We are a manufacturer of industrial ultrasonic testing equipment most commonly
used in the petrochemical, aerospace, automotive, and other generally related
industries. The pages that follow will provide you with general information
regarding our products. If you have any questions, need technical support,
or have a request for custom items, please contact us at your leisure using
the information provided on this site.
Our products are commonly used to determine the thickness of a variety of
materials by making contact with only one side of the material being tested.
They have
the ability to detect very fine pits, flaws, and porosity in materials without
having to destroy the material or parts being tested. This is done by converting
the transit time of a sound wave, sent into and reflecting back from a defect
or opposite surface in the test material, into a length measurement.
This technique uses principles similar to that of sonar.
We also manufacture a line of ultrasonic bolting equipment that very accurately
measures the stress, elongation, and load in threaded fasteners. These products
are typically used in critical bolting applications where extreme accuracy
is needed. If you have any specific or specialized bolting applications in
mind, be sure to contact us to discuss your requirements in detail.
Enjoy!
News
Brief:
Highlights:
The CMX Multi-Purpose Material & Coating Thickness
Gauge- Officially Released!
The new CMX series gauges are the latest addition to the Dakota product
line. It's a brand new DSP platform, using FPGA technoloy. We've designed
a multi-purpose material and coating thickness platform with a
ton of capabilities. The CMX features include: auto probe zero, auto probe
recognition, auto temperature compensation, and a stand alone coating only
mode. The standard pulse-ehco and thru-paint echo-echo modes are also
ongoing features included in the mix.
Not only will the CMX simultaneously measure the material and coating
thickness, but it will also find pits & flaws at the same time! A custom
calibration configuration for both the material and coating types offers
extreme linearity. Our custom transducer linearity table enables all of our
dual element transducers to operate only with precision.
Create and store 64 custom setups for all your common testing applications.
Switch into the time based B-Scan view, to enable a cross section view of
the material your inspecting. Kick the CMX into high gear, enabling our high
speed scan at 50 readings per second!
Simply too many attributes to mention everything! Take a closer
look at the .pdf specifications for further details regarding the CMX gauges.
The CMX DL - Counterpart
The CMX DL includes all of the features mention above in the CMX, but is
equipped with a super data logger, to say the least! The data logger consists
of two file formats: Sequential logging with auto identifiers, and alpha
numeric grid. The file formats are currently compatible with UltraPipe asset
management software.
Now, let's talk about the storage capacity...shall we? The CMX DL can store
16,000+ readings, with B-Scan captures and all gauges settings and features,
or turn the graphics mode off and store over 210,000 readings! Enough said!
Oh and by the way! Don't forget to take a look at the price tag!
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900F Dual Element Probe
We've released our new high temperature dual
element transducer for those extra hot applications.
These
are currently supplied in our 1/4" configuration,
but we'll also be releasing a 1/2" version
momentarily.
These are compatible with any of the M series or new CMX series gauges.
The
advantage of using these in conjunction of with the CMX series gauges, is
the
auto
probe
zero capability,
which
automatically
compensates
for increases in temperature.
MiniMax Pump Shutoff Box
Our
ultrasonic bolting monitor can be configured
to control a hydraulic or pneumatic torque wrench
pump, by attaching and installing our shutoff
box to the pump itself. The MiniMax is then attached
to the shutoff box, and assumes accurate control
of acheiving the target preload in fasteners.
The shutoff box is only feasible in bolting
applications where access to both ends of
the bolt are available, or and open end box
wrench is available.
Give us a call to further discuss your potential
applications!
Transducer Extension Wand
We've
added an extension wand to our precision gauge
single element transducers. If you need to get
into some tight areas and need to reach a little
further, the extension wand is your answer.
Note: The extension wand is only available
with a male and female microdot configuration.
The CMX series is the latest effort from Dakota. Our new platform offers the ability to measure material and coating thickness, while still locating defects and flaws.
You won't be disappointed with all the features they have!
CMX DL Demo
CMX DL+ Demo
The MVX is a full featured A/B Scan thickness gauge with alpha numeric data storage, and a basic flaw prove-up mode for use with angle beam transducers
Online Demo
The MINI-MAX is our ultrasonic
bolt tension monitor with a price tag that includes everyone.
Online Demo
The PVX precision A-Scan thickness
gauge with alpha numeric data storage.
