Eddyfi Technologies TSC PACE Manuel utilisateur

TSC PACE

Getting Started with

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Contents

Overview 1

Introducing TSC PACE 1

PACE™ Instrument 2

SENSU™ Probes 2

Home Screen 3

Job Setup 4

Next Scan Parameters 5

Data Screen 7

Scanning Modes 7

Scanning Data 8

Data Analysis 9

Scroll and Zoom 9

Replay 9

Camera 10

Defect Sizing 11

Field Report 13

Page Properties 14

System Settings 15

Data Backup 16

Clearing Scan Pages and Information 16

Restoring Lost Data 16

Software Update 17

Troubleshooting 18

Software Crash on Start-up 18

High Temperature Warning 18

Low Battery Warning 18

Safety and Care Information 19

General Safety Information 19

Taking care of your instrument 20

Cleaning the Instrument: 20

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Overview

Introducing TSC PACE

This document describes the operation and use of the PACE™ Instrument and its accompanying

software.

PACE™ is an advanced portable NDE tool designed to inspect metallic materials for surface breaking

cracks. It is based on an inspection technique called Alternating Current Field Measurement

(ACFM®) which has a proven track record in the oil and gas industry.

ACFM® is an electromagnetic technique that uses a probe to induce a small uniform AC current to

ow in the surface of the material under test. Defects in the material will disturb this current ow

and this disturbance will be reected in the magnetic eld above the surface of the material.

Sensors in the probe measure the disturbances and produce characteristic signals when aws are

present. Analysis of the magnitude of the disturbance gives a prediction of the depth of the defect.

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PACE™ Instrument

PACE™ is a portable, lightweight instrument that embodies robust, user-centric, ergonomic features;

with a high-contrast toughened screen, long battery life (8+ hours) and supported by a new

generation of software. It supports left and right handed use and has four secure harness attachment

points.

Figure 1 PACE Front Panel Overview

1. A,C & T

Select anticlockwise, clockwise and

transverse scan direction. During a scan A,

C & T produce linear, clock and general

markers respectively.

2. Green button

Start and stop the data collection.

3. Yellow button

Pause and unpause the data collection

during a scan.

4. F1 – F4

Page specic function buttons.

5. Question mark

Used to open context specic help les.

6. Yellow arrows

Used for selection during navigation and

for toggling through view setting when

reviewing data.

7. Green tick button

Used for selection during menu navigation

and for toggling through view setting

when reviewing data.

8. Back button

Used to go back one step during menu

navigation.

SENSU™ Probes

The PACE™ instrument works with the SENSU™ branded probes, previous ACFM probes are not

compatible with this system.

The probes included in the standard system are of two types: a straight 5 kHz pencil probe (Type

618) and a right-angled pencil 5 kHz probe (Type 619). Other probe types are available on request.

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Home Screen

The PACE™ instrument can be started by pressing the power button located on the top right of the

system. The boot up sequence will take the user to the PACE™ Home screen.

Figure 2 PACE™ Home Screen

The top right hand corner displays hardware information, namely, the PACE™ instrument serial

number, SENSU™ probe serial number and the next recalibration date. The bottom right hand side

displays the next scan parameters and can be altered in the Next Scan Param window. The left

hand side displays a legend for the left/right hand keypads.

The probe les for the SENSU™ probes are pre-loaded onto the probe and auto-install onto the

system when the probe is connected to the system.

Home Screen

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Figure 3 Probe Disconnected Message

When the probe is disconnected a “No Probe” message will be displayed on the top of the screen.

Job Setup

The Job Setup window is where the operator can set up all the information relevant to the inspection

before the job begins.

Figure 4 Job Setup Window

In this window the operator can add/edit the Operator names, Site, Component and Sub-Component

used for the job(s). The operator can also lter the displayed data in the Data Screen to display data

selected by Operator, Site, Component or Sub-component.

The Probe Info tab displays the technical attributes of the attached probe (Phase, frequency, Gain,

etc).

Home Screen

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Entering Job Information

Selecting any of the job parameters will open a window to add, edit or delete the selected list.

Figure 5 Entering Job Information

• Add new allows the operator to add new entries.

• Add copy allows the operator to edit a copy of one the entries as a new entry.

• Select allows the operator to select an entry and goes back to the previous screen.

• Edit opens a new window that allows the operator to edit the entry, move it up and down in the

list or delete it.

Next Scan Parameters

The Next Scan Parameters window is where the operator toggles through the dierent scan

properties of the next scan to be performed.

Figure 6 Next Scan Parameters

Home Screen

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The operator can cycle through the entered sub-component list as well as the pre-set weld location,

scan type and scan direction lists. If the attached probe has more than one material cong; these

can also be chosen from this menu.

If the inspection is being conducted through insulating coating, the thickness of the coating can be

specied here.

The clock marks settings located in the bottom right of the screen can be congured to give the

desired start and end marker as well as if the marks are incrementing or decrementing.

Pressing the Scan Notes button opens the text editor and allows the operator to pre-enter the notes

for the next scan. It is also possible to edit/enter notes after a scan in the page properties tab.

Home Screen

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Data Screen

The data screen is the main screen for viewing and analysing the scan data.

Figure 7 Data Screen

The top window shows the Bx trace, the bottom window shows the Bz trace and the Top-right

windows shows the buttery plot.

The bottom-right window displays page specic scan information.

The scan can be moved around using the up/down/left/right on the keypad

Scanning Modes

The data can be viewed and scanned in three dierent modes, namely cong, centered and t.

The active scanning mode can be viewed in the info box under the buttery plot

• Cong mode is the default modes and takes its scale numbers directly from the probe le.

• Centered mode is a dynamic scanning mode that tracks the Bx and Bz lines and auto-centres

them if they drift o-screen.

• Fit mode is a dynamic scanning mode that auto-ts the entire scan to the page

Note that the t mode will change the scaling away from the default. When this occurs a

“Scalings Lost!” message will appear on the Bx/Bz trace.

Pressing the arrow keys to move the traces up and down also holds the scanning mode in that

current position. Any new scans or scrolling of scan pages will preserve this held mode until the scan

mode is toggled.

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Scanning Data

To begin a live scan the operator needs to press A/C or T to select the scan direction and then the

Start scan button. Alternatively, if the scan parameters need to change, the operator can press the

Pause button to quick access the Next Scan Parameters window, use T to scroll through the selection

and A/C to cycle through the options before pressing Start scan button to begin the scan.

Figure 8 Next Scan Parameters Quick Access

Markers

During the scan the operator can add marks to the data by pressing A, C or T for linear marks, clock

marks and general marks respectively.

Figure 9 Markers

Linear marks start from 1 and continuously increase. Clock marks can start from any number

(dened in Next Scan Parameters) and they loop around a maximum number, they can also be set

to increment or decrement.

The clock marks can be congured from the Next Scan Parameters window.

Data Screen

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