Weld Inspection

The quality of welds is becoming increasingly important as customer expectations rise. Products and components are expected to be of a high quality and not to fail unexpectedly. Such failures have large financial and social consequences that can often be avoided with the proper inspection techniques.

Inspecting welds can also reduce costs by detecting defects in the early stages of manufacturing, reducing the cost of customer returns and extending the life of components by detecting and correcting any defects.

Nondestructive testing (NDT) is a method used to ensure the integrity of structural welds in steel, aluminum and titanium. NDT methods identify cracking, porosity, incomplete penetration, inclusions, lack of sidewall fusions and similar defects, which can compromise weld strength. Portable flaw detectors and angle beam transducers are commonly used for weld inspection and are mandated by many welding codes and procedures. Phased array technology adds color to the image simplifying interpretation of results by creating cross-sectional pictures of a weld, as well as offering beam-steering and dynamic focusing capability. This is key in enhancing resolution in challenging applications. Phased array also offers full data storage; faster weld inspections and better reproducibility.

Our applications cover a wide range of industries:

• Aerospace
• Metals & castings
• Oil & gas
• Power generation
• Transportation

Applications

• T-joints
• Lap joints
• Butt welds
• Nozzle welds
• Girth welds
• Longitudinal submerged arc welds
• Electrical resistance weld
• Spiral submerged arc welds
• Fillet welds
• Automotive spot welds

Equipment

USM Vision Portable ultrasonic new pipe welding inspection system designed to replace X-ray	USM Go Lightest and most portable ultrasonic flaw detector	Phasor Series Digital flaw detectors combining conventional portable flaw detection with phased array imaging	SpotChecker Hand-held flaw-detector for testing spotwelds in situ on the production line	Weldstar Advanced automated ultrasonic girth weld inspection system for oil & gas pipelines
CRx Flex CR Scanner Industrial computed radiography scanner combines flexibility, reliability, dynamic range and ease-of-use.	XL Go VideoProbe Redefining video borescope inspection. No cords, no boxes - just outstanding image quality in an incredibly rugged and portable package.	XLG3 VideoProbe Today's most capable video borescope, the XLG3 features QuickChange probes that quickly reconfigure probe diameter and length..	microme|x DXR-HD high-resolution 180 kV microfocus system for real-time inspection of solder joints, electronic components and for automated inspection (µAXI).	Phasec 3 Series Portable dual-frequency eddy current flaw detector for detection of surface and sub-surface defects.