The Dakota VX is a hand-held ultrasonic velocity gauge. When measuring materials such as casts, alloys, or plastics, the VX displays the speed of sound (velocity) through the material; thus giving an indication of its consistency.

With the hand-held VX Ultrasonic Velocity gauge, you can determine material velocities by measuring a known thickness, entering a known thickness into the VX, and the material velocity will be displayed. The tool’s backlit display is easy to read, even in dim light, and the unit operates for up to 200 hours on a single set of batteries.

The VX gauge has 2 measuring modes: The Point-to-Point mode, which is simply placing the probe to the material and the gauge will display the velocity at that point. The Scan mode allows the operator to place the probe on the material and then move the probe along the surface; when the probe is lifted from the material, it will then display the fastest velocity the gauge found on the area covered.

DAKOTA公司VX是一種手持式超聲波聲速測(cè)定儀(球化率儀)。當(dāng)被測(cè)定的材料是鑄件、合金或者塑料時(shí)，VX就會(huì)測(cè)出聲波穿過(guò)它們時(shí)的速度。當(dāng)VX發(fā)出的聲波穿入一個(gè)已知厚度的被測(cè)材料后，速度就會(huì)被顯示在屏幕上，因此，可得出所測(cè)材料內(nèi)部組織是否緊密無(wú)缺陷。如可預(yù)先將球墨鑄鐵不同球化率百分比(通過(guò)金相法)試樣做出，分別測(cè)量其不同的聲速值，然后和實(shí)際工件的聲速值進(jìn)行比較，以此判斷球化率情況。用于對(duì)鑄件進(jìn)行批量檢查。

VX超聲波速度計(jì)有兩個(gè)測(cè)量模式，一個(gè)是點(diǎn)對(duì)點(diǎn)測(cè)量模式，在該模式下只需要簡(jiǎn)單地將探頭接觸被測(cè)材料表面，顯示屏就會(huì)顯示聲波進(jìn)入這個(gè)點(diǎn)的速度。而另一個(gè)模式，掃描模式，可以讓使用者將探頭接觸被測(cè)物表面，然后沿著被測(cè)物表面游走，當(dāng)探頭從被測(cè)物表面拿開(kāi)后，顯示屏?xí)@示游走區(qū)域的聲波速度。