NDT Method Overview: Visual Testing
Visual testing might be called the foundation of NDT. Looking at a technical component during and after manufacturing must have been the first attempt to perform quality control.
What to Do in an NDT Audit
Nondestructive testing audits are increasingly prevalent in all sectors of NDT. Some of the many duties of auditors are to verify that the company’s NDT procedure aligns with the customer’s requirements and to witness technicians performing inspections to those requirements.
“This Is ChatGPT; How May I Help You?”
ChatGPT has gone viral, beating all previous records of user engagement and social media domination. We wanted to find out how much does ChatGPT know about NDE 4.0 and if it learns from our interactions.
Phased Array, FMC/TFM, and the Future of Ultrasonic Testing on Chat NDT with ASNT
Learn how phased array ultrasonic testing evolved from conventional UT in this month’s episode of Chat NDT with ASNT.
And the Winner Is … ASNT’s First UT Competition
Six Level IIs were brave enough to try their hand at some very difficult corrosion and weld samples during ASNT’s first UT Competition.
Free! Materials Evaluation Technical Focus Issue on Digital Image Correlation
Learn more about digital image correlation (DIC) in the November 2022 digital edition of Materials Evaluation—now free online.
UT Drones in Material Evaluation: Automated Exterior UT Inspections of Aboveground Storage Tank Shells in Class 1 Division 2 (ATEX Zone 2) Hazardous Locations
Drones have become common for remote visual inspection of industrial assets, in part because they provide so much data, including data for things a human sometimes can’t see.
Explore the Future of AI/ML in NDT in Latest Episode of Chat NDT with ASNT
Artificial intelligence is already a part of our everyday lives. In the latest episode of Chat NDT with ASNT, host Debbie Segor, CAE, talks with Raj Venkatachalam about the potential for artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) applications in NDT.
Begin Your NDE 4.0 Journey with Latest Episode of Chat NDT with ASNT
ASNT has released the book The World of NDE 4.0: Let the Journey Begin by Ripi Singh, PhD, and Johannes Vrana, PhD. In the August episode of Chat NDT with ASNT, host Debbie Segor, CAE, discusses the book with Singh and Vrana.
Inventing the Future: A Prospective View of the Impending Digital Transformation of Training, Mentoring, and Certification Processes
Industry 4.0 is revising the roles of NDE practitioners, trainers, and mentors. NDE itself is transitioning from a niche role as a quality control support instrument to an invaluable knowledge-generating process for creating value through substantial improvements in business sustainability, quality, and safety.
Can Artificial Intelligence Help Analyze Data in Aviation-based NDE?
One challenge with aviation NDE data is the broad range of variables. To address the limitations of available data, the US Air Force NDE community integrates the attributes of AI/ML with other algorithms plus human analysis into the final decision-making process. The combination of statistical analysis combined with human analysis has been named intelligence augmentation.
NDT Overview: An Introduction to Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing
Ultrasonic phased array testing uses multiple ultrasonic elements and electronic time delays to generate and receive ultrasound, creating beams by constructive and destructive interference. As such, phased array offers significant technical advantages over conventional single-probe UT.
An Existential Crisis for NDT
Is the nondestructive testing (NDT) field facing a crisis of ethics? If you judge the state of the profession by the number of reports of professional fraud I’ve seen recently, the answer may be “yes.”
Tech Tip: Solving Shielding Problems
In field radiography, shielding is a very important part of what a radiographer must be concerned with.