Ultracouple Dry Couplant
Sonemat’s Ultracouple Dry Couplant is a versatile, solid ultrasonic couplant designed for efficient and mess-free UT inspections. This innovative dry couplant ensures reliable contact on rough or irregular surfaces, making it perfect for thickness gauging, aerospace component inspection, and robotic UT systems. Its mouldable, clear formulation can be custom-sized and applied directly to probes, eliminating the need for liquid couplants and enhancing inspection accuracy.
£650
Ultracouple Dry Couplant revolutionizes ultrasonic testing (UT) by providing a clean, adaptable alternative to traditional liquid couplants. Packaged in a two-part system for mixing and degassing, Ultracouple offers exceptional deformability, allowing it to conform to irregular surfaces for optimal contact. Ideal for applications across industries such as aerospace, oil and gas, and energy, it delivers precision contact for various ultrasonic testing tasks, from pipeline thickness gauging to complex component inspections.
Key Advantages and Features:
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- Mess-Free UT Coupling: This solid, dry couplant eliminates the need for liquid coupling, reducing cleanup and enhancing precision for applications in challenging environments.
- Mouldable and CustomiSable: Ultracouple can be cast or cut to any size and shape, and even cured onto probes or samples, making it suitable for specialised inspections and robotic systems.
- Exceptional Performance on Uneven Surfaces: Its deformability allows consistent, reliable contact on rough or uneven surfaces, ideal for industrial components with complex geometries.
- Safe and Non-Toxic: With a non-toxic, non-hazardous formulation, Ultracouple is safe to handle and offers a user-friendly setup for diverse inspection needs.
Applications:
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- Non-destructive testing in energy, aerospace, and petrochemical industries
- Thickness gauging of pipelines and corrosion monitoring
- Precision inspection of complex or irregularly shaped components
- Robotic UT systems that benefit from dry coupling
| Ultrasonic velocity | ≈ 951m/s (longitudinal) |
| Ultrasonic Attenuation | ≈ 1dB/mm at 5MHz |
| Acoustic Impedance | ≈ 0.99MPa |
| Density | ≈ 1040kg/m^3 |
| Temperature Range | -45°C TO +200°C |
| Working Time at 25°C | 8 hours |
| Cure Time at 25°C | 336 hours |
| Heat Cure Time at 100°C | 75 minutes |
| Heat Cure Time at 125°C | 30 minutes |
| Tensile Strength | 7.6MPa |
| Tensile Modulus | 7.3MPa |
| Elongation | 105% |
| Tear Strength (Die B) | 17N/cm^2 |
| Durometer Shore A | 51 |
| Thermal Conductivity | 0.16 W/mK |
| Volume Resistivity | 1.61e^15 Ohm-cm |
| Specific Gravity (cured) | 1.03 |
| Viscosity (Part A or B) | 5.5 Pa-s |
| Viscosity (Mixed) | 4.6 Pa-s |
| Dielectric Strength | 19 kV/mm |
| UL Flammability Classification | 94 V-1 NA |
| Shelf Life at 25°C | 24 months |
Standard delivery via DHL courier. Custom delivery options available upon request.