Ferroelektret-Prüfköpfe für die zerstörungsfreie Prüfung mit Luftultraschall
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Joachim Döring
, Jürgen Bartusch , Mate Gaal , Marc Kreutzbruck , Anton Erhard and Viktor Bovtun
Kurzfassung
Für die luftgekoppelte Ultraschall-Prüfung wird der Prototyp eines neuartigen Prüfkopfes vorgestellt. Statt eines piezokeramischen Ultraschall-Wandlers mit einer λ/4-Anpassschicht wird eine Ferroelektret-Folie aus schaumförmigem Polypropylen eingesetzt. Durch die außerordentlich geringe akustische Impedanz der Folie reduzieren sich die Reflexionsverluste an den Grenzschichten zur Luft so stark, dass bei diesem Prüfkopf auf eine λ/4-Anpassschicht verzichtet werden kann. Außerdem ist die Folie hochspannungsfest. Sie konnte mit Spannungen von mehr als 3500 V angesteuert werden und erlaubte eine Vorspannung am Ultraschall-Wandler des Empfangsprüfkopfes von 2000 V. Mithilfe der hohen Anregungsspannung stieg die Amplitude des akustischen Prüfimpulses auf das 11,2-Fache. Die Empfindlichkeit des Empfängers erhöhte sich durch die Vorspannung weiter um den Faktor 4,3. Insgesamt steigt die Amplitude am Empfänger also auf das 48-Fache, bei gleichbleibendem Rauschpegel. Ein abschließender Vergleich mit kommerziellen Luftultraschall-Prüfköpfen belegt die Überlegenheit der Folien-Prüfköpfe. Damit rückt der Einsatz einer vollwertigen Impuls-Echo-Technik auch bei der luftgekoppelten Ultraschallprüfung deutlich näher.
Abstract
This paper presents a prototype of a novel probe for air-coupled ultrasonic testing. Instead of piezoceramic transducer with a matching layer, we used a ferroelectret film made of cellular polypropylene. The exceptionally low specific acoustic impedance of this material reduces reflection losses at the interface between the transducer and the air to such an extent that matching layers become redundant. Cellular polypropylene has a sufficient dielectric strength to stand exciting pulses of 3500 V at the transmitter and a bias voltage of 2000 V at the receiver. High voltage excitation raised the amplitude of the acoustic signal 11.2-fold. Furthermore, the sensitivity of the receiver rose by a factor 4.3 due to bias voltage. In total, this made a 48-fold rise of the signal height at the receiver, noise remaining constant. A comparison with commercially available air-coupled probes proved the advantages of cellular polypropylene probes. This new technology brings us one more step closer to satisfactory pulse-echo measurements in air-coupled non-destructive testing.
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