{"id":672,"date":"2018-03-14T11:48:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T10:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tecnocontrolnde.com\/?page_id=672"},"modified":"2018-03-21T08:37:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T07:37:32","slug":"thickness-measurement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tecnocontrolnde.com\/en\/thickness-measurement\/","title":{"rendered":"Thickness measurement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]To measure the thickness of a piece, we use special tools for this type of inspections called precisely &#8220;ultrasonic thickness gauges&#8221;.<br \/>\nIt is usually a control that is performed using only a technician who can easily store hundreds of measurements in the instrument.<br \/>\nThe measurements are performed with the &#8220;pulse-echo&#8221; method, which is based on the measurement of the time taken by the ultrasound pulse to travel the thickness to be measured.<\/p>\n<p>We have different types of instruments (portable):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thickness gauges that provide a numerical presentation of the signal, ie the instrument has a display on which only the numerical value of the measured thickness appears (Eg GE PoketMike). We usually use these tools on pieces of simple geometry on good quality materials.<\/li>\n<li>Thickness gauges that provide both a numerical presentation and an A-scan representation, used when there is a risk of false measurements due to the geometry of the piece or the type of material (Eg GE DMS2 or Olympus 45MG).<\/li>\n<li>Thickness gauges that are incorporated into ultrasonic devices used for discontinuities detection that provide both numerical and A-scan representation. (Eg GE DMS-Go)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have various types of probes, single and double, with various frequencies and sizes for various applications, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>thickness measurements on high temperature pieces up to 538 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>thickness measurements on painted surfaces or with coatings up to 25 mm, without having to remove the protective layer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These instruments and probes are also used to establish the ultrasound velocity of a given material. In this case it is necessary to make a suitable stepped block of the same material under examination.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]To measure the thickness of a piece, we use special tools for this type of inspections called precisely &#8220;ultrasonic thickness gauges&#8221;. It is usually a control that is performed using only a technician who can easily store hundreds&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tecnocontrolnde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tecnocontrolnde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tecnocontrolnde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tecnocontrolnde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tecnocontrolnde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tecnocontrolnde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":801,"href":"https:\/\/www.tecnocontrolnde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/672\/revisions\/801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tecnocontrolnde.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}