Multichannel Acoustic Emission Systems

 

PCI-2

2 channel, 18 bit, 40 MS/sec, high speed, low noise, low cost, wide frequency band, 2 parametric inputs AE PCI card.

Ideal for research and applications where high speed, low noise, low cost, high resolution wide frequency band are required.

 

PCI/DSP-4

4 channel, 16 bit, 10 MS/sec, low noise, 8 parametric inputs (on first card of a system), DSP chip embedded AE PCI card.

Ideal for research and applications where high speed, low noise, varied testing purposes and more number of channels are required.

 

PCI-8

8 channel, 16 bit, 1 MS/sec, low power, low cost, two parametric inputs AE PCI card.

Ideal for applications where low cost, low frequency band, more number of channels are required.

 

microDiSP

Portable 4 -  8 channel battery (optional) and notebook operated micro-chassis AE system containing the PCI/DSP-4 cards.

Ideal for research and field applications where high speed, low noise, varied testing purposes, light weight and small pack system are required.

 

micro-SAMOS

Portable 8 -  24 channel battery (optional) and notebook operated micro-chassis AE system containing the PCI-8 cards.

Ideal for field applications where low cost, low frequency band, light weight, small pack and more number of channels are required.

 

 

 

 

DiSP-16

4 - 16 channel bench top AE system containing the PCI/DSP-4 cards.

Ideal for research and applications where high speed, low noise, varied testing purposes are required.

 

DiSP-24

4 - 24 channel compact chassis AE system containing the PCI/DSP-4 cards.

Ideal for research and field applications where high speed, low noise, varied testing purposes, compact size are required.

 

DiSP-56

4 - 56 channel rugged chassis AE system containing the PCI/DSP-4 cards.

Ideal for research and applications where high speed, low noise, varied testing purposes and large number of channels are required.

 

SAMOS 32

32 channel bench top AE system containing the PCI-8 cards.

Ideal for applications where low cost, low frequency band, large number of channels are required.

 

SAMOS 48

48 channel compact chassis AE system containing the PCI-8 cards.

Ideal for applications where low cost, low frequency band, compact size, large number of channels are required.

 

SAMOS 64

64 channel rugged size AE system containing the PCI-8 cards.

Ideal for applications where low cost, low frequency band, compact size, large number of channels are required.

 

 

DiSP Acoustic Emission SystemDiSP (Digital SPARTAN)

Parallel processing AE architecture on a standard PCI card.

  • A complete four-channel hardware is built in one PCI bus card which can be directly plugged into customers' PC, nï other signal conditioner is needed

  • One card features four ÁÅ channels, eight parametric input channels and one cycle counter

  • Fully digital with 16 bit Á/D and 10 MHz sampling rate for each channel
    simultaneous ÁÅ waveform capture and feature extraction

  • On-board auto-sensor testing feature for each channel

  • On-board DSP chip enhancing the speed of ÁÅ processing

  • Multichannel expansion õñ to 260 channels

  • Remotely controllable through the network

  • A 19" industrial chassis holds õñ to 52 ÁÅ channels

 

 

 

MISTRAS 2001 (Massively Instrumented Sensor Technology for Received Acoustic Signals)

MISTRAS 2001 Acoustic Emission SystemParallel processing AE architecture for 2-256 channels.

Main Features of AEDSP-32/16B card for MISTRAS 2001

  • High-speed and high-resolution.

  • 10 MHz sampling per channel (20 MHz optional).

  • 16-bit A/D with low noise (<18 dB threshold).

  • >15.000 Hits/sec (increased feature set).

  • Digital waveform collection.

  • DSP-32bit (40 MFLOPS) digital power

  • CPU selectable 15 filters /channel.

 

 

REAL TIME ACQUISITION & PROCESSING SOFTWARE

PAC's AE software for the above systems provides unprecedented acquisition and data processing rates to screen and disk.

Main Features

  • 32-bit WindowsTM type high speed software. Full mouse functionality.

  • 2D & 3D AE graphical visualization, location plots, waveforms.

  • User-defined AE signatures for waveform capture.

  • Multiple location algorithms, plus arbitrary placement, clustering (graphical filtering).

  • Auto-Sensor Testing (AST).

  • Multiple Graph Screens (1-12 graphs/screen).

  • Upward compatibility with industry software standards.

  • Optional remote control via modem or network.

Typical Real-Time Graphs