Wartsila Italia

PAUT ON FORGINGS WITH COMPLEX GEOMETRY (from 2014 to present)

In 2014, Wartsila Italia of Trieste, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of engines for naval and industrial applications, commissioned Tecnocontrol a study to evaluate the feasibility and applicability of the Phased Array inspection on important forged components for their engines with the aim of increasing the quality of inspection and the ability to detect and evaluate any discontinuities present in the components.

In collaboration and with the support of some Wartsila Engineers, Tecnocontrol has conducted a series of tests on faulty components made available by Wartsila. These trials have allowed the elaboration of Test Procedures and establish Specific Acceptance Criteria.

The Phased Array examinations proposed and planned by Tecnocontrol have shown evidence of a qualitative increase in inspections compared to what has been done before with traditional ultrasonic techniques, allowing a greater capacity of detection of discontinuities and a better evaluation of the same.

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