Non Destructive Testing Methods (NDT Testing)

Modulus Metal provides Non Destructive testing services by using state and university laboratories that we have an agreement with. We are able to provide a variety of non-destructive testing methods

Types of Services:

Radiographic Inspection (RT) Services

Eddy Current Inspection

Liquid Penetrant Inspection (LPI)

Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI)

Industrial Computed Tomography (ICT)

Ultrasonic Testing (UT)

Visual Inspection

Leak Testing

Eddy Current Testing
Liquid Penetrant Inspection (LPI)
Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI)
Radiographic Inspection (RT)

Related Standards:

ISO TC 135

ISO/TS 18173:2005 Non-destructive testing — General terms and definitions

ISO/TR 25107:2006 Non-destructive testing — Guidelines for NDT training syllabuses

ISO/TR 25108:2006 Non-destructive testing — Guidelines for NDT personnel training organizations

Surface Methods:

ISO 3057:1998 Non-destructive testing — Metallographic replica techniques of surface examination

ISO 3058:1998 Non-destructive testing — Aids to visual inspection — Selection of low-power magnifiers

ISO 3059:2012 Non-destructive testing — Penetrant testing and magnetic particle testing – Viewing conditions

ISO 3452-1:2013 Non-destructive testing — Penetrant testing — Part 1: General principles

ISO 3452-2:2013 Non-destructive testing — Penetrant testing — Part 2: Testing of penetrant materials

ISO 3452-3:2013 Non-destructive testing — Penetrant testing — Part 3: Reference test blocks

ISO 3452-4:1998 Non-destructive testing — Penetrant testing — Part 4: Equipment

ISO 3452-5:2008 Non-destructive testing — Penetrant testing — Part 5: Penetrant testing at temperatures higher than 50 degrees C

ISO 3452-6:2008 Non-destructive testing — Penetrant testing — Part 6: Penetrant testing at temperatures lower than 10 degrees C

ISO 9934-1:2016 Non-destructive testing — Magnetic particle testing — Part 1: General principles

ISO 9934-2:2015 Non-destructive testing — Magnetic particle testing — Part 2: Detection media

ISO 9934-3:2015 Non-destructive testing — Magnetic particle testing — Part 3: Equipment

ISO 12706:2009 Non-destructive testing — Penetrant testing — Vocabulary

ISO 12707:2016 Non-destructive testing — Magnetic particle testing — Vocabulary

Ultrasonic Testing:

ISO 2400:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Specification for calibration block No. 1

ISO 5577:2017 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Vocabulary

ISO 7963:2006 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Specification for calibration block No. 2

ISO 10375:1997 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic inspection — Characterization of search unit and sound field

ISO 12710:2002 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic inspection — Evaluating electronic characteristics of ultrasonic test instruments

ISO 12715:2014 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Reference blocks and test procedures for the characterization of contact probe sound beams

ISO 16809:2017 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic thickness measurement

ISO 16810:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — General principles

ISO 16811:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Sensitivity and range setting

ISO 16823:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Transmission technique

ISO 16826:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Examination for discontinuities perpendicular to the surface

ISO 16827:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Characterization and sizing of discontinuities

ISO 16828:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Time-of-flight diffraction technique as a method for detection and sizing of discontinuities

ISO/TS 16829:2017 Non-destructive testing — Automated ultrasonic testing — Selection and application of systems

ISO 16831:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Characterization and verification of ultrasonic thickness measuring equipment

ISO 16946:2017 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Specification for step wedge calibration block

ISO 18175:2004 Non-destructive testing — Evaluating performance characteristics of ultrasonic pulse-echo testing systems without the use of electronic measurement instruments

ISO 18563-1:2015 Non-destructive testing — Characterization and verification of ultrasonic phased array equipment — Part 1: Instruments

ISO 18563-2:2017 Non-destructive testing — Characterization and verification of ultrasonic phased array equipment — Part 2: Probes

ISO 18563-3:2015 Non-destructive testing — Characterization and verification of ultrasonic phased array equipment — Part 3: Combined systems

Ultrasonic Testing:

ISO 2400:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Specification for calibration block No. 1

ISO 5577:2017 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Vocabulary

ISO 7963:2006 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Specification for calibration block No. 2

ISO 10375:1997 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic inspection — Characterization of search unit and sound field

ISO 12710:2002 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic inspection — Evaluating electronic characteristics of ultrasonic test instruments

ISO 12715:2014 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Reference blocks and test procedures for the characterization of contact probe sound beams

ISO 16809:2017 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic thickness measurement

ISO 16810:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — General principles

ISO 16811:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Sensitivity and range setting

ISO 16823:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Transmission technique

ISO 16826:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Examination for discontinuities perpendicular to the surface

ISO 16827:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Characterization and sizing of discontinuities

ISO 16828:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Time-of-flight diffraction technique as a method for detection and sizing of discontinuities

ISO/TS 16829:2017 Non-destructive testing — Automated ultrasonic testing — Selection and application of systems

ISO 16831:2012 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Characterization and verification of ultrasonic thickness measuring equipment

ISO 16946:2017 Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic testing — Specification for step wedge calibration block

ISO 18175:2004 Non-destructive testing — Evaluating performance characteristics of ultrasonic pulse-echo testing systems without the use of electronic measurement instruments

ISO 18563-1:2015 Non-destructive testing — Characterization and verification of ultrasonic phased array equipment — Part 1: Instruments

ISO 18563-2:2017 Non-destructive testing — Characterization and verification of ultrasonic phased array equipment — Part 2: Probes

ISO 18563-3:2015 Non-destructive testing — Characterization and verification of ultrasonic phased array equipment — Part 3: Combined systems

Eddy Current Testing:

ISO 12718:2008 Non-destructive testing — Eddy current testing — Vocabulary

ISO 15548-1:2013 Non-destructive testing — Equipment for eddy current examination — Part 1: Instrument characteristics and verification

ISO 15548-2:2013 Non-destructive testing — Equipment for eddy current examination — Part 2: Probe characteristics and verification

ISO 15548-3:2008 Non-destructive testing — Equipment for eddy current examination — Part 3: System characteristics and verification

ISO 15549:2008 Non-destructive testing — Eddy current testing — General principles

ISO 20339:2017 Non-destructive testing — Equipment for eddy current examination — Array probe characteristics and verification

ISO 20669:2017 Non-destructive testing — Pulsed eddy current testing of ferromagnetic metallic components

Radiographic Testing:

ISO 5576:1997 Non-destructive testing — Industrial X-ray and gamma-ray radiology — Vocabulary

ISO 5579:2013 Non-destructive testing — Radiographic testing of metallic materials using film and X- or gamma rays — Basic rules

ISO 5580:1985 Non-destructive testing — Industrial radiographic illuminators — Minimum requirements

ISO 11699-1:2008 Non-destructive testing — Industrial radiographic film — Part 1: Classification of film systems for industrial radiography

ISO 11699-2:1998 Non-destructive testing — Industrial radiographic films — Part 2: Control of film processing by means of reference values

ISO 12721:2000 Non-destructive testing — Thermal neutron radiographic testing — Determination of beam L/D ratio

ISO 14096-1:2005 Non-destructive testing — Qualification of radiographic film digitisation systems — Part 1: Definitions, quantitative measurements of image quality parameters, standard reference film and qualitative control

ISO 14096-2:2005 Non-destructive testing — Qualification of radiographic film digitisation systems — Part 2: Minimum requirements

ISO 15708-1:2017 Non-destructive testing — Radiation methods for computed tomography — Part 1: Terminology

ISO 15708-2:2017 Non-destructive testing — Radiation methods for computed tomography — Part 2: Principles, equipment and samples

ISO 15708-3:2017 Non-destructive testing — Radiation methods for computed tomography — Part 3: Operation and interpretation

ISO 15708-4:2017 Non-destructive testing — Radiation methods for computed tomography — Part 4: Qualification

ISO 16371-1:2011 Non-destructive testing — Industrial computed radiography with storage phosphor imaging plates — Part 1: Classification of systems

ISO 16371-2:2017 Non-destructive testing — Industrial computed radiography with storage phosphor imaging plates — Part 2: General principles for testing of metallic materials using X-rays and gamma rays

ISO 16526-1:2011 Non-destructive testing — Measurement and evaluation of the X-ray tube voltage — Part 1: Voltage divider method

ISO 16526-2:2011 Non-destructive testing — Measurement and evaluation of the X-ray tube voltage — Part 2: Constancy check by the thick filter method

ISO 16526-3:2011 Non-destructive testing — Measurement and evaluation of the X-ray tube voltage — Part 3: Spectrometric method

ISO 19232-1:2013 Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs — Part 1: Determination of the image quality value using wire-type image quality indicators

ISO 19232-2:2013 Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs — Part 2: Determination of the image quality value using step/hole-type image quality indicators

ISO 19232-3:2013 Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs — Part 3: Image quality classes

ISO 19232-4:2013 Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs — Part 4: Experimental evaluation of image quality values and image quality tables

ISO 19232-5:2013 Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs — Part 5: Determination of the image unsharpness value using duplex wire-type image quality indicators

ISO/TS 21432:2005 Non-destructive testing — Standard test method for determining residual stresses by neutron diffraction

ISO/TS 21432:2005/Cor.1:2008 Non-destructive testing — Standard test method for determining residual stresses by neutron diffraction

Leak Testing:

ISO 3530:1979 Vacuum technology — Mass-spectrometer-type leak-detector calibration

ISO 20484:2017 Non-destructive testing — Leak testing — Vocabulary

ISO 20485:2017 Non-destructive testing — Leak testing — Tracer gas method

ISO 20486:2017 Non-destructive testing — Leak testing — Calibration of reference leaks for gases

Personnel Qualification:

ISO 9712:2012 Non-destructive testing — Qualification and certification of NDT personnel

ISO/TS 11774:2011 Non-destructive testing — Performance-based qualification

ISO 18490:2015 Non-destructive testing — Evaluation of vision acuity of NDT personnel

ISO 20807:2004 Non-destructive testing — Qualification of personnel for limited application of non-destructive testing

ISO/TS 22809:2007 Non-destructive testing — Discontinuities in specimens for use in qualification examinations

Thermographic Testing:

ISO 10878:2013 Non-destructive testing — Infrared thermography — Vocabulary

ISO 10880:2017 Non-destructive testing — Infrared thermographic testing — General principles

ISO 18251-1:2017 Non-destructive testing — Infrared thermography — Part 1: Characteristics of system and equipment

Acoustic Emission Testing:

ISO 12713:1998 Non-destructive testing — Acoustic emission inspection — Primary calibration of transducers

ISO 12714:1999 Non-destructive testing — Acoustic emission inspection — Secondary calibration of acoustic emission sensors

ISO 12716:2001 Non-destructive testing — Acoustic emission inspection — Vocabulary

ISO/TR 13115:2011 Non-destructive testing — Methods for absolute calibration of acoustic emission transducers by the reciprocity technique

ISO 18081:2016 Non-destructive testing — Acoustic emission testing (AT) — Leak detection by means of acoustic emission

ISO 18249:2015 Non-destructive testing — Acoustic emission testing — Specific methodology and general evaluation criteria for testing of fiber-reinforced polymers