Concrete to Pre-stress bolt analysis by ultrasonic examination (TFM method).

The ultrasonic tomograph is the best solution for ultrasonic testing of highly scattering materials, such us
concrete and reinforced concrete, stones, rock, composites, ceramics, wood, epoxy, refractory materials.
Among others, following main applications can be mentioned as application fields of the instrument:

 Localization of reinforcement rebars and other elements (tendon ducts, anchors, hollow
pipes, cables, hollow pipes), also beyond of rebar layers
 Detection of material voids, estimation of their position and approx. size: cavities,
inclusions, honeycombs, cracks
 Thickness measurement by one-side access
 Detection of grouting defects in tendon ducts and grouting couplers
 Assessment of fireproof stones

The instrument consists of a lightweight body with 4 x 8 Active Dry-Point-Contact transducers with integrated
pulser-receiver circuits and parallel DAQ electronics wirelessly connected to the powerful smartphone that
implements image reconstruction and visualization algorithms by means of parallel graphic processor units on-
board. This hardware solution allows achieving the highest performance for real-time imaging.