Pocket UT: Hand-Held Ultrasonic Full C-Scan System

Pocket UT, the world’s first (and only) battery-operated, hand-held, stand-alone, full C-Scan data acquisition system. With its portability and ease of use coupled with its full C-Scan capability, the Pocket UT system (along with its available companion scanners - or other compatible devices) is ideal for on-site inspection applications. It quickly assesses the presence, depth, shape and orientation of cracks, flaws, corrosion/erosion, delaminations, and internal anomalies in a variety of structures, materials and surfaces.

Key Features

• 1k pulses per second

• Operates in A-Scan, B-Scan, flaw/thickness or full C-Scan modes

• 2-axis manual or automated scanner interface

• Easy hand-held operation

• Up to 4-hour, integrated battery pack

• Shortcut keypad and LCD for data entry, analysis and review of results

• Windows CE software, familiar and easy to operate

• Optional rolling sensor provides continuous area scan rather than point readings as with other NDT devices

• C-Scan resolution up to full capability of the scanner

• Dual gates with initial or first peak synchronization

• Permanent digital record of the test results

• Compact Flash card and USB port for data transfer to laptop or desktop PC

Pocket UT can operate as a conventional thickness meter (for spot readings), a basic flaw detector – with RF display and alarm gates, or in either active B-Scan or full C-Scan data acquisition, display and analysis. It can be integrated with virtually any available single or dual-axis scanner (with standard interfaces) - manual or automated (with conventional or dry-coupled UT transducers). The system has an easy-to-use keypad for fast entry of common commands and a bright, back-lit TFT screen for detailed data entry, system control and image presentation.

Weighing approximately 2 lbs. (.9 kg), the system uses Windows-CETM operating system. All ultrasonic components are integrated together in a rugged, rubber-encased enclosure. With a user-replaceable, rechargeable battery pack, the system can also be operated via the included 90 - 240 Volt AC/DC adapter/charger.

Companion scanners include automated or manual X-Y scanners (using a variety of transducers), or our “Z-Scan” dual-axis scanner which incorporates a unique, dry-coupled rolling sensor and dual-axis encoders that enable full C-Scan data acquisition with a “free motion” hand-held scanning operation. The rolling sensor permits the scanner to be used without couplant on most unprepared surfaces that would be encountered in an industrial or field environment.

The Pocket UT system includes an internal ultrasonic pulser/receiver, data acquisition software, motion control hardware and software for scanning, signal capture, display, analysis, replay, transfer or storage. The complete system also includes integrated compact flash disk capability. All data can be directly transferred to laptop or desktop computers using the flash memory or USB port. The data can be off-loaded and further processed (if desired) in a more office type environment.

In addition to the connection to many dual-axis manual scanners, software is included to directly operate and control many automated dual-axis scanning systems – such as our own LSI (Large Structure Inspection) System – or other portable X-Y and Pipe Scanning systems.