SONIA is a modular, flexible platform designed for automated UT applications by our partner company Tecnatom. SONIA can accommodate conventional mono-element UT, Phased Array UT, High-Frequency UT, and Air-Coupled UT modules in different combinations and integrate them with gantries, robots, and other equipment. The plug-and-play modules communicate with a central hub using fiber optics and with the system computer using USB 3.0. SONIA is available with InspectView, Tecnatom’s custom UT acquisition and evaluation tool, and LabView libraries for integrators that prefer to build their own applications. SONIA and InspectView is the most popular UT platform in the aerospace industry and is used with our CAMUS 3D and TAURUS applications.
Modularity:
• 1-16 UT Modules.
• 8 - 128 Conventional UT channels.
• 128 - 2048 PA UT channels.
• 1 - 16 HF UT channels.
• 2 - 32 TTU channels.
• 4 - 196 Encoder inputs.
• 8 - 324 Digital inputs.
• 0 - 256 Analog inputs.
• 4 - 164 Digital.
Parallel firing and acquisition (up to 20 kHz PRF per module)
Conventional UT Module Modularity: FPR-8 / FPR-8A:
• 8 UT Channels (Multiplexed Receiver)
• -300V Square Wave Pulsers (8)
• 460kHz – 25 MHz (@-3dB)
• 16 LEMO-00 connectors (2 for channel) for P/E or P/C configuration
• Built in ADC & FPGA (Near-Real Time Processor) with Advanced Processing Capabilities
• TGC (DAC)
• 4 digital inputs; 2 digital outputs
• Optic Fiber Connector
• 24Vdc (+/-20%) power supply, low power consumption (5W).
• IP-54 Environmentally Sealed Enclosure
Phased Array UT. FPGA-128M:
• 32:128 PAUT Channel Configuration
• -100V Square Wave Pulsers
• Aperture from 1 to 32 elements (PE and PC)
• 450kHz – 25 MHz (@-3dB)
• Up to 4096 focal laws, 128 scans.
• High delay resolution (1 ns RX, 2 ns TX)
• Dynamic Depth Focusing (DDF)
• Advanced DSP capabilities
• TCG (40 dB/µs)
• PA probe connector: I-PEX Minidock (other connectors available)
• 24Vdc (+/-20%) power supply, low power consumption (
• IP-54 Environmentally Sealed Enclosure
High-Frequency UT. FPRHF-1:
• Designed for Ultrasonic Microscopy, material characterization, and inspection of small components
• Two components: Submersible external P/R (IP-68, cable length 1 to 3 meters) and Main Processing Module.
• 1 HF ultrasonic channel (single-element probes, from 10 to 150 MHz).
• HF Avalanche Pulser with 10 kHz PRF
• Ultra-low noise amplifier, 4- 200 MHz bandwidth
• 0-80 dB gain control.
• 24Vdc (+/-20%) power supply, low power consumption (11W)
• IP-54 Environmentally Sealed for Main Module
Air-Coupled UT and other Through-Transmission. FTT-2:
• 2-Channel module designed for Through-Transmission applications, Pulse-Echo, and Pitch-Catch applications (contact, water-column, and air-coupled)
• High dynamic range >105 dB without filters, >130 dB with filters in low (50 kHz - 1 MHz) and medium frequency ranges (1-10 MHz )
• Pulser and receiver in two separate boxes
• 400Vpp, negative or bipolar, single or burst, up to 16 cycles
• Up to 10 kHz maximum PRF
• Advanced DSP capabilities
• P-54 Environmentally Sealed Enclosures