IRIS Setup
Gilles Rousseau, Marc Grenier
Setting up the IRIS
MultiView™ setup Wizard
will load an IRIS default
setup for a 12 mm turbine
and 1 inch tube.
Modify this setup for the
current tube to inspect.
Ultrasonic Settings
To display the UT
adjustment menu,
double-click on the
Ultrasound.
The UT setup mode will
show up. In this mode,
life A-scans are
continuously displayed.
The operator makes all the
adjusment in this mode.
UT setup Mode
Measurement
bar
Life A-
scan
display
Tabs: sub-
menues
Turbine
speed
Main menu
A-scan Display
Channel selection Measurement bar Backwall
Trig point
Blanking gate
Frontwall Gain curve
IRIS setup: Step 1
Inspection method:
WT/immersion for
IRIS
Enter: tube OD, WT.
Select correct water
velocity and material
velocity.
Water: 1483 m/s
Steel: 5900 m/s
Probe: first channel
ON, delay=21 s
IRIS setup: Step 2
Connect IRIS probe
Start pump
Flush bubble from probe (turbine in up-right position and
shake)
Insert Calibration tube in a bucket full of water
Switch to the Echo Finder
IRIS Setup: Step 3
Echo Finder: used to Target pin
Main bang
measure the probe Frontwall
delay and set the
IRIS gate.
Gain: 40 dB
Pulse: 200 Volts
Enable
cummulated
A-scan
IRIS Setup: Step 4
Setup IRIS probe
delay: tube OD
and WT must be Frontwall
set for calibration
tube.
1. Bring red
cursor on the
frontwall echo
2. Click on
measure probe
delay
Click here to measure. MultiView
3. Click on uses tube OD and WT to calculate
the probe delay
measure
IRIS Setup: Step 5
Target
To set target gate:
1. Identify target
echo on A-scan
2. Bring cursors on
both side
3. Click on Set
IRIS gate.
Enable IRIS gate
IRIS Setup: Step 6
Adjust gain 1, gain 2, DAC blank in order to detect
the frontwall and the backwall echoes.
Gain1: frontwall
Gain 2: backwall
DAC Blank: delay
before Gain 2 switch on.
Pulse width:
1/Frequency
Filter: High pass 10MHz
for 15 MHz transducer
Gain may be set
graphically with this
line
IRIS Setup: Step 7
Blanking and level may
be adjust by grabbing
Start: monitor echo from [Link] this box.
mm from center of tube. Must
be set to 1mm to detect the
target pin.
Length: length of the A-scan
window. Must be long enough
to see the backwall.
Blanking: near surface
resolution. Length of the
blanking gate.
Level: Detection threshold.
Blanking = near surface resolution
IRIS Setup: Step 8
Adjust scan parameters:
Sampling clock: PRF.
Recommended: 7-12
kHz.
Y-Axis: use these
settings to monitor the
target
X-axis scan size: length
of the display buffer. In
this case, 1000
revolutions
IRIS Setup: End
Setup is done when A-scan of the pin
good detection of
backwall, frontwall,
and the target pin.
Click here to
quit setup mode
Detection of
the target is
working.
C-scan layout
IRIS layout that
displays in real-time
the C-scan and the B-
scan
Start/Stop Acquisition
Real-time C-scan Real-time
B-scan
Red cursor
writing
new data
Start/stop
Turbine speed Inactive windows
C-scan Type
3 C-scan types
available:
WT for wall thickness
monitoring
(recommended
display)
ID for internal
corrosion pitting
OD (not used)
Color Palette
Palette type
Click here to
display the color
palette
Range of the
active C-scan
C-scan options
Click on
Preferences
Show total piece: C-scan fill the entire window.
1 Y-axis per pixel: 1 screen pixel = 1 revolution
of the turbine.
B-scan Zoom
The B-scan may be
zoomed.
Bring the mouse
pointer on the B-scan.
Click and drag the
green mesh.
Release to zoom.
Turbine speed
Adjust the water
pressure so the
turbine speed is
between 40 and 60
revolution/second.
Saving data
Stop recording.
Click here to manually
save data
Select directory and
type filename
Defautl directory selected
under Operation/Inspection.
Auto recording
To record a
complete tube, Swith to Inspection
turn on Auto mode
Recording (save
directly to disk).
Type tube number and start
recording.
Amount of data display
The amount of data
displayed is controlled
by the X-axis scan
size. It means the
number of line
(revolution) displayed.
1000 lines/m of tube is
a good guest to display
an entire tube.
N.B. Windows limit the available RAM. Use the auto recording to
store a complete tube.
Analysis mode
Readback mode Cursors B-scan
Directory
listing.
Double-click
to load a file
D-scan Tube statistics
Cursors
Measurement bars:
surface area, WT,
ID or OD
Measurement
cursor: green
Cursor cut: red
Analysis: C-scan zoom
1. Bring the mouse
pointer in the c-scan
2. Click and drag
the green mesh over
the defect of
interest.
3. Release the
mouse button.
Analysis: Zoom
3 types of zoom
depending on the angle
the mouse starts
(horizontal, vertical or at
45°)
Analysis: unzoom
Right click in the
C-scan, then
Zoom Out.
Scrolling bars
Dragging a zoomed C-scan
Rigth click and drag.
The same applies for
the B-scan.
Statistics
Statistics are computed on
the data display in the C-
scan. Zooming on a defect
will compute data on the
defective area.
Double-click on WT min
to bring the cursors at the
first location with this
value.
Report Option
If the ECT/RFT report option is used (key code required), the depth of
the defect at the crossing of the red cursors will be calculated as follow:
ratio of wall thickness measured divided by nominal wall thickness time
100%.
To input a defect: right click in the C-scan, click on ADD CODE, select
the code. It is necessary to define a defect code in the Analysis Setup.
