Fast ultrasonic phased array inspection of complex geometries delivered through robotic manipulators and high speed data acquisition instrumentation

Carmelo Mineo; Charles MacLeod; Maxim Morozov; S. Gareth Pierce; Timothy Lardner; Rahul Summan; Jonathan Powell; Paul McCubbin; Coreen McCubbin; Gavin Munro; Scott Paton; David Watson; David Lines

doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2016.7728746

Fast ultrasonic phased array inspection of complex geometries delivered through robotic manipulators and high speed data acquisition instrumentation

Carmelo Mineo, Charles MacLeod, Maxim Morozov, S. Gareth Pierce, Timothy Lardner, Rahul Summan, Jonathan Powell, Paul McCubbin, Coreen McCubbin, Gavin Munro, Scott Paton, David Watson, David Lines

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

Performance of modern robotic manipulators has enabled research and development of fast automated non-destructive testing (NDT) systems for complex geometries. This paper presents recent outcomes of work aimed at removing the bottleneck due to data acquisition rates, to fully exploit the scanning speed of modern 6-DoF manipulators. State of the art ultrasonic instrumentation has been integrated into a large robot cell to enable fast data acquisition, high scan resolutions and accurate positional encoding. A fibre optic connection between the ultrasonic instrument and the server computer enables data transfer rates up to 1.6GB/s. Multiple data collection methods are compared. Performance of the integrated system allows traditional ultrasonic phased array scanning as well as full matrix capture (FMC). In FMC configuration, linear scan speeds up to 156mm/s with 64 pulses per frame are achieved - this speed is only constrained by the acoustic wave propagation in the component. An 8x increase of the speed (up to 1.25m/s) can be achieved using multiple transmission elements, reaching the physical limits for acceptable acoustic alignment of transmission and reception paths. Scan results, relative to a 1.2m x 3m carbon fibre sample, are presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)
Place of Publication	[New York]
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-9897-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2016.7728746
Publication status	Published - 3 Nov 2016
Event	IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium 2016 - VINCI Convention Center, Tours, France Duration: 18 Sept 2016 → 21 Sept 2016 http://sites.ieee.org/ius-2016/

Conference

Conference	IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium 2016
Abbreviated title	2016 IEEE IUS
Country/Territory	France
City	Tours
Period	18/09/16 → 21/09/16
Internet address	http://sites.ieee.org/ius-2016/

Keywords

phased array
FMC
robotic NDT
CFRP
full matrix capture
non-destructive testing

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VIEWS Programme (University of Strathclyde - NDT and Modelling)
Pierce, G. (Principal Investigator), Blackwell, P. (Co-investigator) & Gachagan, A. (Co-investigator)
Technology Strategy Board TSB
1/04/14 → 31/01/17
Project: Research

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Mineo, C., MacLeod, C., Morozov, M., Pierce, S. G., Lardner, T., Summan, R., Powell, J., McCubbin, P., McCubbin, C., Munro, G., Paton, S., Watson, D., & Lines, D. (2016). Fast ultrasonic phased array inspection of complex geometries delivered through robotic manipulators and high speed data acquisition instrumentation. In 2016 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2016.7728746

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Fast ultrasonic phased array inspection of complex geometries delivered through robotic manipulators and high speed data acquisition instrumentation. / Mineo, Carmelo; MacLeod, Charles; Morozov, Maxim et al.
2016 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS). [New York]: IEEE, 2016.

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Fast ultrasonic phased array inspection of complex geometries delivered through robotic manipulators and high speed data acquisition instrumentation

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