ECHO FD is our portable ultrasonic flaw detector in the same field-proven case as our popular ECHO series. Our ECHO FD represents a breakthrough in terms of cost, size and ease of use for your everyday flaw detector. ECHO FD can even toggle from a flaw detector, corrosion or precision thickness gage making it the smallest and most affordable unit in the world to offer such a vast application set.
Overview
ECHO FD is our portable ultrasonic flaw detector in the same field-proven case as our popular ECHO series. Our ECHO FD represents a breakthrough in terms of cost, size and ease of use for your everyday flaw detector. ECHO FD can even toggle from a flaw detector, corrosion or precision thickness gage making it the smallest and most affordable unit in the world to offer such a vast application set. Our new hand-held ultrasonic flaw detector is packed with many useful and practical features including:
Features:
3.5” sunlight readable display with color pallet
Change color and vibrate on alarm
2 independent gates
DAC
AWS
API-5UE
Peak Memory
2 gb expandable to 32gb of micro sd card memory
Datalogger including b-scan and export of reading to excel
13 hour battery life
Custom rubber boot with padded wrist strap and bail
Made and designed in USA
Models
ECHO FD
The ECHO FD is a Hand-Held Digital Ultrasonic FLAW DETECTOR. It includes 2 independent gates, DAC, AWS software, Datalogger with B-Scan, Rubber Boot with built in stand with hand strap and Chest harness, 2GB microSD card, AC adapter, USB, cable plastic carrying case, couplant, CD manual, and Data XL interface program to export saved readings to p.c. (Microsoft Excel), ASNT-TC1A, calibration certificate
ECHO 9FD
The ECHO 9FD includes both the ECHO FD software as well ask the ECHO 9DLW software giving it the ability to complete standard corrosion applications as well as flaw detection. It includes independent gates, DAC, AWS software, Datalogger with B-Scan, Rubber Boot with built in stand with hand strap and Chest harness, 2GB microSD card, AC adapter, USB, cable plastic carrying case, couplant, CD manual, and Data XL interface program to export saved readings to p.c. (Microsoft Excel), ASNT-TC1A, calibration certificate
ECHO 7FD
The ECHO 9FD includes both the ECHO FD software as well ask the ECHO 7DLW software giving it the ability to complete standard precision applications as well as flaw detection. Hand-Held Digital Ultrasonic FLAW DETECTOR with PRECISION mode including: 2 independent gates, DAC, AWS software, Datalogger with B-Scan, Rubber Boot with built in stand with hand strap and Chest harness, 2GB microSD card, AC adapter, USB, cable plastic carrying case, couplant, CD manual, and Data XL interface program to export saved readings to p.c. (Microsoft Excel), ASNT-TC1A, calibration certificate
ECHO 8FD
The ECHO 8FD includes both the ECHO FD software as well ask the ECHO 8DLW software giving it the ability to complete standard corrosion and precision applications as well as flaw detection. Hand-Held Digital Ultrasonic FLAW DETECTOR with CORROSION AND PRECISION modes including: 2 independent gates, DAC, AWS software, Datalogger with B-Scan, Rubber Boot with built in stand with hand strap and Chest harness, 2GB microSD card, AC adapter, USB, cable plastic carrying case, couplant, CD manual, and Data XL interface program to export saved readings to p.c. (Microsoft Excel), ASNT-TC1A, calibration certificate
Specifications
Display: 3.5” TFT, 320 x 240 pixels (¼ VGA) sunlight readable color display with display update rate of 60 Hz. Under all test conditions
Backlight: Light Emitting Diode (LED) backlight. Includes variable light intensity.
Package: Designed for IP67 rating, custom, splash-proof, high impact plastic with illuminating rubber keypad for go/no-go testing
Operating Temperature: -4 to 122F (-20 to 50C)
Transducer Connectors: Lemo 00
Bandwidth: .5-30 Mhz (-3dB)
Pulser Tunable Square Wave (1-25 MHz), Spike
Mode: Pulse-echo, dual, thru
Measurement rate: 60 Hz
Pulser Voltage: 30, 60, 90 120V
Range: .400” full scale to 23 inches for steel velocity
Zoom: zooms gate 1 width to minimum range capability
Delay: 0-23” (23” minus the range)
Zero Offset: 0-5000 µsec.
Vel: .025 in/usec-.6 and metric equivalent
Weight: 1.15 lbs with internal rechargable batteries
Battery life: 13 Hrs.
Battery Type: 3.7V li Ion and alkaline tray option.
Charger: 5V, 2 amp output, 100-240 VAC, 50-60 Hz input
Rubber Boot: custom Boot to protect the unit with chest harnesses, padded strap with built in stand.
Gain: 0-90db in .1db increments
Linearity: Per ASTM E317-15 (1% on vertical axis, .5% on horizontal axis.
USB 2.0: 2-way communication, acts as input for battery re-charge
Alarm: dynamic change of color and vibrate on alarm for echo in gate, echo above DAC positive or negative gate and minimum depth alarm
Datalogger: 2Gb std, expandable to 32GB of removeable micro sd card memory: file types linear, 2D 2D with custom point, 3D 3D with custom point, boiler with and without waveform storage options.32 character file name and 20 character longer i.d. strings.
Stored Setups: storage and recall of 2700 calibration and set-up files.
Data XL: Interface program to send and receive files to and from PC. Displays thickness with ID in Microsoft Excel
Memory: internal and micro sd card, 2 GB standard upgradeable to 32GB
Peak Hold: Holds peak of all echoes including for setting up DAC in Outline waveform, hold curve of echo envelope with live echo below which is ideal for flaw sizing (-6db drop technique (API 5UE)), RF peak hold as well. Peak on, peak hold and Peak off.
Freeze: Freezes for data storage and waveform viewing analysis.
Waveform Filled or outline
Gates: 2 independent gates, adjustable gate start, width, level and alarm type (positive, negative, minimum depth). Can be set to peak or edge detection for each gate.
Zoom: Zooms gate width 10 times to minimum range capability
Auto Cal: 2 point calibration, cal zero and cal velocity of thin and thick
Display special funcitons: 5 display modes for varying A-scan size plus A and B scan simultaneously
Rectifcation: RF, Full Wave, Half +, Half –, RF
Units: Inches, MM or µsec
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Czeck, Finnish, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, German, Slovak, Swedish, and Hungarian.
Angle Beam: display all three leg components, which leg you are in visually, angular distance, surface distance and depth accounting for leg correction.. auto beam index peak pitch where audible beep indicates when the peak of the signal is reached, x-value to correct for beam index point of wedge.
Angle: 0-90 degrees in 1 degree increments including 0,30, 45, 60, 70 and 90 as pre-set choices.
Reject: 0-85% FSH, completely linear with vertical indication bar
Measurement Types, single, dual, thru transmission, angle beam, delay lines, contact, immersion, echo to echo, dry couple
Bluetooth: Optional
Standard Inclusions: Echo FX including 2 GB SD card, li Ion battery, battery charger, transport case, manual with Data XL, USB cable, DAC, AWS software, API 5U, 2 gates, Echo to Echo, B-Scan, 2oz bottle of couplant, rubber booth with padded wrist strap and stand
Software Options: Corrosion module, precision module, pipe curvature correction
Hardware options: Rubber boot with chest harness and bail, Magnetic wheel encoder, Alkaline battery tray, Spare battery, Foot switch, Test blocks, cables, probes, couplant, power bank, and Magnetic pipe stand (1/4, 20 aftermarket)
Software Options
All ECHO FD Software Options are field upgradeable via the keypad. Danatronics offers a unique and convenient way to upgrade your gages. The upgrades are done directly from your gage and do not require the use of a computer. The advantages of field upgradability are:
Never worry about downtime
No extra shipping cost
Less cost of ownership due to less freight and duty
No need to worry about the product being obsolete
Simple and Fast to perform
The Field upgradeable options for the ECHO FD are:
Corrosion Software Included with ECHO 9FD and ECHO 8FD
When corrosion software is added to the ECHO FD it becomes both a corrosion thickness gage as well as a flaw detector. The corrosion portion of the software for ECHO 9FD is equivalent to the ECHO 9DLW
Precision software Included with ECHO 7FD and ECHO 8FD
When precision software is added to the ECHO FD it becomes both a precision thickness gage as well as a flaw detector. The precision portion of the software for ECHO 7FD is equivalent to the ECHO 7DLW.
Oxide Scale Available as a software option for ECHO 7FD and ECHO 8FD
When equipped with the oxide scale option and 20mhz delay line transducer, both ECHO 7DLW and ECHO 8DLW units with live waveform can measure the oxide scale (0.015"-0.040") and tube thickness calibrated to their independent sound speeds.
Pipe Curvature Correction
Corrects for sound path calculations based on angle and pipe material and diameter.
Waveform template overlay
Conveniently allows operator to compare a sample or “good” waveform to a live waveform.
Floating Gate
Accessories
The following accessories are available for the ECHO FD series
Spring Loaded Holder
The spring loaded holder (SPH-718) is the ideal fixture to be used on small diameter applications such as tubing to prevent the probe from rocking. The probe can be rotated as well and the fixture has v-notches to assist in probe alignment.
Chest harness
Custom 4 point chest harness with comfortable adjustment of straps for shoulder and waste line. Comes with metal detents
Magnetic Pipe Holder
Available magnetic pipe holder that screws onto the ¼, 20 connector on the ECHO 9. This is ideal to stabilizing the ECHO 9 on a larger pipe or any magnetic surface and can even be used up side down.
5 Step Test Block
We offer a 5 step test block, made of carbon steel with nickel plating engraved in both English and Metric values from .100’, .200”, .300”, .400”, .500” or 2.54mm, 5.05mm, 7.5mm, 10.0mm, 12.7mm (No certification is provided with these blocks but can be provide on special order for an additional fee)
Rubber boot
We offer a custom protective rubber booth with built in bail, 4 point chest harness and unique 2 finger hold strap.
Batteries
Standard 3.7 V Li Ion internally rechargeable battery comes standardor optional alkaline tray for 3 AA batteries
ECHO Transport Case
The EHC-09 Transport Case is shown with common inclusions. (Spare batteries and 5 step test block sold separately).
Cables
single cables offered in 6 feet or other lengths upon special order. LM-06 and aromored LM-06AC
Couplants
We offer a variety of ultrasonic couplants from a standard gel in 2 Oz. or 12 Oz. options, to high temperature up to 1100 Degrees F. Contact us for more details.
AC Power
ECHO 7 series comes with a convenient AC charger via the USB port so you do not have to replace the batteries on a regular basis.
Footswitch
With this hardware option the operator can use a footswitch to save, freeze or send readings.
Transducers
ECHO 8 Transducers
Danatronics offers a wide variety of dual transducers from .5-10 Mhz , high temperature duals and delay lines including pencil probes (12 Mhz.) for special applications. ECHO 8 also uses contact and delay line probes from 1-20 Mhz. Consult Danatronics or one of our authorized representative for the proper use and recommendation for your application.
For complete list including specifications please see our transducer chart
Spring Loaded Holder Available for DLK525 and DLK1025
Danatronics Spring Loaded Holder has dual v-notches for small diameter pipes and tubes to prevent probe “rocking”