Krautkrämer RokStar

Ultrasonic inspection solutions for small to large sized
and complex shaped aerospace composite parts• Market leading accuracy• Outstanding reliabilty• Highest productivity• High versatility• 40+ years experience• 50+ installations worldwide

Innovation starts here.

Taking composite inspection
performance to new heights

Inspection efficiency
at all levels
The system that will not let you down

Confidence in application expertise

The robust test mechanics are considered the most accurate
test mechanics in the market using low tolerance components to ensure maximum precision, even for the inspectionof large parts. This leads to unmatched homogeneity test
results in through transmission mode. Additional turntables
and part holders are available to inspect a wide varietyof component geometries. The coupling water supply unit
provides a three-stage filter technique to remove floating
particles and bacteria. It thereby guarantees high-quality
coupling water for every test application and facilitates thebest results over a long time span.

With more than 40 years of experience in automated industrial
inspection of aerospace parts and a large installed base
all around the globe, Waygate Technologies is a trusted
partner in aerospace material testing. Many customers operate multiple machines, having placed their trust in RokStar
for decades. The system is well established in the market
because of its proven productivity and performance.

Boosting your operations
Krautkrämer RokStar is a hybrid ultrasonic testing machine combining thedimensional control of cartesian gantry systems with the flexibility of articulating
robot solutions.
The result is a solid 13-axis scanning system with a broad field of application
and universal scanning possibility. Using a wide selection of tool sets, it canaccurately and efficiently inspect a large variety of manufactured parts: fromlarge, relatively flat wing skins to small, complex 3D components on defect types
like delaminations, inclusions, debondings, voids, porosity etc.

Rock solid design

Krautkrämer RokStar’s unique design guarantees enhanced stability during scanner movement. The scanner rides on twosteel beams in the primary X direction. All other axes are interpolating indexed axes. For scans of complex 3D parts, themachine uses an additional trigger axis to ensure equidistant data acquisition through the entire scan path. Individual testingmechanics designs and options like turntable, defect markers, customized tool sets etc. are availably to accommodate
different part inspection requirements.
The ultrasonic instrumentation used in the RokStar system is based on Waygate Technologies’ modular digital flaw detector
platform providing extreme flexibility in channel count and inspection setup.

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Machine interface

UT PA Channel

UT CV Channel

Ethernet switch

PC interface

Ultrasonic evaluation
workstation

Ultrasonic electronics
main frame

Fiber interface
PhasedArray SquirterPhased
Array Bubbler

Conventional Squirter

Optional secondary
workstation

Etc.

Based on a common platform and installed in an airconditioned cabinet a multitude of modular UT electronics
is available, ranging from high-precision single-channel
applications to external high-performance transmitters aswell as multi-channel phased array packages for criticalapplication needs and highest test speed requirements.
Pulse Echo and Through Transmission Inspection capabilities
are available individually but also in combination tomaximize productivity.

Our experts work closely with our customers to tackle anychallenge – from choosing the best overall inspection line
set-up to customized solutions for specific inspection tasks.
If desired application feasibility studies can be performedin our application lab.

Key Highlights:• High performance mechanics “Made in Germany”• Geometry teach-in from CAD models, laser metrology andmanual methods• Patented Reverse Phasing Contour Adaptation (RPCA)• ALOK data compression• 1 software to cover scan plan set-up & data evaluation• Data analysis to main aerospace manufacturing standards• Digital interfaces to Manufacturing Execution System (MES)• Compliant to main aerospace manufacturing standards• UT instruments compliant to all relevant NDT standards• On site UT instrument certification with our CERT-2 system• Local service support incl. global Tech-Support Team, remote
service and tailor made service agreements

Flexible answers for all
application needs

Krautkrämer RokStar comes with a wide range of special solution tool sets for all application needs
and highest scanning productivity.

Dual frequency inspection
in a single pass using
Waygate Technologies
annular ultrasonic transducer design, achievingtwice the throughput of
conventional single channelsquirters.

Wide area phasedarray TTU squirters

Waygate Technologies
patented phased arraysquirters provide up to a
15 mm wide scan area ina single pass.

Phased array skinbubbler

Provides Pulse Echo inspection with up to a 86 mm track
width in a single pass. Geometrical variations within thetest part are compensatedby Waygate Technologies
patented RPCA (Reverse
Phasing Contour Adaptation)
method.

PATEEDNTEDNT

PATEPhased array outsideradius bubbler

Inspects convex (outer)radii in a single scan
track/path. Geometricalvariations within the test
part are compensated byWaygate Technologies
patented RPCA
(Reverse Phasing Contour
Adaptation) method.

Extended squirter

Allows access to narrowpassages to facilitate
TTU inspection with anadditional rotational axis
at the end of the extenderand miniature squirter
nozzle.

For more detailed information, please visit our website orcontact your local sales representative.

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Stringer tool

Provides Pulse Echoinspection of the stringer
web of T-shaped stringers
or variations of it typicallyin a single pass at 100%coverage using a phasedarray probe with up to128 elements.

PATEEDNT

Conventional TTUsquirtersEDNTPATEEDNT

PATE

Phased array insideradius bubbler

Inspects concave (inner)radii in a single scan track/
path. Geometrical variations
within the test part arecompensated by
Waygate Technologies
patented RPCA (ReversePhasing Contour
Adaptation) method.