Cygnus 6 plus General Purpose Multi-Mode Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge
The Cygnus 6 PLUS PRO has a range of features for the professional user including, multi-mode measuring capabilities, A-scan, real-time B‑scan, manual and automatic gain control and comprehensive data logging.
Designed for the harshest of environments with a simple to use keypad and intuitive menus. It incorporates a bright colour LCD display and an end mounted rotatable OLED display for easy viewing in hands free and rope access applications.
The twin shot injection moulded enclosure has a soft but durable TPE outer skin which is both comfortable and extremely durable while the inner shell is strong, keeping the electronics totally sealed from the outside world.
The unit still relies on Multiple-Echo to provide simple and accurate measurements, with the added benefit of Echo-Echo and Single-Echo using twin crystal probes for extreme corrosion. Echo‑Echo for measurements on painted metals but with heavy back wall corrosion / pitting and Single-Echo for measurements on uncoated surfaces with heavy front face and/or back-wall corrosion and attenuative materials such as cast metals or plastics / composites.
Key features of Cygnus 6 plus General Purpose Multi-Mode Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge
- Multiple-Echo for reliable, accurate through coating measurements
- Single-Echo and Echo-Echo measuring modes with twin crystal probes for extreme corrosion and back wall pitting
- A-scan display
- Real time B-scan display
- Comprehensive data logging capabilities
- Bluetooth connectivity
- MSI™ (Measurement Stability Indicator) used in Single‑Echo and Echo-Echo measurement modes
- Large bright colour LCD screen with back light
- Deep-coat mode, measure through coatings up to 20 mm thick
- Wrist mountable
- Minimum / maximum measurement limit functions with visual and vibrate alert
- Intuitive easy to use menu
- Extremely rugged enclosure – shock and impact to US MIL STD 810G
- Environmental sealing to IP67 – US MIL STD 810G
- Cygnus echo strength bars to assist quick measurements
- Buttons integral with the TPE moulding and designed for min 100,000 depressions.
Applications
- Echo-Echo and Single-Echo using twin crystal probes for extreme corrosion
- Echo‑Echo for measurements on painted metals but with heavy back wall corrosion / pitting
- Single-Echo for measurements on uncoated surfaces with heavy front face and/or back-wall corrosion and attenuative materials such as cast metals or plastics / composites
Technical specifications
| Materials |
Sound velocities between 2000 - 9000 m/s - covers virtually all common engineering materials |
| Accuracy |
±0.1 mm or 0.1% of thickness measurement, whichever is greatest, when calibrated in accordance with Cygnus Instruments calibration procedure |
| Resolution |
Multiple-Echo mode - 0.1 mm or 0.05 mm Single-Echo and Echo-Echo modes - 0.01 mm |
| Probes |
| Single crystal probes: |
6 mm - 5 MHz (S5A) 13 mm - 2.25 MHz (S2C (standard)), 3.5 MHz (S3C) or 5 MHz (S5C) 19 mm - 2.25 MHz (S2D) |
| Twin crystal probes: |
5 mm - 7.5 MHz (T7A) 8 mm - 5 MHz (T5B (standard)) 13 mm - 2 MHz (T2C (for attenuative materials such as cast metals, plastics and composites)) 10 mm - 5 MHz (HT5) |
| Measurement Range in Steel |
| Single crystal probes in Multiple-Echo: |
3 - 250 mm with 2.25 MHz probe (S2C/D) 2 - 150 mm with 3.5 MHz probe (S3C) 1 - 50 mm with 5 MHz probe (S5C/A) |
| Twin crystal probes in Single-Echo: |
2 - 250 mm with 2 MHz probe (T2C) 1.5 - 200 mm with 5 MHz probe (T5B) 0.7 - 50 mm with 7.5 MHz probe (T7A) |
| Twin crystal probes in Echo-Echo: |
5 - 50 mm with 2 MHz probe (T2C) 4 - 50 mm with 5 MHz probe (T5B) 3 - 25 mm with 7.5 MHz probe (T7A) |
| Connector |
Twin Lemo 00 |
| Power |
3 x AA batteries |
| Battery Life |
10 hours minimum |
| Electronics |
Dual channel pulser |
| Display |
2.4" quarter VGA LCD and end-mounted OLED (rotatable) |
| Operating Temp. |
-10°C to 50°C |
| Data Logging |
Capacity up to 5000 points including A-scans |
| Computer Software |
CygLink allows remote logging and viewing of A-scan graphs. Survey and report generation to PDF file. Data can be exported as a .CSV file. Graphic analysis of data and statistical calculations. Designed for Windows 7 and Windows 8. |
| Environmental Rating |
IP67 (dust tight and immersion - 1 metre for 30 mins) MIL STD 810G Method 501.6 (high temp +55°C) MIL STD 810G Method 502.6 (low temp -20°C) MIL STD 810G Method 507.6 (humidity 95%) MIL STD 810G Method 512.6 (immersion - 1 metre for 30 mins) |
| Shock and Impact |
MIL STD 810G Method 514.7 (vibration - 1 hour each axis) MIL STD 810G Method 516.7 (shock 20g - 11ms half sine shock pulse, 40g 11ms in each axis) MIL STD 810G Method 516.7 (26 drops - transit drop 1.22 m) |
| Compliance |
CE, British Standard BS EN 15317:2013 |
| Environmental |
RoHS, WEEE compliant |
