In addition to Testia’s range of mobile tools and devices, our R&D team also works on supporting companies on developing their own customised solutions.
This has notably been the case with Patria which was in need for a UT machine. Testia supported them by taking into account all their requirements and building and delivering a dedicated machine.
Ivo Savenije, UT level 3 at Patria Aerostructures in Halli (Finland) commented on this partnership:
“Patria manufactures 12 ribs of the A320 Vertical Tail Planes made of CFRP. To face the ramp-up of this program, we had to invest in a very productive ultrasonic testing machine, since the cumulated surface is about 6m². Our requirement included a take time inferior to 10 minutes. We selected Testia for their unique capacity to deliver automatic scanning machines including step-by-step customized wizard for the acquisition & automatic data post-processing. In June 2017, we were delivered one immersion tank equipped with one ‘Smart U32 Box+‘ instrument to drive a linear phased array, and one ‘NDT kit / Ultis‘ software license. Its installation and the associated training were very quick, as well as its qualification by Airbus. Our UT level 2 personnel only review the reports which are automatically generated. After several months of intense use, we are very satisfied with the MTBF of this machine. We also appreciated a lot that Testia shipped one set of the PAUT instrument & probe during the yearly verification, in order to maintain the manufacturing rate.”
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