Los sensores de Physical Acoustics están diseñados para «escuchar» señales de alta frecuencia. Al igual que un «oído» de alta sensibilidad, los sensores de emisión acústica interpretan la «voz» del material en formas de onda AE utilizables. Además, los sensores AE ayudan a entender cómo se comportan los materiales en su entorno natural.
Los sensores AE son un eslabón vital para determinar cómo aplicar soluciones correctivas y reparaciones para resolver problemas estructurales. Los sensores AE se utilizan para probar tanques de almacenamiento, intercambiadores de calor, tuberías, reactores y dispositivos de elevación aérea, así como en centrales eléctricas de gas, petroquímicas y nucleares. Los sensores de Physical Acoustics se pueden construir con características específicas para satisfacer las necesidades específicas de un proyecto o aplicación.
Especificaciones
Acoustic Emission Sensors |
Sensor / Description |
Operating Frequency Range |
Applications |
Catalogue |
Airborne AM21 – 23 kHz |
22-25 KHz |
Airbone leak detection and monitor other types of faults and failure conditions that emit airborne ultrasonic sound at or very near the sensor’s resonant frequency. |
Model AM2I |
Differential D9241A - 10-100 KHZ |
20-60 kHz |
Monitor big power transformers. |
Model D9241A |
Flat Frequency Reponse F15 – 100 – 400 kHz |
100-450 kHz |
Structural health monitoring of large structures like storage tanks, pipelines, etc. |
Model F15A |
High Temperature D9215 – 50 – 650 kHz |
50-650 KHz |
High temperature, radiation environments (Nuclear Power Plants). Monitoring high temperature equipment in power plants, aerospace engine monitoring, pipelines, etc. |
Model D9215 |
Integral Preamp AM41 – 40 kHz |
39 -42 kHz |
Airborne leak detection. It may also be used to monitor other types of faults and failure conditions that emit airborne ultrasonic sound at or very near the sensor’s resonant frequency. |
Model AM4I |
Intrinsically Safe ISR3CA-HT-30 kHz |
10-100kHz |
Leak detection or structural health monitoring in harsh environments requiring intrinsic safety. Monitoring of pipelines, pressure vessels and storage tanks in petroleum refineries, chemical plants and offshore platforms. |
Model ISR3CA-HT |
Low Frequency PK31 – 30kHz |
15-40 kHz |
To be used with the Pocket AE, a small handheld AE system, or with the Sensor Highway II, an outdoor rated, on-line monitoring system. |
Model PK3I |
Medium Frequency PK15I |
100-450 kHz |
To be used with the Pocket AE, a small handheld AE system, or with the Sensor Highway II, an outdoor rated, on-line monitoring system. |
Model PK15I |
Acoustic Emission Sensors |
Sensor / Description |
Operating Frequency Range |
Applications |
Catalogue |
Miniature PICO |
200 – 750 kHz |
Any application with a noisy environment and requiring a small size, midband frequency response. Their high sensitivity and bandwidth makes them ideal for structural health monitoring of critical structures like aircrafts, storage tanks etc. Typical applications include monitoring for fatigue and corrosion cracking in metals, delaminations and fiber breakage in composites. It can easily be mounted using epoxy and can be mounted in small and tight spaces. |
Model PICO |
Underground R15-UG |
50-200 kHz |
Structural health monitoring of underground structures like pipelines, oil tanks, tunnels etc. They can also be used for monitoring geological structures and seismic activity. |
Model R15-UG |
Underwater R15I |
50-400 kHz |
Structural health monitoring of submerged structures like offshore oil and gas platforms, ships etc. They can be used inside any liquid filled platforms like pipelines, chemical tanks or any other submerged structures. |
Model R15I-UC |
Wideband F301-AST-150-750 kHz |
150-700 kHz |
Flat response of these sensors help eliminate the sharp rise and fall in the sensitivity with frequency commonly seen in resonant sensors, providing additional information for engineers to analyze. Are well suited for research applications where a high fidelity AE response is required. |
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