Application Notes

Inspection of a Welded T-joint

25th November 2019

The most common defects in T-joint welds are cracks, lack of fusion and lamellar tearing all of which can be inspected with conventional ultrasonic methods.

Application Notes

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

Spot-Weld Ultrasonic Inspection

18th November 2019

Sonatest rubber tips are designed to be used with the RDT delay line family and offer an effective alternative to the more traditional approach of water filled contact probes.

Application Notes

FMC/TFM Technique for Defect Characterisation

18th November 2019

The TFM technique is not affected by the beam size; the algorithm creates a virtual focus on every pixel of the image.

Application Notes

Inspection of Composite Materials

24th October 2019

Composites have become a dominant material in the Aerospace, Automotive and Energy sectors as well as many more areas where they are providing innovative solutions over the conventional materials used in the past. Here we discuss the ultrasonic inspection methods for composite materials.