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Thermal Wave Imaging

Thermography for NDT

Thermal Wave Imaging (TWI) is the world’s leading provider of thermographic Nondestructive Testing (NDT) solutions to the aerospace and power generation industries, also serving industries ranging from automotive and electronics to sporting goods. Since 1993, TWI has been at the forefront of thermographic NDT and has played a pioneering role in moving the technology from the laboratory to the “real world” of manufacturing and maintenance for the world’s leading companies and research institutions. Our products are known as the worldwide standard of excellence in thermography, used in the most demanding manufacturing, in-service and research applications.

FEATURES:

  • Thermographic Signal Reconstruction (TSR®)
  • Large Area Inspection
  • Advanced Flash Technology
  • Turbine Airfoil Inspection

 

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David Want Quantum Design UK and Ireland
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DAVID WANT

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Product Specialist

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+44 (0)1372 378822

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david@qd-uki.co.uk

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TECHNICAL SALES TEAM

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Support Team

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+44 (0)1372 378822

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info@qd-uki.co.uk

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ASHLEY CRANE

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Sales Manager

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+44 (0)1372 378822

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ashley@qd-uki.co.uk

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Dr Jordan Thompson Quantum Design UK and Ireland
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JORDAN THOMPSON

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Service Engineer

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+44 (0)1372 378822

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service@qd-uki.co.uk

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Quantum Design UK and Ireland Dr Shayz Ikram
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DR SHAYZ IKRAM

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Product Specialist

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+44 (0)1372 378822

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shayz@qd-uki.co.uk

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JOSH HOOK

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Sales/Service Support Engineer

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+44 (0)1372 378822

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josh@qd-uki.co.uk

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LUKE NICHOLLS

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Technical Sales Engineer

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+44 (0)1372 378822

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luke@qd-uki.co.uk

MODELS

The Standard of Excellence
EchoTherm® is the benchmark system for Thermographic NDT and the system of choice for applications ranging from automated manufacturing to aircraft inspection. It provides fast, non-contact, wide-area inspection of flat or curved structures, and can measure material properties or depth and area of subsurface defects.  EchoTherm‘s fully-integrated hardware and software simplifies thermographic flaw detection, process control, or material characterisation.
  • Flash, Step, or Modulated Heating
  • Thermographic Signal Reconstruction® (TSR®)
  • Powered by MOSAIQ®
  • Virtuoso® for Advanced Material Analysis and Characterisation
  • Measure Flaw Area/Depth or Material Properties
  • Optimised for SysCheckIRTM
  • Automation Enabled
  • Compatible With Leading IR Cameras
  • LabView, MATLAB and Visual Basic Compatible
  • CE compliant

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Lab Performance in a Compact Package
ThermoScope® provides a complete flash thermography system in a portable package, suitable for handheld or robot-mounted operation. Using MOSAIQ® software and patented TSR® processing, it provides clarity, penetration depth and resolution comparable to labratory systems. Push button controls and a touch-screen display allow a single operator to inspect large or difficult to access parts quickly and effectively.
  • Flash Heating
  • Fast / Real Time Inspection
  • Single Operator / Easy to Use
  • Lightweight
  • Thermographic Signal Reconstruction® (TSR®)
  • Powered by MOSAIQ®
  • Virtuoso® for Advanced Material Analysis and Characterisation
  • Measure Flaw Area/Depth or Material Properties
  • Optimised for SysCheckIRTM
  • Automation Enabled
  • LabView, MATLAB and Visual Basic Compatible
  • CE compliant

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NDT on the Go
VoyageIR Pro® is designed for hand-held use, combining TWI’s industry leading TSR® signal processing with patented Dynamic Step Heating to provide unparalleled performance and versatility. This optimal balance provides exceptional performance and powerful flaw detection, comparable to larger and more expensive systems.
  • TWI Dynamic Step Heating
  • TSR® Signal Processing
  • MOSAIQ® Compatible for Large Areas
  • Simple Touch Screen User Interface
  • Lightweight/ Single Case Transport
  • Self-contained/ single operator
  • Low cost

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Revolutionising Turbine Airfoil Inspection
TAFIS® (Thermal Airflow Inspection System®) redefines cooling hole and channel blockage inspection for aero and IGT turbine airfoils. Used by leading OEMs, this fully automated solution offers unprecedented precision, speed and reliability, replacing conventional testing methodologies (e.g. pin gauge, water flow, and hot wax expulsion) and reducing inspection time from hours to seconds.
T3S® (Thermographic Turbine Test Station®) is an advanced modular solution that addresses a wide range of applications for aero and IGT turbine engine components, including wall or coating thickness measurement, evaluation of adhesion in various coating types (e.g. metallic, TBC, EBC, etc.) and blockage detection in cooling passages and holes. T3S is proving to be particularly useful for inspection of new and advanced materials, e.g. CMC (Ceramic Matrix Composite) and C-C based components used in modern aero engines. Combining flash and flow techniques into an integrated solution, T3S streamlines key inspections into a single stop during the production cycle, increasing throughput and reducing cost.

Features

  • Fully automated, robotic inspection station – 7 axis
  • Automated defect recognition of blocked cooling holes
  • Precise, reliable and fast – cycle times as low as 5 sec.
  • Modular fixturing for rapid part change-out
  • User programmable
  • CE compliant

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Large-Standoff, Large-Area Thermography
Originally developed for the US Navy, TWI’s Large-Standoff, Large-Area ThermographyTM (LASLATTM) offers a groundbreaking approach to inspection of large structures, operating at a large stand-off distance (up to 15 ft) to cover an area as large as 250 ft2. It automatically scans the entire inspection area, providing a subsurface map of defect indications that is easily interpreted by the operator. MOSAIQ® analysis tools provide measurement of flaw size and registration on the actual part. LASLAT’s versatility allows a single mobile system to be used for inspections on multiple platforms without the need for a fixed gantry. Automated inspection routines eliminate manual positioning, providing repeatable inspections.
  • NDI Methodology: Pulsed Thermography
  • Non-contact, no gantry or creeper required
  • Coverage Area: 11.2 ft x 8.4 ft @ 10 ft standoff distance
  • Inspection Rate: 7 ft^2/min
  • Easily configured for multi-platform inspection
  • For fluid ingress, delamination, impact damage
  • Winner of the 2016 DoD Maintenance Innovation Challenge
  • Powered by MOSAIQ®
  • Virtuoso® for Advanced Material Analysis and Characterisation
  • Optimised for SysCheckIRTM

Product Sheet

See the Forest and the Trees!
MOSAIQ® simplifies inspection of large structures or large production runs of identical structures, by combining information from many sequences into a single, easily-viewable dataset, simplifying and streamlining the analysis process. TWI’s state-of-the art Thermographic Signal Reconstruction® (TSR®) tools are built into MOSAIQ to provide unmatched depth and spatial resolution of subsurface features.

MOSAIQ® simplifies your NDT inspection using built-in analysis, measurement, and visualisation tools.

  • Thermographic Signal Reconstruction® (TSR®) Processing
  • Fast, real time inspection
  • For Flash, Step, or Modulated Heating
  • Compatible with common factory automation platforms
  • Programmable Inspection and Analysis Routines

Used worldwide by leading OEMs and Research Institutions, MOSAIQ is compatible with EchoTherm®, ThermoScope®, VoyageIR®, and ProjectIRTM systems. It can be configured for use with a touch-screen display for handheld systems, or large displays for automation and can accommodate a variety of excitation options.

The Ultimate Toolkit for Advanced Thermography
Virtuoso® provides the ultimate toolkit for advanced analysis of thermography data for NDT and Material Characterization. Virtuoso helps you identify the best method for examining a sample and create an optimized inspection procedure.
  • Thermographic Signal Reconstruction (TSR®)
  • Automated Flaw Sizing
  • Real-time Analysis
  • Analysis of Flash, Step, or Modulated Data
  • Multi-scale Contrast Analysis
  • Material Characterisation
  • Pulse Phase and Principal Component Analysis
  • Boolean Operations
  • Signal / noise Analysis and Optimisation
  • Compatible with EchoTherm®, ThermoScope®, MOSAIQ®
  • Programmable through Matlab, Labview, VBA, C++, Python

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APPLICATIONS

Aerospace Composites

TWI systems are a proven solution in the aerospace industry for both manufacturing and maintenance NDT. Whether it’s fast handheld inspection in the field or manufacturing quality control, our systems provide a degree of reliability and sensitivity that is unrivaled. Common Applications: Impact Damage | Delaminations | Water Ingress | FOD Detection | Thickness Measurement | Porosity | Disbonds

Airborne / Industrial Gas Turbine

Leading OEMs rely on TWI systems for NDT in manufacturing, rework and maintenance. Common Power Generation Applications: Wall and Coating Thickness | Structural Integrity | Hole Blockage | Disbonds | Adhesion | Cracks | Corrosion

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