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Manual Scanning Modes

Winspect and InspectionWare have become popular because they support fully-automated scanning on just about any scanning system ever made. What many people don't know is that both software platforms can also be used for manual scanning with little or no motion hardware.

The table below shows different methods of using Winspect or InspectionWare with no hardware, with a one axis scanner and with a two axis scanner.


hand scanning - one axis
  • no motion hardware is required, just a transducer
  • capable of producing a-scans and b-scans
  • select artificial encoder mode, or
  • select timer-based data collection mode
point-by-point scanning - two axis
  • no motion hardware is required, just a transducer
  • mark a grid on the object under inspection
  • position transducer at grid points and record data
  • produces a c-scan image corresponding to the grid

manual scanning - one axis
  • hardware is required to read the encoder position information
  • capable of producing a-scans and b-scans
  • select an encoder interface card, or
  • use the encoder interface on a motor controller such as a Compumotor or Galil DMC

manual scanning - two axis
  • hardware is required to read the encoder position information
  • capable of producing a-scans, b-scans and c-scans
  • select an encoder interface card, or
  • use the encoder interface on a motor controller such as a Compumotor or Galil DMC


Document Reference
Categories
NDE Software
Winspect Data Acquisition 
Document Number
MSZI-79NRDV5634
Published
12/07/2007 Rev: 1.0
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