TECA signals are: Almost flat liftoff signal • Crack-like indications approximately 90° relative to the liftoff signal • All crack-like indications feature the same phase shift • Signal amplitude linked to the defect depth • Figure 4 Liftoff and phase shift Obviously, the vertical amplitude of a given indication is impacted by lift off.

  • Page 6: Getting Started

    3. Getting Started Figures below summarise the names given to the various part of the Reddy’s interface. Figure 6 Backstage window Status Ribbons icons Display area Collapsable tables File Readings navigator Figure 7 Front stage window P a g e...
  • Page 7 1. Connect the Sharck probe to Reddy: both the 160-pin ECA connector and the 12-pin encoder connector (I/O). 2. Turn on Reddy. (Refer to the Reddy user’s guide for details.) Notes You can connect and disconnect the Sharck probe while the instrument is running.
  • Page 8 Figure 9 Creating an inspection project 5. If you are creating a new inspection folder, type its name in the Inspection text box. 6. Tap OK. Note When you open a new inspection folder for the first time and press on Start Working, the Acquisition Summary dialog box appears.
  • Page 9 Figure 11 Backstage view: Create/Open setup 8. Once you are done, tap Start Working. Figure 12 Backstage view: Start Working P a g e...
  • Page 10 Figure 13 Front stage view 10 | P a g e...

  • Page 11: Setting Up Your Inspection

    Figure 14 Backstage view: Open Setup 2. In the Open Setup dialog box, on the Master list, select the appropriate setup file (in this case, SHARCK-W053). All standard probe setups are available in Reddy and are available on this list.
  • Page 12 3. Tap OK. 4. Verify that the setup file is correctly applied. Figure 16 Verifying the applied setup 12 | P a g e...

  • Page 13: 4B. Creating A New Setup With The Setup Wizard

    2. In the Component Definition dialog box, select Carbon steel weld, and then adjust the parameters for the part(s) to be inspected, if desired. Note that from here on, for the Sharck probe, all default values of the Wizard are designed to be adequate. Figure 18 Component definition...
  • Page 14 3. Tap Next. 4. In Probe Selection, select the setup corresponding to the Sharck probe connected to Reddy. Figure 19 Probe selection 5. Tap Next. 6. In Scan Definition, select the encoder and specify the type of scan. Figure 20 Scan definition: configure scan 7.
  • Page 15 Figure 22 Data definition: configuring filters Note Sharck probe setups are tailored for carbon steel. That is why you cannot change the frequencies and injection voltages of these setups. Moreover, as most channel groups are necessary for analysis, you can only disable the transverse group.
  • Page 16 12. In Indication Codes, create the indication code list you wish to use during your analysis. Figure 23 Indication codes 13. Tap Next. 14. In Display, configure your display properties. Figure 24 Display properties 15. Tap Next. 16 | P a g e...
  • Page 17 16. In Display, configure the layout of your display. Figure 25 Display layout Note The layout highlighted in blue is the layout displayed when you start working. To select any of the other layouts selected in the wizard, press the Change layout button ( ) on Reddy’s keypad or, in the front stage view, tap Layout, and then Selecting Layout.

  • Page 18: Nulling The Sharck Probe

    5. Nulling the Sharck Probe 1. Position the Sharck probe on the plastic portion of Eddyfi’s normalization plate (REFPL-CAL- SHARCK-AAL-LG). Note The normalization plate should be on a steady, flat surface and shall be at least 10 cm (4 in) from any ferritic surface.

  • Page 19: Calibrating The Sharck Probe

    7. In the Sharck Assisted Calibration dialog box, tap Aluminum. When the necessary data is acquired, a green check mark appears next to Aluminum. 8. Position the Sharck probe on the carbon steel component to be tested, near the weld (but not over the weld) 9.
  • Page 20 Note If non-magnetic paint or coating is present, there is no need to remove it (unless it is thicker than 3 mm (0.118 in). The Sharck calibration process takes that lift-off into account and manages accordingly. 11. In the Sharck Assisted Calibration dialog box, tap Calibrate ( When the necessary data is acquired, a green check mark appears next to Calibrate.

  • Page 21: Collecting Data

    6. Placing appropriate pressure on the probe, move it longitudinally along the weld. Note The maximum speed is 200 mm/s (8 in/s) for the small (-W028) and medium (-W053) Sharck probes. 7. When scanning is done, press the Start/Stop acquisition button ( ) on Reddy’s keypad.
  • Page 22 Data is positioned according to the origin (0, 0) illustrated below. This is the top view of • the probe (transparency). Along the scanning axis, the origin is 38.75 mm (1.53 in) from the front of the probe’s casing (the front being the edge of the casing closest to the scan direction).
  • Page 23 During acquisition, data appears on the Reddy display simultaneously and some of the • functions of the Home and Calibration ribbons are disabled. Figure 32 Disabled functions during acquisition When you stop the acquisition, you can save the data directly on Home ribbon. See Section •...

  • Page 24: Saving Data

    8. Saving Data Once your acquisition is over and stopped, save your data as follows. 1. In the front stage view, on the Home ribbon, tap Save Data ( Alternately, on the Reddy keypad, press the Save inspection data button ( Figure 33 Saving data Notes When data is saved, Save Data is disabled (greyed) and a new entry appears in the file...

  • Page 25: Analyzing Data

    9. Analyzing Data 9a. Available C-Scans There is a total of five C-scans available in the Sharck probe setups: Depth Raw C-Scan (raw data after calibration, showing depth view — axial) • Depth Short C-Scan (depth view — axial, compensated and filtered) •...
  • Page 26 When flaw-like indications are detected, you must isolate them with the cursor to obtain the sizing information (depth, length, liftoff, and position). Place your cursor over an indication and maximize the signal in the impedance plane view of the Depth C-scan you are using. In the Length C-scan, resize your cursor horizontally so that it contains the entire indication (the width of the cursor should be equal to the measured length plus 15 mm (0.59 in)).

  • Page 27: 9C. Analyzing Data With Reddy

    9c. Analyzing Data with Reddy Before analyzing data, if you want to include screen captures in your report, make sure that the following option is selected in Project (back stage view). If you do not, reports only include summaries of your findings. Figure 36 Take screen captures with defect report entry option 1.
  • Page 28 Figure 38 Entering a detected defect Notes The current sizing method appears at the bottom of impedance planes. Tap (2) to switch • methods in each view. To obtain appropriate measurements use the Average Peak Vertical (Vapv) method to measure depth and the Maximum Peak Vertical (Vmpv) method to measure length.
  • Page 29 Figure 40 Report tab Notes A crack-like indication is typically set at a 90°phase in the Short and Long C-scans, and 45° • phase in the Raw C-scan. Signals with a phase angle greater than 90° are generally characterized as transverse defects, while signals with a phase angle less than 90° are characterized as geometrical effects from features on the part under test.

  • Page 30: Saving And Reporting

    10. Saving and Reporting 1. In the backstage view, tap Report Summary. 2. Complete the necessary information. Add or remove information, if necessary. Figure 42 Report summary 3. To save the setup and inspection data in the current inspection project, tap Save. Figure 43 Saving setup and inspection data 30 | P a g e...
  • Page 31 4. Tap Project. 5. To edit your report, tap Generate Report. The Section Selection dialog box appears. Figure 44 Saving setup and inspection data 6. Select the elements that you want to see appear in your report. Figure 45 Report options 7.
  • Page 32 8. In Report Summary, confirm the information and edit it, if necessary. Figure 46 Report summary 9. When you are done, tap Finish. The report is generated. Use the controls at the top of the report viewer to save it to various formats, navigate the report, etc.

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