preparing the next generation ndt –x-ray laboratory•founded in 2014 • suwanee, ga –45 min....
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Preparing the Next Generation NDT – X-Ray Laboratory
Presented by: Matt Gormley and Jake Rickter
• Founded in 2014• Suwanee, GA – 45 min. outside of Atlanta
• Wilmar, MN – 2.5 hrs. outside of Minneapolis• Custom and Standard X-Ray / CT Cabinets
and systems• 90keV – 15MeV
• In-line system manufacturer• 20+ employees
• Design, manufacturer, develop, assemble, integrate, software, test
• Founded in 2019
• New facility next door to PXS manufacturing
• Vision started in 2015• What’s missing from Pinnacle?
• Is their value in a digital focused laboratory?
• Full circle - from equipment to final inspection
• Lack of certified digital labs
• Voice of the Customer
• Showcase for new technology
Why PiXL?• Largest gap in the NDT industry – PEOPLE!
• Compliance and certification
• Demand for digital RT
• Customer approvals
• CT Scanning
• Additive Manufacturing
• Unique Services
Why PiXL?• Largest gap in the NDT industry – PEOPLE!
• Compliance and certification
• Demand for digital RT
• Customer approvals
• CT Scanning
• Additive Manufacturing
• Unique Services
The People / Education Gap
• NDT talent workforce reduction
• Retirement of Level III’s, no one to replace
• Where do you find NDT talent?
• Schools / Colleges
• Lack of 4-year degree programs
• 2-year associate programs
• How do you create NDT talent?
• Develop associate programs and apprenticeships
• Welding / NDT programs
• Grow internally
Why PiXL?• Largest gap in the NDT industry – PEOPLE!
• Compliance and certification
• Demand for digital RT
• Customer approvals
• CT Scanning
• Additive Manufacturing
• Unique Services
Compliance and Certification• Support the AM industry in education of X-Ray
requirements
• Establish compliance and security
• NIST 800-171
• ITAR
• Explosives
• Certifications
• Nadcap – AC7114, AC 7004
• NAS410, ASTM, SAE, AWS, ASNT
Why PiXL?• Largest gap in the NDT industry – PEOPLE!
• Compliance and certification
• Demand for digital RT
• Customer approvals
• CT Scanning
• Additive Manufacturing
• Unique Services
Demand for Digital RT Inspections• Instantaneous results
• Casting Inspection – allowance of digital RT
• Weld Inspection – allowance or real-time, CR, and DR
• AM Inspection – To be defined• Round robin studies
• Training – NAS410, SNT-TC-1A, DoD, ASNT
• Digital Standards now available • ASTM, AWS, SAE
• DICONDE Compliance for imaging (used across all OEM’s)
• Digital Threads and ease of traceability
Why PiXL?• Largest gap in the NDT industry – PEOPLE!
• Compliance and certification
• Demand for digital RT
• Customer approvals
• CT Scanning
• Additive Manufacturing
• Unique Services
Customer Approvals• Aerospace, Space and Defense
• Audit process and scheduling
• Correlation Studies required for Film, CR, and DR• Sometimes all 3 with raw and post
processing images
• Cut-Up Verification• Defect type detection and classification
• Level 2, and 3 testing for DR, and eventually CT
Why PiXL?• Largest gap in the NDT industry – PEOPLE!
• Compliance and certification
• Demand for digital RT
• Customer approvals
• CT Scanning
• Additive Manufacturing
• Unique Services
CT Scanning• Preparing for future CT requirements
• Merging inspection methods
• First Article Inspections
• Field failure investigations
• DATA, DATA, and more DATA
• Metrology
• Flaw detection
• Understanding limitations
Metrology CT
• Fan Beam vs Cone Beam
• Surface determination
• Fixturing
• Not CMM, blue light, or white light
• Reference Quality Indicators
Blade Scanning
Flaw Detection CT• Defining resolution
• Types of CT scanning
• What is practical?
• IQI replacement with Reference Quality Indicators
• Defect classification for additive
Why PiXL?• Largest gap in the NDT industry – PEOPLE!
• Compliance and certification
• High demand for qualified work
• Customer approvals
• Industry standards / development
• CT scanning
• Additive Manufacturing
• Unique Services
• We design in 3D
• We now print in 3D
• Why don’t we inspect in 3D?• UT, CT, Optics / Laser scanning
• Blue light / White light
• Reverse engineering
Design
Inspect
Additive Manufacturing
Why PiXL?• Largest gap in the NDT industry – PEOPLE!
• Compliance and certification
• High demand for qualified work
• Customer approvals
• Industry standards / development
• Additive Manufacturing
• CT Scanning
• Unique Services
Unique Services
• Remote Inspection
• Digital Imaging with Level 2 and 3’s
• Overinspection
• Level III Consulting Services
• Sampling of digitized images from film to digital archival
• 3D printing of fixtures for repeatability
• Full technique development for customer buy-off
• CNC programming for automated inspection
• One of the largest Nadcap approved Digital Radiography laboratories in the United States
• 5- DR/CT systems up to 500keV• 2 additional systems in 2020
• Certified personnel on-site (Level, I, II, III)
• Host formal and informal training sessions
• Education
• Benefits of the technology
• Finding the right application/solutions
• Gaps in the industry
• Need for correlation and POD studies
Why PiXL?
THANK YOU!