Surface Inspection Procedure

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Surface Inspection Using the N500
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Reference only material; this procedure is only to be used for familiarization with how to use the N500 in conjunction with surface probes for surface eddy current inspection. It is not to be used in place of authorized written procedures for surface inspection.
Olympus NDT 421 N. Quay Street Kennewick, WA 99336 USA Tel 509-736-2751 Fax 509-735-4672 olympusNDT.com info@olympusNDT.com
Items required: Nortec N500

Probes: 9222202 or 9222164
Probe Frequency range; 100-500 kHz
(Note: Any bridge pencil probe that operates between 50-500 kHz will be acceptable)
Cable: 9122083 PowerLink Cable
Test Standard: TB-S1 (1902510) or SRS-0824A
Lemo 16-pin to Lemo 7-pin. Note: Any aluminum standard that has surface notches .008, .020 and .040, will be suitable for following this procedure. Note: When using a detachable probe that is not PowerLink, use Olympus NDT bridge cable 9122244 in place of PowerLink cable.
Summary
This procedure outlines the basic setup for the Olympus NDT N500 for eddy current surface crack inspection on aluminum. Olympus NDT offers a large selection of surface eddy current probes for almost any configuration and inspection requirement. This procedure was written using probe part number 9222202. Any probe that operates between 50 kHz to 500 kHz can be used on this setup procedure. The basic principles of this procedure can be applied to other similar surface inspections using different frequencies and probes.
Note: Probe inductances can vary from probe to probe causing Phase/Angle, Lift-Off and Gain to differ when calibrating the N500. Olympus NDT offers probes with or without PowerLink technology. This procedure can be followed by operators with or without a PowerLink probe.
Instrument Setup - Getting Started

To get started, turn on your instrument by pressing the Power button.
Power Button
SmartKnob Soft Keys Soft Keys
Main Function Keys
Setting up the Instrument: Step 1 1.a. After the instrument has powered on, plug in the PowerLink cable,
9122083, and either of the PowerLink probes listed in the item required list.
Step 2 2.a. When connecting a PowerLink probe, the Nortec 500 will automatically
detect the probe's default settings. This is due to the probe's recognition chip which is programmed to the optimal settings for that probe during manufacturing."
Probe Part Number
The part number of the probe will be displayed on the screen next to Model. For this procedure, we are using part number 9222202. Operators with non- Powerlink can skip steps 2 and 3 and go directly to Step.4.
2.b. Press the Soft Key, LOG/ENTER.
Soft Key
Step 3 3.a. Press the Main function key. This will access the Main menu. 3.b. Press the Soft Key FREQ1 SETUP menu. From here, you will be able to
adjust the Frequency, Phase Angle and Gain, which are explained in the following steps.
Soft Key
Main Function Keys
Step 4 Frequency adjustment 4.a. Adjust Frequency by rotating the SmartKnob, set frequency to 200 kHz. This will be the instrument and probe operating frequency for this procedure. A frequency of 200 kHz gives the best results on aluminum and is the recommended frequency in most commercial and military eddy current procedures.
SmartKnob
If you are using Powerlink probe 9222202 the default programmed frequency is 100 kHz. Probe 9222164 default programmed frequency is 300 kHz.
Step 5 Phase adjustment 5.a. Place probe on standard, press Soft Key NULL. Wait until instrument has
balanced the probe to the standard.
5.b. After the probe has been balanced on the standard, perform Lift-Off and
slide the probe over the notch. This will give you an idea of the probes current angle.
Soft Key
Null Point
Balancing probe on standard
Lift-off
Step 6 Phase Angle 6.a Adjust the probes angle by pressing Soft Key menu ANGLE and rotating the
SmartKnob until the flaw signal is 90 degrees to vertical. While rotating the SmartKnob, lift the probe off the standard repeatedly during this set-up, until the lift-off signal goes from null point, off to the left hand side of the screen.
SmartKnob
Soft Key
Null Point
Lift-off
Step 7 Null-Point Adjustment

7.a. Adjusting null-point position, press main function key DISP (display). Next press soft key menu SCREEN SETUP. This will take you to soft key for the horizontal position and a soft key for the vertical position.
Soft Key
Main Function Key 7.b. From here, you will be able to adjust null point parameter positioning using
soft key for the horizontal position H POS, soft key for the vertical position V POS and the SmartKnob .
SmartKnob
Soft Key Soft Key
Note: instrument default null point position is always (H POS 50%) and (V POS 50%).
7.c. We will now adjust null point position to H POS 70% and V POS 30%. Press
soft key H POS and change position, rotating the SmartKnob until it is 70%. Repeat the same process as above with V POS. Null point position should now be- horizontal 70% and vertical 30%.
SmartKnob
Soft Key Soft Key
By positioning the null point in this quadrant of the instruments screen, we will be able to maximize any flaw signal for better analysis of the inspection data.
Step 9 Gain 9.a. We will now return to the main screen for gain adjustment. Press main
function key MAIN, followed by FREQ1 SETUP soft key.
Soft Key
Main Function Key
9.b. Null probe on the standard and do lift-off and slide probe over .008 notch. Since H Gain (horizontal) and V Gain (vertical) are the same we see little separation from the notch indication versus the lift-off.
Note: Most POWERLINK probes have their horizontal and vertical gains default the same db percentage value.
9.c. Adjust instrument gain so that H Gain is 60.0db and V Gain is 70.0 db. Select
either soft keys H GAIN or V GAIN then rotate the SmartKnob or press the gain soft key until the desired value is reached. The goal is to increase notch indication vertically, for better separation from lift-off on the screen. This should give better signal to noise indication while doing eddy current testing. (As probes may vary in their inductance gain, adjustment may vary as well).
SmartKnob
Soft Key Soft Key
When making these adjustments on the instrument, it is a good idea to null the probe on the standard. Perform a screen erase to clear the screen of any noise and see where your null point placement is on the screen.
Note: Gain values may be increased by either rotating the SmartKnob or pressing the gain soft key. Each press of the soft key will increment the gain value by 5dB. The gain values may be set together by selecting the GAIN soft key or individually by selecting H GAIN or V GAIN.
9.d. Null the probe on the standard again, this should give a good null point and reference on the standard. Slide the probe over all three notches; you should get a similar response on the instrument if gain parameters are adjusted within a 10.0dB vertical to horizontal difference.
Step 10 Alarm 10.a. We will now setup an alarm box. Press the ALARM main function key. When
the alarm setup menu appears, press alarm BOX 1 SETUP. This will take you to alarm box 1 setup parameters.
Soft Key
Main Function Key
10.b. In the Alarm Box 1 setup menu, first press soft key Off+- and rotate the
SmartKnob to display Positive. The alarm box will appear on the screen.
SmartKnob
Soft Key
10.c. Set the size and position of the box alarm 1 by pressing each soft key Top, Bottom, Left and Right and rotating the SmartKnob at each interval until the box is in the desired location.
Soft Key Soft Key Soft Key Soft Key
Set alarm box position as follows: o TOP 95-100% o BOTTOM 60% o LEFT 10% o RIGHT 90%
11.a. Null the probe on the standard again; this should give a good null point. Slide the probe over all three notches; you should get a similar response as below. Make any fine adjusts as required.
As you can see we have three divisions between lift-off and box alarm, this will give a 31 signal to noise threshold. Notches .008 and .020 do not trigger the alarm while the .040 notch will trigger the alarm. If the .020 notch is the desired rejection level, the gain may be increased until this flaw indication is in the alarm box.
Return the instrument to main screen by pressing Main function key, then press FREQ1 soft key. N500 parameters should be set up for eddy current inspection on aluminum.
Soft Key
Main Function Key
This should complete the set-up procedure for using the N500 with the surface eddy current probe on aluminum. Olympus NDT has a large number of probes for many metals and alloys. These surface probes are used where surface breaking flaws may occur. Aluminum can come in many different conductivity properties, so instrument adjustments may need to be made.
We will now look at a few trouble-shooting tips. When problems arise, many would consider that they have a bad probe or cable, but in some cases, it could be something as simple as the high pass filter is on.
Trouble Shooting
If you find you are not getting any signal from the probes lift-off, or when sliding the probe over a notch, there are a few instrument menu settings that will affect proper instrument set-up and operation. Two key instrument functions that will affect probe operations are the Filter and Setup menus. See below recommended instrument settings. Screen display in Filter Menu
Filter menu: high-pass filter should be off, lowpass filter 100, Preamp off, and balance off.
Screen display in Setup Menu

Setup menu: probe drive mid or high, and instrument should be in single and not dual frequency mode.
After performing all of the above steps, if the eddy current signal is not displaying as expected, an Instrument Default may be performed to bring the N500 back to factory settings. The Default Instrument function can be found in the SETUP menu under SPECIAL SETTINGS.

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Surface Inspection Using the N500

Items required: Nortec N500

Probe Frequency range; 100-500 kHz

Cable: 9122083 PowerLink Cable

Test Standard: TB-S1 (1902510) or SRS-0824A

Instrument Setup - Getting Started

SmartKnob Soft Keys Soft Keys

Main Function Keys

Probe Part Number

2.b. Press the Soft Key, LOG/ENTER.

Main Function Keys

Balancing probe on standard

Step 7 Null-Point Adjustment

Soft Key Soft Key

Soft Key Soft Key

Main Function Key

Soft Key Soft Key

Main Function Key

Soft Key Soft Key Soft Key Soft Key

Main Function Key

Screen display in Setup Menu

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