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Eddy Current Testing and Management Software for Steam Generator Inspections
Eddynet®Suite 3.1
Eddy Current Testing and Management Software for Steam Generator Inspections
 
Eddynet®Suite 3.1 is the most comprehensive integrated suite of modular test and management software available for steam generator (S/G) tube examinations. Based on Zetec's well-established Eddynet product family, Eddynet®Suite 3.1 combines individual modules for Data Management, Data
Acquisition, Data Verification and Data Analysis into a flexible offering that provides a fully integrated software solution. These modules can be applied as an integrated suite or used independently, based on the scope of the task at hand. Its well-designed, intuitive interfaces increase user effectiveness. From the initial request throughout development and implementation, our design puts customer needs first.
 
Eddynet®Suite 3.1 provides seamless support for the MIZ-80iD, Zetec's integrated eddy current inspection system. Training is minimized as support for the Site Configuration and ZAC acquisition programs are integrated. The auto acquisition feature via the MIZ-80iD provides automatic ramping at insertion and tube ends, minimizing probe wear and ultimately providing faster completion of tests. In conjunction with the MIZ-iD probes, Eddynet®Suite provides automatic completion of the summary form, validation of the acquisition technique, and completely supports Zetec's X-Probe®.
 
Eddynet® supports the latest Hewlett-Packard hardware and adheres to HP's recommended layout conventions for easy backup, easy maintenance, incorporates the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), the user interface for X Windows System, to allow users to control the workstation by manipulating graphical "objects" instead of typing commands
 
Zetec's EddynetSuite software operates on Hewlett-Packard computers that are based on the PA-RISC 8700 processor and require a 64-bit version of the HP-UX 11i operating system. Some Zetec customers have already purchased, or plan to purchase, PA-RISC 8700 systems. Computers supported with 64-bit HP-UX 11i are: b2600, b2000, b1000, c3700, c3600, c3000, c360, c240, c200, c180, c160, j6700, j6000, j5600, j5000, j7000, j2240, j280, j282. Non-Supported Systems are: b180L, b160L, b132L, c160L, c110, c100, 712/60/80/100,715/64/80/100/100xc, 725/100, 743, 744, 745, 748, j200, j210.
 
EddynetSuite 3.1 is available in the Full Suite version or by modules for purchase and rental. Click on each module to find out more.
EddynetSuite - Acquisition
EddynetSuite - Analysis
EddynetSuite - Data Management
EddynetSuite - DQV
EddynetSuite - System Administration
CDS
Array Analysis
 
Eddynet®Suite 3.1 - Acquisition
Zetec offers a set of integrated software programs to optimize data acquisition for steam generator inspections. Software integration improves system communications, inspection rates, and data quality. This set of software includes: Eddynet Fixture Control, Auto Acquisition, Inspection Planning and Management, and Probe Pusher.
 
EddynetSuite - Acquisition License or Rental includes:
  • ZAC Acquire
  • ZAC Auto
  • Fixture Control (includes Machine Vision)
  • ZR-1 Fixture Control
  • Pusher Control
  • Interface 30d
  • Probe Inventory Management - PIMS
  • EddynetSuite - System Administration
     
    Eddynet® ZAC
    Eddynet® Zetec Acquisition Control (ZAC) provides state-of-the-art automated and manual eddy current data acquisition. ZAC combines all of the programs currently used for data acquisition, such as Acquire and Probe Pusher, into a single program. Rolling these programs into one integrated interface eliminates duplicate controls.
     
    With ZAC, users remotely position the fixture and probe, as well as acquire the data for a given tube. All controls needed for a task are centralized in one window. Shifting between individual programs to control the fixture, probe pusher, and data acquisition unit is no longer necessary. Once data is acquired, the user automatically moves on to the next tube according to the inspection plan and repeats the tasks for data acquisition.
     
    Key Features:
  • Automated sequential data acquisition using the test plans provided by Zetec's Eddynet
        Inspection Management System
  • Integration of Fixture Control, Acquisition, and Pusher Control programs into a single program
  • Single window design with pop-up dialog boxes for setting system parameters
  • Simplified control for Data Acquisition
  • Improved LAN Communications with Power PC-based instruments
  • Data acquisition with MIZ 70 using up to four probes
  • Improved fixture locating with SM-25
  • Automated probe positioning using encoders, voltage threshold, and sensing coils
  • Supports the SM-22 and SM-25 fixtures controlled by the UFC-1, the MIZ-30 and MIZ-70
        Data Acquisition Units, 10D Probe Pusher with PM-3A Control Box and the Power PC PM-3A
     
    Eddynet® Fixture Control
    Eddynet Fixture Control software enables operators to accurately move the Remote Fixture's robotic arms and correctly locate tubes for eddy current data collection. Three operating modes-Free Run, Manual, or Inspection Planning-allow operators maximum flexibility in controlling calibration, manual movement within the generator bowl, selective tube location, and automated data acquisition according to pre-set inspection plans.
     
    Eddynet®Suite - Analysis
    For nearly 20 years, Zetec has been on the forefront of software for eddy current data analysis, automating tasks for fast, efficient, cost-effective inspections of steam generators. EddynetSuite Analysis will help you process your data more effectively, in less time. Test parameters are customizable according to your plant design. Then store your parameters in setup files to ensure repeatable, reliable results. Computer Data Screening saves time by automatically previewing data files and flagging data segments that require further in-depth investigation.
     
    Key Features:
  • Advanced mixing and filtering
  • Access to data history
  • Access to current Inspection Management (EIMS) results
  • Report Validation
  • Automatic Calibration
  • Automatic Locating
  • Multi-Stripchart Display
  • Multi-Lissajous Display
  • Built-In Resolution Compare program
  • Auto Report Entry Utilities
  • Auto Edit Sheets for tracking changes to the final report
  • Data Slewing to support multicoil probes
     
    EddynetSuite - Analysis License or Rental includes:
  • Analysis
  • Crackmap
  • Bobbin Profile
  • VVER Locating
  • DSR Viewer
  • MRPC
  • Raster Scan
  • Multicoil Profile
  • Eddy Tools
  • APTS
  • EddynetSuite - System Administration
     
    MRPC Analysis with Crackmap and Auto Crackmap
    This Eddynet® software program processes and presents rotating probe data in a C-scan format. The C-scan presentation gives analysts an effective tool for evaluating indications in eddy current data.
     
    MRPC® Analysis supports single- and 3-coil MRPC probe heads. For data acquisition with 3-coil probe heads, Zetec's "data slewing" feature aligns each coil response to eliminate the offset between coils. For accurate coil recognition, the analyst can clearly identify data channels with user-defined labels.
     
    Indication sizing tools are built into the axial and circumferential Lissajous signal displays. These display windows use independent calibration curves and voltage settings. Voltage and phase measurements, as well as report entries, have separate controls for each display.
     
    Auto Crackmap is a supplement to MRPC Analysis with Crackmap software. Auto Crackmap uses the workstation computer's power and speed to pre-screen rotating probe data and flag indications according to the analyst's preset criteria. It provides detailed information on the width, length, and orientation of found indications. Auto Crackmap saves the time spent manually viewing each data file and enables the data analyst to efficiently review only the data of interest.
     
    One easy-to-use edit window with pull-down menus and dialog boxes allows the analyst to quickly select parameters. On/Off toggle buttons make selection changes with just one mouse click. Parameter selection with Auto Crackmap includes setting the sort criteria to check for the correct test extents. Built-in Sample Rate Check easily enables/disables with a toggle button. When enabled, Auto Crackmap checks that each data file's sample rate is acceptable.
     
    Bobbin Profile
    The Eddynet® Bobbin Profile software module provides additional analysis capabilities for digital recordings of eddy current inspection data and is compatible with the MIZ®-18, MIZ-30, and MIZ-70 Acquisition systems. It was developed to assess the results of the mechanical expansion process used within the tubesheet region of a steam generator. It also provides all of the functionality necessary for signal graphics printing, profile analysis and display, and final report generation.
     
    Two analysis modes are available for Bobbin Profile: Manual and Auto. In the Manual mode, all functions are activated by the user through the Bobbin Profile interface. In the Auto mode, the software can to configured to automatically make measurements according to user-defined criteria. It advances from one tube to the next until a calibration group is completed.
     
    A standard 4FLC (four centering feet-long cone bobbin) coil is recommended for this application. The 4FLC probe provides the rigidity and near- constant centering required of the probe coil by the system. These two attributes minimize the probe motion "noise" in the tubesheet area and provide stability in signal response. Data collected from any bobbin type probe, however, can be used.
     
    This program relies on the assumption that the inside diameter of the tube is always symmetric (not distorted) at any given axial position.
     
    Multicoil Profile
    Zetec's Eddynet® Multicoil Profile program is a supplement to the Eddynet Analysis Software. Compatible with the MIZ®-18, MIZ-30, and MIZ-70 Acquisition systems, it evaluates data that has been acquired with 4, 6, 8, 10, 12. 14, 16, 24 or 32-coil array probes and displays cross-sectional and cylindrical tube profiles. Data can be acquired from either inside or outside the tube. Applications include measuring dent displacement, bulge displacement, and wall loss on control rods.
     
    Computer Data Screening (CDS)
    Today, CDS is routinely used to support government inspections of multiple steam generator designs and recently qualified for EPRI SSPD. CDS is now the industry's premiere software tool to screen eddy current data for indications.
     
    Maximum inspection efficiency and cost effectiveness are primary goals for CDS. The newly revamped user interface has one easy-to-use edit window. Drop-down lists and default value listings help the analyst quickly create and define the sorts. Cut-and-Paste features allow the analyst to apply redundant parameters to multiple fields faster. Analysts have the flexibility to screen for a variety of discontinuities, simultaneously, to satisfy a wide range of steam generator designs and inspection needs. Screening parameters are applied to single or multiple regions of the tube.
     
    Zetec provides on-going support for CDS with its dedicated Software Development Team and Software Specialists. They are ready to find solutions for your inspections.
     
    CDS screens for a wide variety of physical, structural and metallurgical conditions:
  • Dents
  • Sludge
  • Tube Support (TSP) mix residual
  • PWSCC
  • ODSCC
  • Thinning
  • Impingement
  • AVB Wear
  • Non-expansion at the top of the tubesheet
  • Sample rate compliance
  • Extent of test
  • Possible Loose Parts (PLP)
  • Manufacturing Burnish Marks (MBM)
  • PLI (possible ligament cracking at Tube support)
  • DNI (Dents with flaw like indications)
     
    Eddynet®Suite - Data Management
    Eddynet Data Management software products enable data managers and analysts to organize and coordinate all aspects of eddy current data acquisition, analysis, and management.
     
    EddynetSuite - Data Management License or Rental includes:
  • Inspection Planning System (IPS)
  • Inspection Management System (IMS)
  • Historical Management System (HMS)
  • DSR & Viewer
  • Probe Inventory Management (PIMS)
  • EIMS-SG
  • APTS
  • Tubesheet Builder
  • EddynetSuite - System Administration
     
    Eddynet® Inspection Management System
    Eddy current inspections begin with creation of an inspection database that contains information about the steam generator. EIMS includes more than 100 steam generator, heat exchanger, and condenser model files to make the inspection database faster and easier to create. From the model file, Data Managers can create and easily customize a user-defined tubesheet to suit each inspection's unique parameters. This information includes:
  • Tubesheet layouts
  • Test plans
  • Landmark tables
  • Indication codes
  • Test results
  • Calibration groups
     
    The EIMS interface displays a tubesheet map as the main work area. Using the mouse cursor, Data Managers insert predefined test characters onto the main tubesheet map. Data Managers can use this map to easily create test plans and schedule tests. Acquisition then uses these test plans to collect data.
     
    After data is analyzed, the results are appended to the database. Results from all analysis groups-primary, secondary, and resolution-are appended and stored in the Inspection Management database. Data Managers can use the results to create reports from any or all of the analysis groups, including CDS, Sludge, and Third-Party results.
     
    The built-in query feature enables the Data Manager to search for selected data and create maps, statistical reports, and other report entry listings. An additional feature, Auto Reporting, stores recurring standardized queries and reports to save time producing daily reports.
     
    HMS
    Zetec 's Historical Management System (HMS) stores all data analysis results for each generator inspection. Data Managers can create a variety of queries from data stored in the HMS database. For example, Data Managers can create an outage record that lists dents only from a specific outage or a selection of outages. Plugs and Sleeves can be designated on the main tubesheet - an exclusive HMS feature.
     
    Query results of the HMS database can be imported directly into EIMS and compared to the current outage results. This allows Data Managers to quickly determine unaddressed history. Comma or space delimited text file formats are supported to extract data from previous outage records.
     
    HMS integration enables data display in Eddynet Analysis so that historical calls can be addressed in the current inspection. HMS supports Data Segment Recall so analysts can review report entries with data segments. Additionally, the DSR software includes the Data File Recall (DFR) feature that searches for raw data and displays the complete raw data file in Eddynet Analysis.
     
    Query results of the database can be exported in ASCII format to support other software formats such as Microsoft Excel and Word.
     
    DSR with DFR
    Data Segment Recall with Data File Recall (DSR with DFR) uses the power of database technology to expand the review capabilities during an eddy current inspection. DSR provides maximum data recall speed and data storage efficiency. DSR uses the EIMS database to create its own database and can store an unlimited number of report entries for a single outage. With DSR, a data analyst can simultaneously view multiple data windows and make side-by-side comparisons of current and previous outage data. Data display requests can be made directly from the Eddynet Analysis and HMS programs or DSR is fully functional as a stand-alone program.
     
    Database setup for DSR is intuitive with simple pull-down menus and file selection dialog boxes. The analyst selects the survey method from two options: All report entries or Flaw calls only.
     
    DSR can automatically create data segments from Eddynet Analysis and Computer Data Screening (CDS) criteria to take advantage of available Eddynet data measurement and screening features. With DSR, a data segment displays in the familiar Lissajous window format along with all report entry information. DSR generates a "master report" that lists all report entries specified by the data analyst during DSR database creation. DSR includes the Data File Recall (DFR) feature that searches for raw data and displays the complete raw data file in Eddynet Analysis or MRPC Analysis.
     
    PIMS
    Probe Inventory Management System (PIMS) is specifically designed for storing information about eddy current inspection probes. The database provides convenient access to the probe information you need. Real-time reports inform project managers and acquisition supervisors about the current probe status.
     
    At the inspection start, all probe part records (head, shaft, motor unit, and slip ring) are entered into a PIMS database and mounted remotely for access by the Acquisition operators. As an option, operators can update probe part records with installation and removal information. Installation records include the date, time, fixture type, guide tube, generator leg, and vessel identification. Separate records are available for removal information including date, time, operator, and reason for removal. Each raw data file contains the name and serial number of the probe used during data acquisition.
     
    When analysts review a raw data file, each analysis report entry generated also contains the probe information. Analysts can edit any probe information field with a "Build Report" function. When report entries are appended to the EIMS database, probe performance information can be extracted and entered into the PIMS database.
     
    APTS
    Analyst Performance Tracking System (APTS) is a training tool to help analysts evaluate their performance during an eddy current inspection. The program stores all analyst information in an APTS database. Using the APTS database, an analyst can generate specific reports according to types of indications being overlooked or overcalled. With instant feedback, APTS facilitates communication between primary/secondary and resolution analysts.
     
    APTS provides two operating levels - Admin/Master (licensed) or Standard (non-licensed). Both modes are password protected. In the Admin/Master mode, lead analysts create and modify the APTS database.
     
    As the Admin/Master, analysts can create statistical and performance reports for specific individuals or for all of the analysts on a specific generator. Standard mode provides access to an individual analyst's own records, including changing the password. An analyst in Standard mode can also create statistical and performance reports according to the current log-in name and password.
     
    IAS
    Inspection Administration System (IAS) is for tracking the current analysis status of Calibration Groups. During an inspection, IAS streamlines system administration to make the administrator's job more efficient.
     
    Current status continuously updates and displays the calibration group entries in the main window. Multiple IAS windows can run side-by-side and are resizable, collapsible (minimize) and expandable (maximize) according to current tasks or preference
     
    IAS has a built-in "message" function that delivers timely information to a valid remote host. Administrators can attach an X Window bitmap (xbm) to display with the message as well as custom-define the button labels in the dialog box.
     
    Eddynet®Suite - DQV
    Data Quality Verification. Together with utility inspection experts, Zetec has taken the leadership role in developing tools that verify data quality during acquisition. As one of these tools, Zetec offers Eddynet® Data Quality Verification (DQV) software.
     
    DQV is a stand-alone software application that monitors data quality at the first stage of the eddy current data collection process. DQV continuously scans the acquisition data according to variables set by the user in ZAC Site Configuration. Scanning data eliminates manual checking, as well as the delay associated with searching for data and determining its quality. DQV also meets all requirements for Independent Tube Verification according to Revision 6 of the EPRI ISI Guideline.
     
    EddynetSuite - DQV License or Rental includes:
  • DQV
  • EddynetSuite - System Adminstration
     
    Eddynet®Suite - System Administration
    During an inspection, Zetec's System Administration Software streamlines system administration to make the administrator's job more efficient. Current status continuously updates and displays the calibration group entries in the main window. Multiple windows can run side-by-side and are resizable, collapsible (minimize) and expandable (maximize) according to current tasks or preference. The software's built-in "message" function delivers timely information to a valid remote host. Administrators can attach an X Window bitmap (xbm) to display with the message, as well as custom-define the button labels in the dialog box.
     
    EddynetSuite - System Administration License or Rental includes:
  • Zetec-built System Administration Tools
     
    Additional Information & Purchase
    Eddynet®Suite 3.1 Data Sheet
    This software requires a password from Zetec for operation. To order our software, please email Zetec for catalog numbers, current pricing, and ordering information.
     
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