Hole drilling

The 45° transducer was used to inspect side drilled holes, with their centres located 40 mm below the surface. Due to the coarse material structure the echoes from the holes were totally masked by clutter. An example of an ultrasonic response signal, emanating from a hole with a diameter of 8 mm, is shown in the left part of Figure 3. Scanning the surface above the 8 mm and 10 mm holes resulted in the B-scan image shown in the upper part of Figure 4. 

Figure 3 Echo from 8 mm side-drilled hole at sound path 50 mm, before and after signal processing.

Four volumetric defects are also included a spherical cavity, a sphere of a different material, a spheroidal cavity and a cylinderical cavity (a side-drilled hole). Except for the spheroid, the scattering problems are solved exactly by separation-of-variables. The spheroid (a cigar- or oblate-shaped defect) is solved by the null field approach and this limits the radio between the two axes to be smaller than five. 

The calibration in UTDefect is perfomed by a side-drilled hole or a flat-bottomed hole. The flat-bottomed hole is approximated by an open circular crack with the probe s beam axis going normally through its centre. This approximation should be sufficiently accurate as long as the crack diameter is larger than about a wavelength. 

In Lakestani (10) modelling work performed within the PISC III project is validated against experiments. Figure 1 shows the pulse echo response from the lower edge of a 10 mm vertical strip-like crack at centre depth 55 mm. The probe has the size 20 mm by 22 ram, is of SV type with angle 45 and has centre frequency 2.2 MHz and an assumed bandwidth of 2 MHz. The calibration is perfomed by a side-drilled hole of diameter 9.5 mm and centre depth 60 mm (the... 

Structure problems either by blocked cooling ducts or incorrect drilled holes will be able to identify by transmission thermography. Illustration 5 shows a hollowpoured blade with a typical error. A core break during pouring causes a bar, which obstructs the air supply. In the... 

The computer also can leam from a defect-free test piece by rutming such a piece in a readmode. For example, if a drilled hole for lubrication purposes is present at the same location on all parts, the computer will recognise this signal and accept it on all test pieces. The computer will actually be comparing the test piece under scrutiny with standard non-defect master. In addition a reference test piece should be used to check that the specified reference defects really will be detected. This is needed to adjust the settings and sensitivity of the system. 

The first example refers to the detection of a 1mm side drilled hole at a depth of 45 mm in a polyethylene plastic material. Due to the high sound absorption in plastics, a low operating frequency is chosen. A probe having a 1 MHz element of 24 mm diameter was selected for this example. The echo pattern of a conventional probe with a PZT transducer is pre-... 

The second example shows results obtained with an angle beam probe for transverse waves in coarse grained grey cast iron. Two commercially available probes are compared the composite design SWK 60-2 and the standard design SWB 60-2. The reflector in this example is a side-drilled hole of 5 mm diameter. The A-scans displayed below in Fig. 5 and 6 show that the composite probe has a higher sensitivity by 12 dB and that the signal to noise ratio is improved by more than 6 dB. 

Mephisto is devoted to predict the ultrasonic scans (A,B or C-scans) for a priori knowledge of the piece and the defects within. In the present version Mephisto only deals with homogeneous isotropic materials. The piece under test can be planar, cylindrical or have a more complex geometry. The defects can be either planar (one or several facets), or volumetric (spherical voids, side drilled holes, flat or round bottom holes). 

Impression of the surface (ISxlScmh with a drill hole into a duct... 

Side drilled holes are widely used as reference reflectors, especially when angle beam probes are used (e.g. for weld testing). However, the distance law of side drilled holes is different to that of a flat bottomed hole. In the literature [2] a conversion formula is given which allows to convert the diameter of a side drilled hole into the diameter of a flat bottomed hole and vice versa, valid in the far field only, and for diameters greater than 1.5 times the wave length. In practical application this formula can be used down to approximately one nearfield length, without making big mistakes. Fig. 2 shows curves recorded from real flat bottomed holes, and the uncorrected and corrected DGS curves. 

BE = Backwall echo, SDH = side drilled hole, FBH = Flat bottomed hole... 

As any conventional probe, acoustic beam pattern of ultrasound array probes can be characterized either in water tank with reflector tip, hydrophone receiver, or using steel blocks with side-drilled holes or spherical holes, etc. Nevertheless, in case of longitudinal waves probes, we prefer acoustic beam evaluation in water tank because of the great versatility of equipment. Also, the use of an hydrophone receiver, when it is possible, yields a great sensitivity and a large signal to noise ratio. 

The principle of the acquisition system is to translate the probe into a tube (including hemispherical drilled holes) step by step, every 0.04 mm, after a forwards and backwards 360 rotation of the tube trigging every 0.2° angular step a 360° electronic scanning of tube with the 160 acoustic apertures. During the electronic scanning the tube is assumed to stay at the same place. The acquisition lasts about 30 minutes for a C-scan acquisition with a 14 kHz recurrence frequency. 

Echo directivity was experimentally studied for surface SH Wave probes and SH Wave angle probes. Frequencies used in the experiment were 5MHz and 2MHz, the angles of refraction 90°and 70°, the crystal size 10X 10mm and 5X5mm. The echo directivity was evaluated, using side drilled holes of various depths. The experimental results showed consistency with the calculation based on a point sound source assumption on the test surface in different phases. 

The angle of refraction for SH Wave angle prohes was measured by the peak echo of side drilled holes. But surface SH Wave probes could not be measured, and therefore were assumed to be the same as the design value. 

The echo height of side drilled holes was measured at a constant beam path length as shown in Fig. 1. 

Fig. 3 and 4 show the comparison of the experimental results with the calculation. The symbol O is the result of 03.0mm drilled hole. The symbol is the result of 01.5 mm drilled hole. Fig. 3 shows the strong directivity on and near the surface. 

Fig. 1 Measuring method of echo height of side drill hole Fig. 2 Calculation Method of Echo Directivity [or SH Wave Probes...

K. Kimura Measurement of directivity for angle beam probe by side drilled holes and the effects of couplant thickness. Journal of JSNDI, Vol. 24, February, p88-89, (1975)... 

Electrochemical deburring is a fast process. Typical process times are 5 to 30 s for smoothing the surfaces of manufactured components. Owing to its speed and simplicity of operation, electrochemical deburring can often be performed using a fixed, stationary cathode tool. The process is used in many apphcations, and is particularly attractive for the deburring of the intersectional region of cross-drilled holes. 

Hole Drilling. Hole drilling is another popular way of using ECM. As indicated in Eigure 3 a tubular electrode is used as the cathode tool. Electrolyte is pumped down the central bore of the tool, and out through the side gap formed between the wall of the tool and the hole electrolyticaHy dissolved in the workpiece (2,9,10). 

In most ultrasonic tests, the significant echo signal often is the one having the maximum ampHtude. This ampHtude is affected by the selection of the beam angle, and the position and direction from which it interrogates the flaw. The depth of flaws is often deterrnined to considerable precision by the transit time of the pulses within the test material. The relative reflecting power of discontinuities is deterrnined by comparison of the test signal with echoes from artificial discontinuities such as flat-bottomed holes, side-drilled holes, and notches in reference test blocks. This technique provides some standardized tests for sound beam attenuation and ultrasonic equipment beam spread. 

Osmotic Pressure Controlled Oral Tablets. Alza Corp. has developed a system that is dependent on osmotic pressure developed within a tablet. The core of the tablet is the water-soluble dmg encapsulated in a hydrophobic, semipermeable membrane. Water enters the tablet through the membrane and dissolves the dmg creating a greater osmotic pressure within the tablet. The dmg solution exits at a zero-order rate through a laser drilled hole in the membrane. Should the dmg itself be unable to provide sufficient osmotic pressure to create the necessary pressure gradient, other water-soluble salts or a layer of polymer can be added to the dmg layer. The polymer swells and pushes the dmg solution through the orifice in what is known as a push-pull system (Fig. 3). The exhausted dmg unit then passes out of the body in fecal matter. 

Tests using a constant stress (constant load) normally by direct tension have been described in ISO 6252 (262). This test takes the specimen to failure, or a minimum time without failure, and frequently has a flaw (drilled hole or notch) to act as a stress concentrator to target the area of failure. This type of testing, as well as the constant strain techniques, requires careful control of specimen preparation and test conditions to achieve consistent results (263,264). 

Diatomite deposits are usually discovered by observation of outcrop, and the value of the deposits is deterrnined by geological prospecting and exploration. Samples are taken from the surface outcrops by digging or trenching underground samples are secured from test holes, core drill holes, or tuimels. 

Surface mount refers to a method of securing connectors to the conductors of a printed circuit board by soldering appropriately shaped contacts to the board surface. Higher contact densities can be achieved and the need to drill holes in the board is avoided. Contact spacings may vary from about 0.5 cm for large current-carrying appHcations to 0.18 cm or less when miniaturization and high density is a requirement. 

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