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Design of additive manufactured reference block with disk reflectors for sensitivity calibration of ultrasonic angle beam probes

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In this paper, a prototype of a reference block with disk reflectors for sensitivity calibration of ultrasonic testing system with angle beam probes was designed and produced. This paper aims to investigate the possibility for sensitivity calibration of ultrasonic angle beam probes with disk reflectors, with flat reference surfaces. The reference blocks with three artificially produced disk reflectors, located at angles of 45°, 60°, and 70°, were made by additive manufacturing technology direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), since DMLS has provided the possibility of producing components with complex inner geometries, which traditional processes could not produce. The exact size of the reference block is obtained by using CT scanning, and the equivalent reflector size (ERS) is estimated by the distance gain size (DGS) diagram and using DGS mode of the ultrasonic instrument by Pulse-Echo. The results are compared with each other and with both the nominal values and the exact size, obtained by CT scan.

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  1. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Morana Mihaljević, Damir Markučič, Marko Katić & Maria Grozdanić

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Morana Mihaljević conceived the presented idea. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Karlo Kožić. Maria Grozdanić investigates the topic and previous research on similar topics. All CT scans and CT measurements were performed by Marko Katić. Morana Mihaljević and Damir Markučič provided support for the case study and supervised the findings of this work. All authors discussed the results and contributed to the final manuscript.

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Mihaljević, M., Markučič, D., Katić, M. et al. Design of additive manufactured reference block with disk reflectors for sensitivity calibration of ultrasonic angle beam probes. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 126, 1907–1918 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-11214-6

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