Offline Analysis Software Operating Instructions for

Phascan Phased Array Flaw Detector

Version 1.1.4

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MENU

1 Software Icons Description .................................................................................................... 2

1.1columns icons ................................................................................................................. 2
1.2 Menu icons ...................................................................................................................... 2
2. Data file calling ......................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Open data file .................................................................................................................. 4
2.2 Data display..................................................................................................................... 4
2.3 Add and delete the display window .......................................................................... 6
3. Function Menu instruction .................................................................................................... 7
3.1 UT Setting Menu ............................................................................................................ 7
3.2 Probe/Wedge Menu ....................................................................................................... 8
3.3 Focal law Menu .............................................................................................................. 8
3.4 Gate and Sizing Curves menu .................................................................................... 9
3.5 Geometry menu............................................................................................................ 10
3.6 Measurement menu .................................................................................................... 14
3.7 Display menu ................................................................................................................ 15
3.8 Scan menu..................................................................................................................... 16
4. Data analysis ........................................................................................................................... 17
4.1 TOFD data analysis ..................................................................................................... 17
4.2 PA data analysis ........................................................................................................... 21
4.3 Create report ................................................................................................................. 24
4.4 Image zoom function .................................................................................................. 26
4.5 Quick positioning measurement with Cursor ...................................................... 27
4.6 Multiple groups of A-Scan display simultaneously ............................................ 28

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1 Software Icons Description
1.1columns icons

：UT Setting, Reading and setting of basic ultrasound parameters;

：Probe / Wedge, parameters reading and setting for Probe and wedge;

：Focal Law, Focal law parameters reading and setting;

：Gate and Sizing Curves, parameters reading and setting;

：Geometry, Work piece parameters and weld display;

：Measurement, data reading of measurement values and cursors;

：Display, Display Configuration setup;

：Group, Group setup;

：Scan, Scan parameters.

1.2 Menu icons

： Open, Open data file;

： Add, add a new display window;

： Add, add extra picture of defect;

： Delete, delete picture of defect;

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: Set report, Setup report parameters;

: Save report, Save report ;

: LW straightening, lateral wave straightening for FOFD data analysis;

: BW straightening, bottom wave straightening for FOFD data analysis;

: Remove LW, remove lateral wave;

： SAFT, used to analysis TOFD data;

： Cancel, cancel TOFD analysis；

： Redo, redo TOFD analysis；

： Defect length measurement, TOFD only;

： Defect height measurement, TOFD only;

： Defect depth measurement, TOFD only;

： Save defect information, including size , position and picture;

： Switch language;

： screen shot.

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2. Data file calling
2.1 Open data file

Click , Select the data file needed analyzing from the folder (This software only
supports *.Data files saved in Phascan). When recalling multi-group of test data, the first

four groups will be displayed by default; while more than four groups displayed on the right

in turn, interface shows as below:

Software interface

If you want to analyze any group, clicking "Group *" beside "Com Groups". Also, you can

select Com Groups as you want, see the picture below.

Group selection

combination mode selection

2.2 Data display

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Click display menu, Select the mode (this software provides totally 18 kinds of
display modes) tap and hold the left mouse button on the selected mode, drag it to the left

area.

18 kinds of display modes

Display modes

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2.3 Add and delete the display window

If there are more than one group data in a single file or a single group data needs to be

viewed in different display modes, you can click on the top display area, right

of , The following dialog box will pop up

Confirm adding display

Click “Yes” to confirm adding one display.

Each time add a display window, you need to select the display group on the right area

first, for example, select ,then choose one mode under DISPLAY menu.

The software supports 8 display windows at most:

Up to 8 display windows

To delete a display window, click the left mouse button to select the window first, and then

double-click the right mouse button, the following dialog box appears:

Delete a display window

Click “Yes” to delete a display.

Note: Assuming there are eight displays on show, if delete one display, such

as ,then the will change to

automatically.

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3. Function Menu instruction

3.1 UT Setting Menu

UT Setting menu involves the saved ultrasonic parameters, such as Gain, Range,

Velocity etc., the gray box is read-only data can not be written, data in not greyed out

frame can be adjusted.

UT Setting menu

The gain in grey in Gain Menu is the instrument gain the moment the data is being saved,

the gain in not greyed out frame can be adjusted according to the later data analysis by

scrolling the mouse or direct input dB value to increase or decrease the gain.

Gain adjusted window

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3.2 Probe/Wedge Menu

Probe/Wedge Menu involves parameters of PAUT probe and wedges used in the test the

moment the data is being saved, all the parameters in the gray are read only.

Probe/Wedge menu

3.3 Focal law Menu

Focal law menu involves focal law parameters the moment the data is being saved, all the

parameters in gray are read only.

Focal law menu

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3.4 Gate and Sizing Curves menu

Gate and Sizing Curves menu involves the parameters of Gate and TCG curve the

moment the test data is being saved, the gray frame is read-only data and can not be

adjusted, in not greyed out frame, data can be adjusted.

Gate and Sizing Curves menu

Show selection can be used to switch the Gate in "Show" and "hidden" state, same as the

DAC/TCG curve.

The drop-down select frame use to select Gate A, Gate B and Gate I.

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3.5 Geometry menu

Geometry menu calls the work piece parameters, scanning position the moment the data

is being saved. and can recall weld geometry in this menu. The gray frame is read-only

data, black color data frame can be adjusted.

Geometry menu

3.5.1 Position data frame is used to change the probe position, by adjusting the Index

Offset value, you can change the position of Weld geometry offset according to setup.

Position data frame

3.5.2 Weld display/ CAD load

Weld show setup

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Click The following dialog appears, you can set parameters as

below:

Weld show setting

There are "I-, V-, double V-, U-,diff_V,J,VY" seven kinds of weld types available.

There are "symmetrical, single slope mouth left and right single slope mouth," three kinds

of symmetric mode available.

According to the actual situation of the weld, adjust the parameters below:

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Click And the Weld setup parameters are finished.

Show selection can be used to switch the Weld Illustration in "Show" and "hidden" state.

The following figure is S scan within Weld display.

S scan display within Weld show

3.5.3 TOFD data analysis

The following model will be displayed under TOFD mode.

You can choose to display or hide the LW and BW wave, B scan window shows two blue

dotted lines when choosing "show".

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It is non-parallel scan by default for TOFD mode, data processing can select "whole" or

"area" in drop-down frame for LW straightening and removing as desired.

"Wedge separation" refers to the actual distance between the wedges, if we find the

distance is not accurate, it can be fine-tuned here. "Probe center distance" is calculated

automatically, without modification according to the forefront of the wedge spacing and

probe input.

"Wedge delay correction" can be properly adjusted if the parameters is not accurate,

customers can revise it so as LW line intersect with the first positive peak position. This

method is suitable for high precision measurement, general users can use hereinafter the

"depth calibration" to achieve automatic calibration.

When the test piece is thick, you need to set more than one group to detect different depth

range, here refers to "layer". "Depth Start" and "Depth end" is respectively corresponding

to the minimum and maximum depth for each layer. If you do not need to set layer, the

default setting of "Depth Start" and "Depth end" are "0" and "work piece thickness"

respectively.

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Depth calibration can be performed using LW or a known defect, move the red cursor to

the desired position, press calibrate and the depth value calibrated to the entered

thickness.

3.6 Measurement menu

Multiple measured parameters can be set in Measurement menu , such as A%, DA, SA,

etc., and display in A-Scan, B-Scan, C-Scan, S-Scan simultaneously, the software

supports 5 measure parameters simultaneously.

Show selection on the right can be used to switch the Measurement in "Show" and

"hidden" state. "Background" is used to add background color box for measured value,

opening the background color can make reading more clearly.

Cursor menu bar involves totally 8 measurement cursor values of % (r),% (m), U (r), U (m),

S (r), S (m), I (r), I (m). In A-Scan, B-Scan, C-Scan, S-Scan, move these measurement

cursors, Cursor values will change. Similarly, change the Cursor values, the cursors in

A-Scan, B-Scan, C-Scan, S-Scan will move accordingly.

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Show selection on the right can be used to switch the Cursor in "Show" and "hidden" state.

"Cursor Sync" means the scan axis moves with the cursor correspondingly, enabling

S-scan quickly navigate to the cursor position.

3.7 Display menu

In display menu, you can select the display mode for each display window, change the

display mode and color of C-scan.

3.7.1 There are totally 18 kinds of display modes for selecting in Display Mode Menu.

Display Mode menu

3.7.2 Can change the display mode and color of C-Scan in ColorSetting menu.

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（1）There are totally 8 kinds of C-Scan display modes for selecting.

C Scan 的 8 种显示方式

（2）Up to 2 C-Scan display simultaneously, support A peak / A frontier.

2 C-Scan display windows simultaneously

“Thickness C-Scan” and “A% C-Scan”

3.8 Scan menu

Click on the "scan" icon next to the menu bar to bring down the scanning parameters

column, you can view the scan parameters related settings. Under this menu, you can

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adjust the current location of scanning lines (ie, the yellow dotted line in C-scan and

B-scan).

4. Data analysis
4.1 TOFD data analysis

4.1.1 LW straightening

Step1: Select "process mode" to be "whole" or "area", see below.

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Step 2: Drag the LW blue line to be in front of lateral wave.

Step 3: Click below the icon in red box, if it is "whole" process, it will achieve alignment

effect. If you choose "area" processing, you need to drag the mouse to select the area to

be straightened. For revocation process, click on the shortcut icon in blue box, as

illustrated below.

Before straightening After straightening

Note: the BW straightening method is the same with LW straightening.

4.1.2 Remove Lateral Wave

Step1: Select "process mode" to be "whole" or "area", see below.

Step 2: Click below the icon in red box, if it is "whole" process, it will achieve lateral wave

removing effect. If you choose "area" processing, you need to drag the mouse to select

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the area. For revocation process, click on the shortcut icon in blue box.

Before removal

After removal

4.1.3 Flaw measurement and record

1. Layer setting: When the test piece is thick, you need to set more than one group and

the work piece need to be layered. At this point, check standard and input "depth start"

and "depth end" value. If you only use one group of TOFD, skip this step.

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2. Depth calibration: when LW can be seen, align the red cursor to the first positive peak of

lateral wave, set the depth calibration value is 0 then click "calibration". If a second layer is

detected and LW can not be seen, use a known defect to complete calibration.

Red cursor at the first positive peak

3. Usually after depth calibration, we can measure the depth of defect. Drag the horizontal

and vertical cursor to frame the defect, then click on the shortcut icons measuring length,

height and depth, then click Save. A red box will appear in B scan and the defect will be

recorded with location and size information, as shown below. When there are multiple

defects, according to the recording order, show "1", "2" .......

Frame the deftct

Mearsurement and save icons

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Defect in B scan

Defect record table

Note: after depth calibration, LW line will coincide with the lateral wave, if there is some

distance , it may be because the thickness of the work piece or the wedge separation is

not accurate and should be carefully checked; if both accurate, you can fine-tune "wedge

delay correction " to make LW line at the first positive peak position of lateral wave, so as

to achieve the correction.

4. SAFT

Synthetic aperture focusing can partly eliminate beam scattering, which helps to improve

the measurement accuracy. Press to perform the function.

4.2 PA data analysis

Phased array analysis operation is relatively simple, here after summarizes simple

analysis steps, users may be required to determine their own methods.

1. Select a set of data, the display window is adjusted to ASC (or ASBC, etc.), drag the

scanning line (yellow dotted line) to the defect to be measured, make sure the reference

and measurement cursors be on left and right sides of the defect respectively, the

distance between cursors is defined as the length of the defect.

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2. In S scan, drag the purple angle line, find the highest echo of defect, and then drag the

angle line around until the echo height drops -6dB, record the cursor position, click .
Below is saved image information and the corresponding measured values, also you can

add remarks for the defect.

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3. TOFD and PA can be analyzed at the same time. If you need to modify the scan offset

value of a group, find the "geometry- Position- scan offset" menu and input value wanted.

NOTE: After setting the offset value, you need to press the enter key.

Scan offset=0

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4.3 Create report

To create a report, follow the steps below.

1. Click , set part name, part No., part position, report name, date, Besides, the Group
parameters "shown" or "hidden" in the report.

2. After TOFD data analyzed, click (see 4.1), the system will automatically save the
current screen image (each time press "save" ,a defect is saved with screen image); if the

defect need to save more pictures, click to increase, click to delete the last
image sequentially.

3. PA data analysis (see 4.2), save defect together with screen image. click to

increase iamge, click to delete the last image sequentially.

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4. Click to review and save a report.

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 Report example without group parameters

4.4 Image zoom function

In any A-Scan, B-Scan, C-Scan, S-Scan, the image can be zoomed in quickly to meet the

demand of details analysis of the defect. Operation methods as follows:

4.4.1 Method One: Click the mouse

Press and hold the left mouse button in the area you want to zoom in, drag the mouse to

the bottom right to get a selected rectangle, then release the mouse button, then the

selected rectangle area will be expanded to the entire scan window. Right click on the

enlarged image, the enlarged area will restore to the original proportion.

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Click the mouse to zoom in A-Scan image

Click the mouse to zoom in B-Scan image

4.4.2 Method Two: Mouse Wheel

Move the mouse cursor to the center of the area want to zoom in, scroll up and the image

will be enlarged, scroll down to zoom out the image or click the right mouse button to

restore to the original image.

Scroll mouse wheel to zoom in B-Scan

4.5 Quick positioning measurement with Cursor

In any A-Scan, B-Scan, C-Scan, S-Scan, you can do quick quantitative measurement by

double clicking. Take S-Scan for example to show how to operate, specific operation

method is as follows:

Move the mouse cursor to the top left corner of the defect image, left double-click, a green

crossed reference cursors will be quickly located at the double-click position. Move the

cursor to the bottom right of the defect image, left double-click, a red crossed reference

cursors will be quickly located at the double-click position. To make measurements more

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accurately, you can drag the purple angle cursor to view A-Scan waves in different angles.

By observing the A-Scan amplitude, drag the four measurement cursors separately to do

fine-adjustment.

The four measurement values of I (m), I (r), U (m), U (r) are displayed above the horizontal

line or on the left of vertical line, they will also be displayed in the Measurement menu.

You can call I(m-r) or U(m-r) in Measure Value in Measurement menu, then directly get

difference value of "measurement cursor" minus "reference cursor" showed in A-Scan,

B-Scan, C-Scan, S-Scan, to finish quantitative measurement of defect.

Quick quantitative measurement in S-can

Measurement values display in Measurement menu

4.6 Multiple groups of A-Scan display simultaneously

This software provides S-A-A-A Scan and S-A-A-A-C Scan display modes, it supports up

to 3 groups of A-Scan images displayed simultaneously.

In S-Scan the purple, respective yellow,red and purple angle cursors are displayed.

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