In manufacturing environments, extreme time and cost restraints can be imposed on any NDT solution, especially in high-value sectors such as automotive or aerospace. The rapid go/no-go approach made possible by Theta’s nonlinear resonance testing offers a new level of rapid quality assurance performance for manufacturing.

Whether you are joining similar or dissimilar materials, there is always a risk of poor bonding at the interfaces. Welds can suffer from kissing bonds which undermine adhesive bonding. Delaminations in composites can be an equally serious problem.

Theta’s technology detects fine, crack-like features at unprecedented sensitivities. While conventional ultrasound is ‘blind’ below around 600 microns, pulse inversion has been shown to detect kissing bonds of 100-300 microns long.

Whatever your material or bond, Theta can deliver improved quality control.

NDT can be time-consuming. It carries significant cost and impacts process efficiency. As a result, it isn’t always deployed optimally.

Rapid testing is possible using Theta’s triage solutions. The speed of testing enables deployment earlier in the process, and/or at multiple stages. Defective materials or parts can be quickly quarantined, minimising the risk of adding value to flawed parts.

In this way, Theta’s technology optimises testing to deliver significant cost savings.