Course content:
- Basic principles of sound
- Product technology
- Generation and detection of sound
- Behavior of sound in a material
- Factors affecting propagation of sound
- The flaw detector, calibration blocks/dac blocks
- Use of angled beam probes for weld scanning, calibration of equipment
- Welding processes and weld defects
- Practical exercises on test specimens containing simulated flaws
- Examination of parent plate, butt welds, interpretation and evaluation
- Instruction writing
