In some application of the ultrasonic pulse-echo tomography the achievable inspection range might be limited due to presence of the multi-layered reinforcement or coarse aggregates. Thus, the inspection range of commercially available UT instruments is limited by 2 meters.

ACS has set the goal to significantly extend the inspection range for applying ultrasonic testing on thick-walled objects with the thickness of up to 6 meters and more.

For this purpose, instead of a short monochromatic excitation sequence, a long-modulated excitation sequence is used to excite the ultrasonic waves, which is then extracted again in the received and digitized ultrasonic signal. As a result, a significant improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio and the temporal resolution can be achieved.

The new function called “E-Boosting” is an optional feature to be activated on the A1040 MIRA 3D via one-off charge.

The E-Boosting technique is dedicated to applying for ultrasonic testing of

• Strongly reinforced concrete objects
• Dam walls
• Massive bridge pillars
• Constructions made of high degree attenuation cements
• Large retaining walls
• Thick concrete walls of radioactive waste disposal systems

E-Boosting technique for A1040 MIRA 3D