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Type 4229 - Hycrophone Calibrator - Unboxed

Type 4229

HYDROPHONE CALIBRATOR

Hydrophone Calibrator Type 4229 is a precision, high-quality sound pressure source. It delivers an easy method to calibrate sound measuring systems by employing a HBK Hydrophones in air.

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Hydrophone Calibrator Type 4229 is designed to calibrate HBK Hydrophones Type 8100, 8101, 8103 and 8105. The hydrophone calibrator provides a quick and easy method to calibrate sound measuring systems employing HBK Hydrophones, in air.

If required, sound pressure levels produced in the couplers can be monitored by a 1/2-inch microphone, giving a calibration accuracy of within 0.3 dB. The hydrophone calibrator is compact and battery operated, suitable for both field and laboratory use.

  • Calibration of HBK Hydrophones with Type 8106 specifically, requiring Coupler WA-0658
  • Calibration of sound measuring systems employing Microphones Type 4133, 4134, 4189 and 4190
  • Field calibration
  • Reference standard
Hydrophone Calibrator - Type 4229 Data Sheets English

Using a dummy hydrophone, the microphone itself can be calibrated. All Brüel & Kjær Hydrophone Calibrators undergo individual factory calibration making them traceable to NIST. 

The hydrophone calibrator works like a pistonphone. A sound pressure is produced in the coupler cavity by oscillating pistons. This arrangement is an original Brüel & Kjær design, and consists of four pistons mounted symmetrically around a cam disc. Rotating the cam disc moves the pistons in and out of the coupler cavity in phase.

The design reduces the effect of cam disc eccentricity and harmonic distortion and ensures maximum sound pressure level stability.

The tone, of 251.2Hz, is electronically controlled for ±0.1%.
At this frequency, the sensitivity of Brüel & Kjær Hydrophones in air and in water is almost identical, so they can be calibrated in air without any significant loss of accuracy.

The sound pressure levels produced in the coupler volumes are typically 156.5, 166, 162 and 151.5 re 1 mPa for Hydrophones Types 8101, 8103, 8100/04 and 8105 respectively. Accurate values for these levels are given on the calibration chart supplied with each calibrator.

Three couplers are provided for calibrating Brüel & Kjær Hydrophones. A coupler (WA-0658, typical sound pressure level 152 dB) for calibrating Hydrophone Type 8106 is available as an accessory. Such high levels mean that hydrophones can be calibrated even in very noisy areas.

The calibration is done by using the dummy hydrophone (DO-0077) and coupler UA-0548. When calibrated, this microphone can be used to monitor the actual sound pressure level inside any coupler volume during hydrophone calibrations. 

By comparing the sound pressure levels measured by the microphone and the hydrophone, a more accurate hydrophone calibration can be made. Variations in atmospheric pressure in the range 650 hPa to 1080 hPa can be corrected for, in dB, using the barometer supplied.

The hydrophone calibrator can operate in the temperature range –10°C to +50°C (14°F to122°F) without significant loss of accuracy. 

 

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