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Level I MT-PT Training course scheduled for October 2010 in State College, PA.

Level II UT Training course scheduled for September 2010 in State College, PA.

Level I UT Training course scheduled for August 2010 in State College, PA.

Level III Acoustic Emission Training course completed (July 30) in State College, PA.

Level III UT Training course completed (July 23) in State College, PA.

Level II Acoustic Emission Testing course completed (July 16) in State College, PA

UT weld inspection course completed (July 8) in State College, PA

Level II Ultrasonic Testing course completed (July 2) in State College, PA

Level III UT Training course completed  in State College, PA, June 2010

WINS personnel delivered invited speech on H-Pile inspection technology at "Life cycle performance of bridges and structures" conference at Changsha, China in June 2010

View a presentation on the
Principles and applications of long range ultrasound, from ASNT Greater Phila chapter meeting, April 2010

Level III UT Training course completed  in State College, PA, March 2010

WINS presents talk on ultrasonic guided wave potential towards helicopter maintenance to Indian Air force, February 2010

WINS funded by Transportation Research Board to develop Bridge Cable Inspection Technology, February 2010

Watch 
video
of Wireless Acoustic Emission Sensor Network for Bridge Structural Health Monitoring
UT Welding Testing Training

Course Description

WINS offer 24-hour classes focused on the use of Ultrasonic Testing for the inspection of welds. This course supplements the existing UT Level I & II courses and provides emphasis on the relevant standards such as AWS D1.1, AWS D1.5 etc. This course includes intensive hands-on laboratory sessions on the calibration, scanning, interpretation and evaluation techniques.

Course Duration

Three days (24 hours).

Course Dates

February 15-17, 2010
July 5-7, 2010
October 18-20, 2010

This course is offered by appointment as well. Please contact us about your dates of convenience.


Course Outline

  • Welding Processes
  • Weld Geometries
  • Origin and Orientation of Flaws
  • Applicable Codes and Standards
  • Weld Testing Techniques
           a. Visual inspection
           b. Liquid Penetrant Testing
           c. Conventional UT
              i. Normal beam inspection
             ii. Angle beam inspection (Shear wave)
           d. Phased Array UT
           e. Time of Flight Diffraction technique
           f. Advanced Guided Wave Ultrasonic Testing
  • Data Interpretation
           a. Weld Sizing Techniques
           b. DAC curve evaluation
           c. AWS system evaluation
           d. Digital Flaw detection
           e. Data Storage
  • Documentation and Reporting


Course Price

$975.00 per trainee. Please contact us about client site training fee.

Please contact us for more information or use the registration form to register for the course.