NDTnet 1998 Aug, Vol.3 No.8

Full-Text -Abstract

With the development and introduction of a new complete 3D ultrasonics inspection system FORCE Institute enlarges the inspection possibilities and increases the overall quality of UT inspection of complex geometry components.

The new complete 3D inspection system consists of new hardware as well as new software components. The major components are:

• 6-axis lightweight portable robot based on modular standard components with integrated gears and electronics with power supply and communication in a single cable.
• Full range UT data acquisition system for recording of a-scan with attached scanner position information.
• Generic multiaxis scanner online control system integrated in 3D CAD environment with attached motion simulation facilities.
• UT ray-tracing simulation module for simulation of ultrasonics sound propagation, mode conversion, etc.
• Module for generation of optimised robot scanning paths from ray-tracing calculation in test object.
• Module for real 3D reconstruction of recorded a-scan data in 3D voxel space representing data as level or image coded in real 3D views and 2D projection views.

These components are integrated and encapsulated into a complete 3D inspection system that already has been applied for on-site inspection.

Abstract Source:
Book of Abstracts, 7th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, 26-29 May 1998, ISBN: 87-986898-0-00

Full-Text Source:
Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, 26-29 May 1998, ISBN:

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