TUBE NEWS TN March 2019 | Page 3

MAC Introduces New ECHOMAC® 25mm UT Rotary Tester Magnetic Analysis Corp. has just received customer pre-acceptance on its latest Ultrasonic Rotary Tester, the Echomac® 25mm. The customer is one of the largest bar finishing processors for the medical industry in the world. The system was supplied with our Echomac FD-6A electronics, triple pinch bench, and a customized belt conveyor and sorting system. Also included are special mechanics to handle the small diameters with maximum protection for the surface of the material under test. The system features fast size change-overs and is controlled by an easy to use PLC with touch panel. The Echomac® 25mm Rotary is designed for high speed flaw and dimensional ultrasonic inspection of tubes in high precision applications, and provides 100% coverage at high throughput rates on thin wall product ranging from 5 to 25mm diameter. The 25mm Rotary is especially well suited for challenging applications requiring high performance such as tubular product for nuclear and aerospace installations. The overall length of the Rotary, 630mm, allows for ease of installation in existing inspection lines. Wall thickness as thin as 0.3mm, and tubes as short as 1 meter, can be successfully tested. Features include a transformer design which ensures improved signal to noise ratio, enhanced bandwidth, zero channel cross-talk, 8,000 RPM running speed, precision test blocks and transducer holders, convenient adjustment of the transducer angle, and optimum operating safety. The 25mm Rotary joins MAC’s line of UT Rotaries which range up to 500mm capacity. When used with MAC’s Echomac FD-6/6A instrumentation, the Rotary system provides outstanding inspection of ID/OD, longitudinal and transverse flaws, wall thickness and dimensional evaluation including conditions of eccentricity and ovality. The software can be equipped with a C scan for ease of test result analysis. The Echomac® series is being used for a variety of applications ranging from full body testing of spinning tube and weld zone inspection during production, to 500mm Ultrasonic/ Flux Leakage multi test systems for large diameter OCTG pipe. .