ULTRASONIC THICKNESS GAUGING

This course offers a high practical content and relevant theoretical background to enable students to achieve a basic understanding of ultrasonic inspection.Candidates on completion of the course will be able to calibrate the flaw detector with both compression and shear wave probes, record accurate thickness measurements and locate and size lamination’s in steel plate. In addition students will be able to select the correct compression / shear wave probes for the examination of welded butt joints, locate and size defects and finally produce acceptable reports. This course is ideal for candidate NDT inspectors, consulting engineers, senior managers as well as those directly involved in starting a career in non-destructive testing activities.

PRACTICE

  • Acquaintance with the relevant equipment (thickness gauge, probes, calibration blocks, couplants)
  • Calibration of the thickness gauge
  • Thickness gauging in several training samples(both plates and pipes)

THEORY

  • Basic concepts
  • Nature of sound
  • Relevant formula
  • Wave propagation
  • Relevant standards
  • Reporting method
  • Material technology
  • Assessment of discontinuities

EXAMINATIONS

With the completion of the training the candidate can sit the examinations for certification according to SNT-TC-1A. Training and Examinations shall be done in English only.