The Objectives

The project will enable significant technological progress to be made in a challenging area that has seen little development work to date. The new ultrasonic system will provide defect imaging and analysis at much greater convenience and speed than currently exists.

Strategic Objectives Addressed

  • To increase scientific understanding of the transmission of phased array generated ultrasonic waves in thin plate materials and welds
  • To increase scientific understanding of the interaction of ACFM generated fields with defects in thin plate weld materials
  • To develop an automated inspection system for thin steel gauge weld, consisting of:
    A prototype manipulator combining the three sub-system in one unit
  • To validate the final prototype by carrying out laboratory and field trials.

To validate the final prototype by carrying out laboratory and field trials

European Commission Seventh Framework Programme
This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 283284.