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Non Destructive Testing & Evaluation

Evaluations in this laboratory center around three areas:  quality control and production reliability, production operations and development of special techniques to fulfill a client's unique requirements.

The laboratory utilizes radiography and/or other approaches to assist clients in obtaining quality assurance.  Testing results in the realization of such manufacturing goals as improved quality through flaw detection, rejection of substandard materials before finishing, establishment of standards, the elimination or minimization of costly failures, and the improvement of design integrity.  These techniques are also employed to determine if test specimens are representative of the material or structure and to indicate anomalous areas prior to testing.  The capabilities of the NDT&E Laboratory are as follows: 

• X-Rays to 50kV to 320kV
• Collimated scanning radiography

NDT&E special project involvement spans a variety of industries, from the investigation of the failure of micro-circuit glass-to-metal seals and the bonding methodology of materials used to fabricate artillery shells, to the refinement of high resolution non-film radiography for the aircraft industry.