then the required equipment is limited. The ultrasonic part of the system, including the data acquisition and control components, costs in the region of a few thousand euros, which is negligible when compared to the cost of other P/M inspection tools. On the contrary, the most expensive part of the system is the industrial robot, but the software has been designed in such a way that it can be easily
adapted to any robot type. This flexibility allows to either use an existing robot if they have one or to adapt a second hand robot. The accuracy required for the inspection is relatively low when talking about industrial robots, so a medium spec robot is suitable for this application.