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Winspect adds support of Acqiris digitizers for high frequency and waveform work
(2004/11/09) Winspect now supports the family of Acqiris 8 and 12-bit PCI and compact-PCI digitizers. Acqiris digitizers are specifically designed for wideband frequency-related measurements and offer great dynamic range when working with high frequency transducers. For example, the 12-bit resolution and 400 MS/s of the DP310 digitizer mean you can effectively work with transducers up to 80MHz while applying Time Variable Gain using Winspect’s real-time processors.
Winspect offers a suite of signal and image processors that users can cascade together to form more complex processors. No programming is required, and if needed, users can write their own formulas. The processors are fast enough to work in real-time while scanning. This makes them ideal for noise reduction, advanced feature extraction and for reducing the amount of data collected.
Winspect
is a complete software platform that can perform motion control, data
acquisition, live and post-collection signal processing, and multiple
NDE techniques simultaneously. Winspect also includes Pulse Characterization;
a useful tool to ensure that the transducers you are using are still within
their specifications.
For more information about Winspect 6.0, Contact UTEX Scientific Instruments Inc., 2319 Dunwin Drive, Unit 8, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 1A3, Tel. 905-828-1313 or 800-663-8839 or at
For
more information about Acqiris Digitzers, Contact Acqiris
USA, P.O. Box 2203, 234 Cromwell Hill Rd, Monroe, NY 10950-1430, Phone:
845-782-6544, Fax: 845-782-4745 or E-mail: info@acqiris.com
Click here to download the Winspect R6.0 Demo (limited-function)
Click here to view a comparison chart of the 8 and 12 bit Acqiris Digitizers
Winspect 6.0 Nondestructive Inspection Software: More than just C-scans
(2003/10/31) UTEX Scientific Instruments announces the highly anticipated release of Winspect 6.0. This major release offers a suite of signal and image processors that users can cascade together to form more complex processors. No programming is required, and if needed, users can write their own formulas. The processors are fast enough to work in real-time while scanning. This makes them ideal for noise reduction, advanced feature extraction and for reducing the amount of data collected.
Winspect 6.0 has an updated user interface with strip charts, alarms and annotations that calculate statistics automatically. System builders can now specify simple machine interfaces that are easy for operators to understand and use. These capabilities all build on Winspect's reputation for flexibility and an obsolescence-proof approach. Ultrasonic and Eddy Current inspection systems using Winspect are built using off-the-shelf components. This guarantees an upgrade path should obsolete components fail or need to be upgraded. Winspect is available through system integrators and machine builders, worldwide.
Winspect is more than just C-scans. It is a complete software platform that can perform motion control, data acquisition, live and post-collection signal processing, and multiple NDE techniques simultaneously. Winspect 6.0 now includes Pulse Characterization; a useful tool to ensure that the transducers you are using are still within their specifications. Other add-ons that can be used with Winspect are: Transducer Characterization, and Multi-Probe Scanning.
For more information about Winspect 6.0, Contact UTEX Scientific Instruments Inc., 2319 Dunwin Drive, Unit 8, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 1A3, Tel. 905-8281313 or 800-663-8839 or at
Click here to download the Winspect R6.0 Demo (limited-function)
(2002/07/26) UTEX' new website is easy to navigate and showcases several new products. The site for the first time gives a ranked listing of system integrators that build systems using UTEX' hardware and software. This listing allows customers to select an integrator based on which one will best meet their needs. Our long-term plan is to provide individual profile pages for each of our system integrators.
The
website also groups our products based on a classification system which
makes navigation easy and fast. It is possible to navigate the entire
website structure without loading any new pages. This makes it possible
to arrive at the site, find what you are looking for and go to that page
in seconds.
Winspect gets powerful new processors
(2002/06/24) UTEX has announced the most important thing to happen to C-scan software in years. Researchers and NDE professionals can now process A-scans live while scanning using a new suite of modular signal processors. The processors are useful for reducing noise or for extracting features live from A-scans.
A suite of basic signal processors has been constructed that can be cascaded together to form more complex processors without the need for programming. The data structures between each of the processors are handled automatically allowing for the processing of images, waveform arrays and single values. The processors are part of Winspect Data Acquisition software.
The processors are fast enough to work on A-scan signals while scanning. Their primary use is to extract features or to reduce the volume of data. The cascaded processors work equally well on existing data as a post processing engine.
Researchers
are able to call their own MatLab or C-code from anywhere within the processor
structure. A built-in formula node processor which uses a simple algebraic
editor may make external user programs unnecessary.
Early trials of UT Link look very promising
(2002/02/03) UTEX has developed a very low-noise remote pulser receiver that may make log amps obsolete for some applications. This submersible instrument is extremely small and provides such good dynamic range that laminates and honeycomb core sections can be scanned in one pass without having to adjust gain.
UT Link is a big step up from conventional remote pulser preamplifiers. First of all, UT Link can be located extremely close to the transducer, even if the transducer is underwater. The return signal is fully balanced which means that noise from welders or motors won't show up in the return signal.
Testing
is continuing on aerospace applications that require extremely high dynamic
range. We will keep you updated.
(2001/11/01) A new monthly series of print ads in Materials Evaluation and Insight present useful information about UTEX' products. The goal was to find a novel way to provide something new each month in our print advertising. To accomplish this goal, a new ad is run every month and features a headline with two questions and their respective answers. You can view the ad series archive on our website. Click here
