Miniature Angle Beam Transducers and Wedges are used primarily for testing of weld integrity. Their design allows them to be easily scanned back and forth and provides a short approach distance. Angle beam transducers are single element transducers used with a wedge to introduce a refracted shear wave or longitudinal wave into a test piece.

Advantages:
• Three-material design of our Accupath wedges improves signal-to-noise characteristics while providing excellent wear resistance
• High temperature wedges available for in-service inspection of hot materials
• Wedges can be customized to create nonstandard refracted angles
• Available in interchangeable or integral designs
• Contouring available
• Wedges and integral designs are available with standard refracted angles in aluminum

Applications:
• Flaw detection and sizing
• For time-of-flight diffraction transducers see page 25
• Inspection of pipes, tubes, forgings, castings, as well as machined and structural components for weld defects or cracks

Configuration : wedge
Other characteristics : high-temperature
Applications : angle beam, shear wave