ItalyOutcome summary
Michele Nunno, founder of Michele Solutions, designed the software of portable ultrasonic flaw detectors: the signal, the screen the inspector reads, the correction curves and the stored record.
Starting situation
The client is an Italian company in ultrasonic testing. Its portable ultrasonic flaw detectors are used by inspectors to find cracks and defects inside metal parts and welds without damaging them. An instrument like this is only as good as its software: acquiring the signal, showing it clearly and producing a record the inspector can trust.
The system
- The signal path: acquiring the ultrasonic signal and showing it on the screen.
- The amplitude-correction curves used in the field: DAC, TGC and AVG/ADA, with customisable DAC curves on four selectable levels.
- The internal data logger and the stored record.
- The user interface: a dedicated keyboard and a screen that flips for left- and right-handed use.
Implementation
The instruments have a colour display readable in difficult light and are built for use in the field.
Results and evidence
The software runs in the client's portable flaw detectors.
