NDT Classroom Phased Array Level II 80 Hour Course

ASNT and ISO Standards' topical outlines are the basis for our E-learning Level II Phased-Array UT training course. A system of timers insures that the students spend at least 80 hours training. The students have 60 days to complete the training.
The training course is divided into sections:
| - Ultrasound
- Phasing
- Steering
- Focusing
- Data Quality
- Review
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Each Section contains:
| - Pages explaining the underlying theory
- Videos explaining the theoretical and practical aspects of Phased-Array Ultrasound Testing
- Silverlight Interactive exercises in which the students can build a setup, practice calibration and scanning and learn to evaluate real data.
- A Section test for auto-evaluation
- At the end of the training a general exam is administered and depending on the results of this exam the student is graded.
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Section 1: Basic Principles of Ultrasound and Ultrasound Testing
| - Sound versus Ultrasound
- Physical properties of ultrasound waves
- Description of conventional UT hardware
- Origin and use of A-, B- and C-Scans
- Production of the Ultrasound beam
- Structure and content of a UT procedure
- Choosing the right hardware for an inspection
- Importance of calibration
- Inspecting guidelines
- Data analysis principles
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Section 2: Principles Underlying Phased-Array Ultrasound
| - Origin of phasing
- Phased-array hardware
- Scans and views specific to phased-array
- Production of phased-array ultrasound
- Properties of 0 - degree phased-array ultrasound beam
- Phased-array specific procedures
- How to build a 0 - degree phased-array ultrasound setup
- Calibration of a 0 - degree phased-array setup
- Introduction to 0 - degree phased-array scanning
- Analyzing 0 - degree phased-array data
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Section 3: Beam Steering in Phased-Array Ultrasound
| - Introduction to beam steering
- Inner workings of phased-array instruments
- Scans and views specific to angled phased-array
- Beam steering theory and limitations
- How to build an angled phased-array ultrasound setup
- Calibration of an angled phased-array setup
- Introduction to angled phased-array scanning
- Analyzing Angled phased-array data
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Section 4: Beam Focusing in Phased-Array Ultrasound
| - Introduction to focusing
- Phased-array probes
- Multiple scans and views
- Beam focusing theory and limitations
- Choosing between focused and non-focused beams
- Calibration with focused beams
- Defect shape vs. focal distance
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Section 5: Optimizing Data Quality
| - Introduction to data quality
- Selecting optimal hardware
- Instrument limitations
- Data quality theory and limitations
- Optimizing setup parameters
- Encoder calibration
- Remote data analysis
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Section 6: Review
| - Introduction
- Hardware
- Scans and views
- Theory
- Setups
- Calibration
- Inspection
- Data analysis
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