Airborne Ultrasonic Detector Makes the Un-inspectable...Inspectable!HUNTINGTON BEACH Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 1998--NDT Systems, a worldwide leader in ultrasonic ultrasonic /ul·tra·son·ic/ (-son´ik) beyond the upper limit of perception by the human ear; relating to sound waves having a frequency of more than 20,000 Hz. ul·tra·son·ic adj. 1. flaw detectors, introduces a revolutionary design concept utilizing an airborne ultrasonic beam, which opens up a new realm of inspection opportunities. For many years a plethora of products originally created for the aerospace industry found their way into our nation's industrial manufacturing facilities. Many more found their way into a broader scope of usage (i.e. Velcro). NDT NDT Newfoundland Daylight Time Systems is proud to introduce the Curlin-Air, a new and radically different type of portable ultrasonic flaw detector, another in a long line of products intended for the aerospace industry, and like Velcro, opens a realm of inspection opportunities for many potential industrial inspection applications. The Curlin-Air portable airborne ultrasonic flaw detector eliminates the need for material contact or liquid couplants. Utilizing a hand-held scanning yoke yoke (yok) 1. a connecting structure. 2. jugum. yoke n. See jugum. yoke, n 1. something that connects or binds. , the material to be tested need only pass through an ultrasonic air beam. When structural flaws, such as delaminations, splits, blows, inclusions, cavities, impact damage or fractured/crushed cores, are found, they cast a "shadow," reducing wer of the Curlin-Air beam, flaws can now be detected in materials normally considered un-inspectable, and many more industries can now take advantage of this affordable quality assurance technology to help optimize material inspection during the manufacturing process. The Curlin-Air is portable for production line or field use, simple to use, cost effective, and applicable to numerous metallic and non-metallic materials used throughout industry, including polyurethane foams Noun 1. polyurethane foam - a foam made by adding water to polyurethane plastics polyfoam polyurethan, polyurethane - any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or , foam-core laminates, plywood plywood, manufactured board composed of an odd number of thin sheets of wood glued together under pressure with grains of the successive layers at right angles. Laminated wood differs from plywood in that the grains of its sheets are parallel. and drywall board, tires and brakes, as well as aircraft laminates, rotor blades, ceramics, circuit board stock, and many more materials. Curlin-Air can also be used as a densitometer A device that calibrates the relative strength of a color using complementary filters. Contrast with colorimeter. for various plastic foams and for detecting entrapped water in honeycomb honeycomb a mosaic of closely packed units with depressed centers giving a honeycomb appearance. honeycomb ringworm see favus. honeycomb stomach reticulum. aircraft structures. For further information on the Curlin-Air and other ultrasonic products manufactured by NDT Systems, contact the companies below.
CONTACT: NDT Systems, Huntington Beach
Greg Smith, 714/893-2438
800/455-4NDT
fax, 714/894-2602
http://www.ndtsystems.com
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