Typical Challenges of Long Seam Weld Inspection Inspecting a long seam—or axial—weld is challenging both acoustically and mechanically. From an acoustic standpoint, the tube geometry tends to defocalize the ultrasonic beam, reducing the potential imaging resolution. Long seam welds forged using the electrical resistance welding (ERW) manufacturing method are prone to difficult-to-detect defects such as vertical [...]
Dr. Tina Grillot, Cowley College associate vice president for workforce and community education, recently announced that Cowley College has been contracted by Wichita State University’s FirePoint Innovations Center to provide accelerated nondestructive testing (NDT) training at the Corpus Christi Army Depot in Texas. FirePoint, a partnership between Wichita State and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development [...]
We are pleased to confirm that our partners at PFINDER NDT have now gained AMS 2644 approval for Pfinder 923 fluorescent water washable penetrant. Pfinder 923 is now listed in the QPL-SAE-AMS-2644 and is being used especially for aviation components. As ever the GREEN NDT properties of PFINDER's products are multiple and the indications are bright [...]
WALTHAM, Mass., July 7, 2020—Using Olympus’ new AxSEAM scanner, inspectors can easily set up and inspect long seam welds, enabling them to work more independently in the field. Along with the OmniScan™ X3 flaw detector, the scanner is an integral part of the company's portable phased array ultrasonic testing inspection solutions targeting longitudinal weld inspection on [...]
OPTRONICS. an authorized General Services Administration Contractor, has received approval to add dozens of new video borescopes to their GSA contract. The OPTRONICS GSA Contract number is GS07F0193T. Eligible End Users & Government Buyers can now purchase a wide variety of innovative videoscopes, rigid borescopes, fiberscopes, light sources, cameras and other accessories for technical imaging through [...]
Synopsys and the Manufacturing Technology Centre are teaming up for a webinar this week on detecting and investigating defects in Additive Manufacturing using image-based modeling. This webinar will be of interest for anyone working with AM designs that want to better quantify the impact of differences between an "as-designed" and "as-built part", wherein deviations can cause [...]
Jacobs (NYSE:J) was selected by LLW Repository Ltd (LLWR) to provide multi-disciplinary technical services at the U.K.’s national disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste as sole service provider on the Repository Infrastructure Framework. The new four-year framework, effective June 2020, covers a wide range of services to help LLWR manage the repository, in West Cumbria, on [...]
In a small footprint that easily adapts to your scanning system… Innovation Polymers in partnership with the Materials Research Institute has developed an innovative phased array wedge design that incorporates a damping material with a low velocity refracting wedge for pulse-echo testing. Until a suitable damping material and processing technique was developed, the advantage of forward [...]
The eddyNCDT 3070 is a new, powerful eddy current measurement system from Micro-Epsilon that is suitable for high precision displacement, distance, position, runout, extension, thermal expansion and oil film thickness measurements in harsh industrial environments. The system is designed to work with the sub-miniature range of sensors that offer measuring ranges of less than 1mm and [...]
Phoenix Inspection Systems Limited have collaborated with Eclipse Scientific to enable customers to easily set up their scan plan through the ES BeamTool 9 software. The latest software release gives customers the ability to easily configure their Phoenix ISL phased array probes and wedges to ensure they have the best scanning coverage possible through great simulation. [...]