The activities of the NDT platform are deployed across two sites: at Yutz for "Industrial Maintenance" and at Saint-Avold Porcelette for Composites through the Composite Integrity company.
The industrial maintenance laboratory is devoted essentially to the development of inspection and monitoring methods for in-service structures (hot inspection, no-contact inspection, overall inspection, inspection of complex geometries etc.).
Composite Integrity, a joint subsidiary of Institut de Soudure and PPE (Pôle de Plasturgie de l’Est), provides NDT services and development in the field of composite materials. The company uses a comprehensive range of innovative techniques supported by the facilities established by Iseetech (Institut Supérieur Européen de l’Entreprise et de ses Techniques), in the context of a tripartite partnership between Iseetech, Institut de Soudure and PPE.
The NDT laboratory provides concrete solutions to companies who wish:
To inspect inaccessible zones
To inspect complex geometry parts
To automate non destructive testing operations
To inspect complex materials (anisotropic, heterogeneous)
To monitor installations in operation
To optimise NDT techniques, by using digital simulation
To optimise inspection times
To advance knowledge in the field of composite techniques
To develop research in the characterisation of large dimension composite aircraft structures
To define solutions for rapid NDT during maintenance operations
Means
Hot inspection
No contact inspection
Overall inspection (acoustic emission, guided wave etc.)
CIFM, COSAC, certified personnel
Deflectometry
Shearography
Ultrasonic water jet
Single and multiple-element ultrasonic
The NDT platform contributes towards numerous projects:
ECO CND
Comac