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Automated NDT Inspection Equipment Manufacturers and World-Wide Suppliers |
| First Delivery of Elastic Array Technology | |
| Midas-NDT have delivered their first Elastic Array Technology System to a UK aerospace company. | |
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In order to carry out manual or semi-automated inspection of RTM enclosed sections a new patented inspection method has been developed by Midas-NDT using a phased-array technique. The technique uses two ultrasonic phased-array probes mounted on a ‘dovetail’ slide that allows the arrays to move up and down to achieve 100% coverage on a tapering internal support stringer. |
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The mechanism enables the arrays to maintain their positions and merely move closer together as the height of the component aperture reduces. This allows the instrument to acquire two c-scans (one from each transducer array), each c-scan will reveal all necessary data from the component as follows: The top transducer will reveal data from the top of the support stringer in the full height of the transducer array. The bottom transducer will reveal data from the bottom of the support stringer in the full height of the transducer array. | |
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| An immersion system pulls individual holders through the component using a precision encoded chain drive system and full c-scan data is presented from a single pass. | |