Ultrasonic nondestructive testing, ... are also widely used in critical safety-related and quality-related applications involving structural welds, steel beams, forgings, pipelines and tanks, ...

AUBURN, Calif. — The Foresthill Bridge will soon undergo ultrasonic testing of 282 weld points as part of a national effort to provide preventative maintenance and quality assurance to bridges built ...

The problems with the weld were not detected when ultrasonic testing was performed on the bridge’s girder welds in 1982 because of defects found with similar bridges.

Bay Area lawmakers called Wednesday for their own investigation of the latest possible hitch in the troubled Bay Bridge replacement project -- an FBI probe of allegations that the skyway span now ...

The Foresthill Bridge will undergo ultrasonic testing to ensure its 282 welds are secure, Placer County officials announced this week. “It’s iconic,” said Matt Randall, deputy director of ...

Using ultrasonic phased array technology for the inspection of these types of welds poses difficulties in relation to the variations in acoustic properties and density of the materials (anisotropy).

Ultrasonic pipe testing can provide solid, irrefutable evidence of a suspected corrosion problem, or document that a piping system has fulfilled its useful service life and is in need of replacement.

AIT specializes in performing advanced Nondestructive Testing (NDT) of welds and base materials, using phased array ultrasonic testing and computed radiography.