20th International Forgemasters Meeting - IFM 2017

Forged high performance parts require efficient and exact quality assurance methods such as ultrasonic (UT) inspection. Increasing requirements on NDE from OEMs are leading to change from manual UT to automated inspection systems at the forges. Ellwood City Forge (USA) is producing quality forged parts for different industrial use, including turbine disks and rings for various power plants. Areva GmbH delivered two (2) automated UT inspection systems equipped with SAPHIRquantum UT device as well as customized UT data collection and data analysis software. AREVA GmbH NDE department profits from its experience in nuclear NDE services for development of high performance automated UT inspection system through combining outstanding mechanical design with customizable UT technique. The UT software and the UT device SAPHIRquantum are in-house developments of Areva GmbH. This allows creating the most efficient inspection modes resulting in customer benefit. In cooperation with Ellwood City Forge, this presentation will give an overview about state of the art UT inspection system and technique based on the delivered Areva GmbH turbine disk UT system.