The Health and Safety Executive suggests that it is best practice to give UT operators a test sample to work on prior to starting the inspection. The PANI trials proved that many inspectors failed to find defects that were complex geometries.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/sragtech/ndt1.pdf
In response to this challenge the UT simulator has been designed to provide an inexpensive method way to Trade Test “before ye go” In this way UT people can easily visualise where the typical defect type might be.
In order that a customer can prove the competence of their UT people (and allow a trial test) our manual UT simulator has been designed to simulate
Variable surfaces including carbon steel, stainless, inconel duplex and cunifer..
Probe types parameters, crystal diameter and freqency.
All geometries and all defect types.
And also has the functionality to enable the email of virtual weld types to an operators laptop
Our clients are now able to test the competence of their UT technicians by using our simulated probes welds and defects. This trade test can be accomplished on or offshore in any conditions .
The results can be held as a permanent digital file for HSE audits.
AUT Auditor Training Boot Camps.
We have developed highly effective Transco approved AUT simulation based training for Welding Engineers and QA/QC people who need a fuller appreciation of:
Ultrasonic Inspection or Pipeline AUT.. (syllabus available on request) http://www.ruanetpo.com/pdf/autout.pdf
This laptop based Training is delivered in client offices, wherever in the world they may be.
Some of the clients who have participated this training include: Transco, ABS Singapore, DNV Singapore, Germanischer Lloyds, SubSea7, Stolt, BP Turkey, Gan Inspection Singapore and Ruane TPO'Neil Rotherham UK.
Our seminars are usually delivered in boot camp format over one to five days.
If you would like further information, please contact:
colin@autinspectors.com
or call United Kingdom +44 (0)1224 41 8888.
Colin,
Thank you for your quick response to my email from yesterday. I have been evaluating your UT simulator this morning and have just looked briefly at your Whalebone simulator. I must say, both are extremely impressive. No one in the US has anything close to what I have just looked at. I have trained personnel in UT since 1992 and would have loved to have your UT simulator to enhance the classroom experience. The average inspector in the states has a very difficult time visualizing the propagation of sound waves; you have eliminated this "brick wall" that I have encountered on numerous occasions.
President
Houston NDT training company