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Ultrasonic Immersion System For Space Shuttle Components
Ultrasonic Immersion System For Space Shuttle Components
Ultrasonic Immersion System For Space Shuttle Components
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brick tests
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moderator
as part of an assessment
Ultrasonic
inspection
rail
system
of the effects
of stresses
system which
at Zenica will
N DT & E International
April 1991
-New equipment
incorporate an automatic paint
sprayer to mark the location of
defects, user-friendly displays and
audible alarms. For each batch of
rail inspected, a colour-graphic
hard-copy inspection report will
be generated as evidence of testing.
Menu screens have been written
in Serbo-Croat for this
application, and heaters and
antifreeze for the immersion tank
will be able to keep the system
operational in Yugoslav winter
temperatures down to minus 15 C.
Sonornatic Ltd, 20 Rivington
Court, Hardwick Grange,
Woolston, Warrington WA 1 4RT,
UK
Ultrasonic immersion
system for Space
Shuttle components
A computerized ultrasonic
immersion system, including a
2.1 x 1.2 x 1.2m tank, has been
delivered by Physical Acoustics
Corporation to Marshall Space
Center in Huntsville, Alabama. For
testing composite components of
the space shuttle, the Marshall
System will be able to locate and
size structural flaws, such as
delaminations, cracks and voids.
The UltraPAC II will be used to
inspect parts of the space shuttle
intertank door and other
associated flight hardware.
UltraPAC II ultrasonic immersion testing system, for testing Space Shuttle components
Non-contact
measuring systems
Electro-optical inspection system
specialists, C. E. Johansson, have
introduced their Q-SEE
non-contact measuring systems to
replace the existing Vidicom
range. Q-SEE machines use
similar optical systems and
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