The AndeScope is designed to assist the operator in determining the quality or integrity of concrete and masonry structures. The AndeScope operates in three modes: Ultrasonic Through-Transmission, Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo, and Impact-Echo. The ultrasonic mode of this instrument can generate up to 2,500-volt pulses in spike, tone-burst, square-wave or chirp format. The Impact-Echo mode can use an optional manually controlled impactor with exchangeable heads.
The AndeScope can be used for instant detection of flaws, depth of surface opening cracks, discontinuities, honeycombing, reinforcement bar detection, and thickness measurements from a single available face (echo technique) or from two accessible sides (through-transmission). It can also be used for the inspection of concrete dams, bridges, parking garages, docks, piers, tunnels, shafts and masonry structures.
The advanced Windows™ based data acquisition software is capable of realtime frequency analysis, de-convolution, high and low pass filtering, averaging, two and three-dimensional data presentation etc. As part of its analysis package, the AndeScope is capable of measuring stress wave velocities, thickness, attenuation, and Poisson’s ratio of various structures.
The flexibility and diversity of available options in the AndeScope allows it to be used both in the field and as a research tool in the laboratory.
