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Liquid Penetrant Audit Preparation

Providing the inspectors with good equipment in the first place can prevent future audit problems.
George Hopman
August 15, 2021
The oft-quoted adage is that the shop should always be prepared for an audit. While this saying is true, the average quality manager knows that consistent readiness for such scrutiny calls for continued best practices to be complied with.
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Known Concentrations of Hydrophilic Emulsifier

Use of Method D Hydrophilic Emulsifier

Learn about the Method D liquid penetrant inspection nondestructive testing method, including basic steps for using a refractometer, preparing an emulsifier concentration chart, and determining hydrophilic emulsifier concentration.
Cheri Stockhausen
October 8, 2018

Of the four available methods to remove surface penetrant during the fluorescent penetrant inspection process, the hydrophilic post emulsifiable penetrant process (Method D) is used when tighter control of the penetrant process is desired.


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Nondestructive Testing of Implanted Medical Device Materials

Detecting defects in medical devices before they are implanted is critical to ensure the safety and reliability of such devices.
Richard Goodwin Phil Trach
April 1, 2017

Nowhere is the need for material integrity more obvious than in medical devices that are implanted into human beings. A failed device inside an aircraft or power plant may, under some circumstances, cause a problem.


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Nondestructive Flaw Detection in Metallic Components

A closer look at liquid penetrant and magnetic particle inspection, ultrasonic testing and eddy current testing.
Dan DeVries
August 4, 2015

As a quality manager, it’s your worst nightmare. One of your best customers comes for a visit and brings a box of cracked parts that came from your plant. He wants to know how it happened, and how you are going to ensure it won’t happen again.


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Ultrasonic Flaw Detectors...And Beyond

A history of the discovery of the tools of nondestructive technology.
Gena Johnson
April 19, 2013

If necessity is the mother of invention, then nondestructive testing (NDT) would be among her favorite progeny, at least with the design engineers and manufacturing sect.


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