Special Features Of The Usm 36 - GE USM 36 Series Technical Reference And Operating Manual

1 Introduction

Special features of the USM 36

● lightweight
● dust-tight and waterproof housing according to IP66
● long operating time (13 hours) due to lithium-ion bat-
tery with internal and external charging possibility
● handy, equipped with a non-slip, ratcheting prop-up
stand, also used as handle
● rotary knobs for direct adjustment of gain as well as
for changing the currently selected function
● two independent gates for accurate wall thickness
measurements from the material surface up to the
first echo or between two backwall echoes, including
a measurement on coated materials with a resolution
of 0.01 mm (up to 100 mm), referred to steel
● Magnify gate: spreading of the gate range over the
entire display range
● high-resolution color display (800 × 480 Pixel) for the
representation of digitized signals
● color display of gates and the corresponding readings
for easy distinction
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● easily perceptible reflection geometry when using an-
gle-beam probes due to changing A-scan or back-
ground color at every reflection point
● high memory capacity with 8 GB SD card.
● increased calibration range: up to 9999 mm (steel),
depending on the frequency range
● semiautomatic two-point calibration
● pulse repetition frequency adjustable in 3 steps
(AUTO LOW, MED, HIGH) or MANUALLY in steps of
5 Hz.
● optional connection of phantom-echo detector
● choice of the frequency range for the connected
probe
● Signal display: full-wave rectification, positive or neg-
ative half rectification, and radio frequency
● display of seven user-selectable measured readings
at the top of the A-scan, one of which is displayed in
enlarged mode, or four user-selectable measured
readings displayed in enlarged mode
Issue 2 (12/2013)
The USM 36
USM 36