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  MATERIALS & STRUCTURES RESEARCH CENTER

NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST LABORATORY

Area of our activity

  • Non-destructive testing of the materials and elements structures with:
    • roentgen,
    • eddy currents,
    • ultrasound,
    • magnetic,
    • fibrescopy,
    • penetrants.
  • The methods identify and inform on the material integrity, their technological history and diagnose the condition of exploitated elements of the constructions,
  • Tests could be conducted at different stages of manufacturing process: from control of the stock through interstage control to acceptance inspection as well as during exploitation e.g. in laboratory, industrial and field conditions.

What are we doing

  • Detection and determination of position, configuration and size of material, manufacturing and operating defects,
  • Tested objects are complete structures, sub-assemblies either elements or fragments, materials and semi-finished products also,
  • Fatigue and corrosive cracks, blisters, incusions, forging defects, rolling defects, leakages, welding defects are typical example of detectable defects,
  • Graphical presentation and processing and storage of test results - cameras, video recorder, computer reconstruction of picture, etc.

What can we do

The laboratory is capable to conduct investigations in respect to mentioned above features of tested objects.

Major equipment

  • Eddy current (INSTITUTE DR. FÖRSTER),
  • Ultrasound (UNIPAN, INCO),
  • Magnetic (DMS, MAGNAFLUX),
  • X-ray (ANDREX 300),
  • Fibrescopy (OLYMPUS),
  • Penetrant tests (HELLING and MR-CHEMIE).

Who we worked for

  • PZL Mielec - I-22 plane (full range),
  • "PZL-Rzeszow" - K-15 and K-16 engines (full range),
  • Polish Army - helicopters testing - expertise,
  • Refinery Plock - tests of rotors,
  • CHEMADEX - tests of sub-assemblies and mechanical elements of sugar-works,
  • American International Group Poland Insurance Company - power plant expertise.

 

 

 
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