Rail

Structural Welds – AWS Inspection

13th December 2019

The Sonatest WAVE instrument with its Interactive Scan-Plan can significantly optimise the visualisation of the weld joints since the A-Scan signal is displayed along the sound path, allowing a comprehensive identification of potential defect locations.

Solutions

Dual Linear Array (DLA) – Manual Weld Inspection

11th December 2019

Due to the material composition and grain structure, weld inspection of austenitic stainless steels and some other exotic material such as nickel alloys is difficult to perform with shear wave scans.

Solutions

Dual Linear Array (DLA) – Encoded Weld Inspection

11th December 2019

Dual Linear Array probes provide an adaptive and modular solution for weld inspection of material with high signal attenuation as they can significantly improve signal to noise ratio.

Solutions

Shaft Inspection Using Phased-Array Compared to Other Techniques

27th November 2019

The main purpose of this article is to suggest a new multi-orientated Phased Array (PA) inspection, which could reduce the cleaning and disassembly of shaft assembly in general.

Technical Papers

Rail Bolt Hole Inspection

18th November 2019

This application note highlights the use of phased array ultrasonics to reliably perform the bolt hole inspection in a more time efficient manner.

Application Notes