MoreNEW KENSINGTON, PA- West Penn Testing Group , a supplier of material testing services, has been qualified by Siemens to provide automated-DGS, waveform-capture, contact ultrasonic testing (UT) for land-based, gas-turbine components. “This qualification is significant, because it validates our offering of the first alternative to the immersion-UT standard,” says Director of Sales Albert R. Fletcher.
“We have long been the western hemisphere’s only supplier of automated-immersion- waveform UT for large, gas-turbine disks,” he adds. “Now, by adding non-immersion-inspection technology to our portfolio, we can make available another unique, material-testing capability.”
The qualification from Siemens resulted from a two-and-half-year collaboration among the energy-disk forger, West Penn Testing and Siemens. The collaboration focused on test-process improvements, such as reducing test-setup times, enhancing testing repeatability and capturing data regarding both the test and its setup.
West Penn has exited the R&D phase of automated-contact-UT inspection and is now in full-production mode for customers from around the world: It now has large turbine disks in its facility that were produced in Europe and Asia, as well as a steady stream of industrial-gas-turbine components weighing up to 26,000 pounds, produced in North America.
West Penn is an independent, third-party laboratory with a history of pioneering testing technologies in highly competitive markets. The company often works on long-term, collaborative testing initiatives involving commercial organizations at multiple levels of the supply chain, as well as private institutions and government agencies.
“We have long been the western hemisphere’s only supplier of automated-immersion- waveform UT for large, gas-turbine disks,” he adds. “Now, by adding non-immersion-inspection technology to our portfolio, we can make available another unique, material-testing capability.”
The qualification from Siemens resulted from a two-and-half-year collaboration among the energy-disk forger, West Penn Testing and Siemens. The collaboration focused on test-process improvements, such as reducing test-setup times, enhancing testing repeatability and capturing data regarding both the test and its setup.
West Penn has exited the R&D phase of automated-contact-UT inspection and is now in full-production mode for customers from around the world: It now has large turbine disks in its facility that were produced in Europe and Asia, as well as a steady stream of industrial-gas-turbine components weighing up to 26,000 pounds, produced in North America.
West Penn is an independent, third-party laboratory with a history of pioneering testing technologies in highly competitive markets. The company often works on long-term, collaborative testing initiatives involving commercial organizations at multiple levels of the supply chain, as well as private institutions and government agencies.
With access to over one million professionals and more than 60 industry-specific publications,
