Eddyfi Technologies has launched Cypher®, a portable phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT) instrument the company says brings total focusing method (TFM) imaging and real-time PAUT/TOFD/PCI acquisition to inspectors without specialized training. Dominic Giguère, product manager at Eddyfi Technologies, called Cypher "the most advanced ultrasonic platform we've built, but also the most accessible."
The 6.6-kilogram unit, with one battery installed, measures 343 by 276 by 141 millimeters and runs on hot-swappable batteries, letting crews swap power without breaking a scan session. Its 307-millimeter (12.1-inch) TFT LCD touchscreen runs at 1280x800 pixels and stores data on a 2TB internal SSD. The housing is IP65 certified, drop-tested to MIL-STD810H, and rated for operation from -10 to 50 degrees Celsius, with an extended range down to -20 degrees Celsius and humidity tolerance up to 80 percent non-condensing.
What's new here is less the ultrasonic engine than the interface wrapped around it. Eddyfi built Cypher's setup and accessory detection to be automated and touchscreen-driven, targeting what the company frames as a widening gap between rising inspection demand in nuclear, aerospace, and energy work and a shrinking pool of experienced NDT technicians. Engineers running shutdown-window inspections with mixed-experience crews will care about whether that setup automation actually cuts down on re-run scans and second-guessed configurations, since that time is usually the real cost of a shutdown window.
Eddyfi is pairing the hardware launch with a Customer Success Program built around System Performance Verification (SPV), a field check that runs through a guided on-screen workflow and outputs a timestamped pass/fail report without shipping the instrument out. Operators can submit SPV results annually to Eddyfi for an official Certificate of Conformance, though the company notes SPV supplements rather than replaces accredited calibration. Only Eddyfi's service team can make the internal adjustments needed if a unit drifts out of tolerance.
SPV is tied specifically to Cypher 1.2, the current software build, and runs either remotely or through Eddyfi's global service centers.
