Advanced NDT

Over the last 40 years, TWI has been at the forefront of the research, development and application of many non-destructive testing (NDT) technologies. The driving force behind these developments has been industry's need for techniques that would accurately locate, characterise and size flaws in every type of component and structure, from printed circuit boards to offshore platforms and from medical implants to nuclear reactor pressure vessels.

An extensive resource

What makes TWI's NDT capability invaluable is the huge range of interests of its Member companies. The problems posed by these companies have stimulated R&D aimed at generating technologies that will ensure the integrity of their products or infrastructure.

Technologies

The advanced NDT technologies in which TWI has unrivalled expertise include:

• Long range ultrasonic testing
• Time of flight diffraction
• Phased array ultrasonic testing
• Digital radiography
• Shearography
• Laser UT
• Alternating current field measurement
• Micro-focus X-ray