Seam Inspection

Automakers utilize EdgeFORM phased array wheel probes to inspect the adhesive or bonding joints of trunk lids, hoods, and door panels for insufficient adhesion or lack of adhesive. This probe is also highly suitable for detecting composites and other smooth surfaces.

Advantages:

• Only a small amount of coupling agent is needed to achieve superior coupling effect.
  

• Resolution near the surface can reach 1 millimeter.

• Panels with flat, smooth, and bendable surfaces, thickness ranging from 0.5mm to 1.5mm

• Aluminum sheets detectable up to 20mm thick, with a 10mm delay block.

• Can cover joints up to 32mm wide

• Adjusting the guide wheel optimizes signal stability.

• Chip spacing options of 1.0mm and 0.36mm are available, depending on resolution requirements.

• EdgeFORM Phased Array Wheel Probe

cutting-edge technology

The probe's zero-degree ultrasonic beam and built-in encoder help generate clear C-scan images. If the adhesive is well bonded, the transmitted beam energy will attenuate as it passes through the adhesive layer and metal plate. If the bonding is poor, the beam will reflect back. The gates in the OmniScan flaw detector assist in identifying seams and displaying them in the C-scan. The C-scan images use different colors to represent various signal amplitudes.

Unique probe design

Adjustable wheels

Adjustable hole diameters on both the vertical and horizontal axes to accommodate various panel geometries. The horizontal range is 32mm, with the vertical range adjustable between +2.5mm and -2.5mm.

Lightweight and ergonomically designed

The scanner is extremely lightweight (0.3 kg), ergonomically designed, and capable of smooth scanning on both flat and curved body panels.

Innovative Transparent Tire

The tires are made of a unique material that facilitates high-quality inspections similar to water immersion testing. The transparent tires feature an easily accessible water filling port, which aids in identifying bubbles in the water tanks and in removing them.

1. Aligned fixing screw

2. Magnetic Encoder

3. Phased Array Probe

4. Set-screw with locking thumb nut

5. Adjust Scale

6. Easily accessible water filling port

1. Polymer Acoustic Wheel

2. Adjustment knob

3. Ergonomically designed shell

4. Adjustable guide wheel