Minimise rejects in the automotive industry with non-destructive testing

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Defects in pro­duc­tion bat­ches in the auto­mo­ti­ve indus­try often result in the enti­re batch being lost, as the search for the cau­se of the defect is con­side­red cos­t­ly — howe­ver, saving the par­ti­al batch is not only quick and easy, but can also be achie­ved cost-effec­tively with the help of non-des­truc­ti­ve test­ing (NDT).
With this method, mate­ri­als and struc­tures are che­cked for defects wit­hout dama­ging the object to be tes­ted. NDT is often used in the pro­duc­tion of vehic­le parts and com­pon­ents, but also in the inspec­tion of vehic­les that have alre­a­dy been pro­du­ced to ensu­re that they meet qua­li­ty and safe­ty stan­dards and do not pose a risk to road traf­fic.
At Micro­vis­ta, a wide varie­ty of inspec­tion tasks for the auto­mo­ti­ve indus­try are sol­ved ful­ly automatically.

Diagram shows how costs per unit are reduced by automating series testing

What are the advantages of non-destructive testing? 

Micro­vis­ta uses indus­tri­al com­pu­ted tomo­gra­phy (CT) to check the qua­li­ty of com­pon­ents from the auto­mo­ti­ve indus­try. In addi­ti­on to this method, air-cou­pled ultra­sound, for exam­p­le, also counts as a non-des­truc­ti­ve test­ing method. Com­pared to manu­al qua­li­ty manage­ment pro­ces­ses, both methods have signi­fi­cant advan­ta­ges: With the­se methods, mate­ri­als and struc­tures are inspec­ted for defects wit­hout dama­ging the object to be inspec­ted. CFRP is often used in the pro­duc­tion of vehic­le parts and com­pon­ents, but also in the inspec­tion of alre­a­dy pro­du­ced vehic­les to ensu­re that they meet qua­li­ty and safe­ty stan­dards & do not pose a risk to road traf­fic. At Micro­vis­ta, a wide varie­ty of inspec­tion tasks for the auto­mo­ti­ve indus­try are sol­ved ful­ly automatically.

Non-destructive 

The pro­ce­du­res make it pos­si­ble to exami­ne objects wit­hout having to des­troy or dis­as­sem­ble them. This is par­ti­cu­lar­ly advan­ta­ge­ous when it comes to expen­si­ve or sen­si­ti­ve components. 

High resolution & precision 

CT and ultra­sound tech­no­lo­gy crea­te very detail­ed images of objects that make even small struc­tures visi­ble and thus reve­al defects in com­pon­ents. With air-cou­pled ultra­sound and the asso­cia­ted inspec­tion sys­tem YoU­Scan!, com­pon­ents are scan­ned direct­ly on the line using air ultra­sound and clas­si­fied into IO/NIO. Learn more about air-cou­pled ultra­sound here. 

Fast results 

Indus­tri­al com­pu­ted tomo­gra­phy and ultra­so­nic test­ing exami­ne objects in the shor­test pos­si­ble time — the results are usual­ly available imme­dia­te­ly. This speeds up the qua­li­ty con­trol process. 

Numerous areas of application 

CT is used in many bran­ches of indus­try. In addi­ti­on to the auto­mo­ti­ve indus­try, the aero­space, mecha­ni­cal engi­nee­ring and medi­cal tech­no­lo­gy sec­tors also make use of the non-des­truc­ti­ve test­ing method. Ultra­so­nic test­ing exami­nes a varie­ty of mate­ri­als, inclu­ding metals, pla­s­tics and even lubricants. 

Low costs 

Equip­ment for CFRP is expen­si­ve, but it usual­ly pays for its­elf in the time saved and the impro­ve­ment in the qua­li­ty of the com­pon­ents pro­du­ced. At Micro­vis­ta, you can eit­her send us your com­pon­ents and we will check them at low cost or you can use our mobi­le CT and check your com­pon­ents direct­ly on your door­step. Do you have your own CT? Then we would be hap­py to take over the data eva­lua­ti­on for you — find out more about our auto­ma­ted pro­cess here. The purcha­se of the YoU­Scan! air-ultra­so­nic inspec­tion sys­tem incl. YoU­Vi­si­on! eva­lua­ti­on soft­ware also has low cos­ts. If you are thin­king about purcha­sing your own You­Scan! inspec­tion sys­tem, you can find more infor­ma­ti­on here.

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