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WINS 2012 NDT Training Course Calendar: Contact us right away!
Level I/II MT/PT course in State College, PA December 12-15, 2011
Level I UT course completed in State College, PA December 5-9, 2011
Level III NDT Consultation Services for procedure development, personnel qualification, training etc. available
WINS expands fiberglass and steel tank inspection capability to include remote visual inspection.
WINS expands fiberglass and steel tank inspection capability to include remote visual inspection.
Level II UT course completed in State College, PA October 6-9, 2011
Level II AE course completed in State College, PA October 24-28, 2011
Level I MT/PT course completed in State College, PA October 10-11, 2011
Level I UT course completed in State College, PA September 26-30, 2011
Level I/II MT course completed in State College, PA September 22-23, 2011
Level I UT course completed in State College, PA September 6-9, 2011
Level I/II MT/PT course completed in State College, PA August 29-31, 2011
UT Weld Inspection course in Somers, CT August 23-25, 2011
Level II UT course completed in State College, PA August 15-19, 2011
Level I UT course completed in State College, PA August 12, 2011
Level II UT course completed in Toronto, OH, July 23, 2011
Level I UT course completed in State College, PA July 15, 2011
Level I/II MT/PT course completed in Mayfield, OH July 8, 2011
Level I/II MT course completed in Indiana, PA June 29, 2011
Level I UT course in State College, PA March 28-April 1, 2011
Level I AE course in State College, PA March 21-25, 2011
WINS President delivered a talk at the ASNT Pittsburgh Chapter on Acoustic Emission on March 17, 2011
View a presentation on the Principles and applications of long range ultrasound
WINS funded by Transportation Research Board to develop Bridge Cable Inspection Technology.
Watch video of Wireless Acoustic Emission Sensor Network for Bridge Structural Health Monitoring
Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Tank Inspection
WINS provide Visual as well as Acoustic Emission services for the inspection of FRP tanks.
Certified Internal and External Tank Inspection - Typically 5 year inspections that includes review of previous inspection reports and inspection of flange bolts, sounding for delaminations, crazing, surface hardness, and bottom flatness, in addition to features inspected during Periodic Preventive Maintenance Inspections.
Use Acoustic Emission (AE) to inspect new and in-service FRP tanks for:
- resin cracking,
- fiber-matrix debonding,
- fiber pullout,
- fiber breakage,
- delamination, and bond failure in assembled nozzles and manways
AE inspection can be performed on:
- atmospheric -vertical tanks
- atmospheric - pressure vertical tanks
- atmospheric - vacuum vertical tanks
- atmospheric - pressure horizontal tanks
FRP structural integrity tests typically take about 1/2 day to complete depending on pump capacity, tank capacity, and access limitations. WINS acoustic emission FRP tank inspection procedure satisfies the guidelines set forth in ASTM E 1067-07 Standard Practice for AE Examination of Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Resin (FRP) TanksAtmospheric FRP Tank Test Procedure
1. Baseline noise level determination 10 - 30 minutes.
2. Hold at 50% capacity for 10 minutes minimum.
3. Hold at 75% capacity for 10 minutes minimum.
4. Hold at 87% capacity for 10 minutes minimum
5. Hold at 100% capacity for 30 minutes minimum.
*Note that different tank configurations require different fill/hold sequences.