preparing the next generation ndt –x-ray laboratory•founded in 2014 • suwanee, ga –45 min....

Preparing the Next Generation NDT – X-Ray Laboratory

Presented by: Matt Gormley and Jake Rickter

• Founded in 2014• Suwanee, GA – 45 min. outside of Atlanta

• Wilmar, MN – 2.5 hrs. outside of Minneapolis• Custom and Standard X-Ray / CT Cabinets

and systems• 90keV – 15MeV

• In-line system manufacturer• 20+ employees

• Design, manufacturer, develop, assemble, integrate, software, test

• Founded in 2019

• New facility next door to PXS manufacturing

• Vision started in 2015• What’s missing from Pinnacle?

• Is their value in a digital focused laboratory?

• Full circle - from equipment to final inspection

• Lack of certified digital labs

• Voice of the Customer

• Showcase for new technology

Why PiXL?• Largest gap in the NDT industry – PEOPLE!

• Compliance and certification

• Demand for digital RT

• Customer approvals

• CT Scanning

• Additive Manufacturing

• Unique Services

The People / Education Gap

• NDT talent workforce reduction

• Retirement of Level III’s, no one to replace

• Where do you find NDT talent?

• Schools / Colleges

• Lack of 4-year degree programs

• 2-year associate programs

• How do you create NDT talent?

• Develop associate programs and apprenticeships

• Welding / NDT programs

• Grow internally





• CT Scanning


• Unique Services

Compliance and Certification• Support the AM industry in education of X-Ray

requirements

• Establish compliance and security

• NIST 800-171

• ITAR

• Explosives

• Certifications

• Nadcap – AC7114, AC 7004

• NAS410, ASTM, SAE, AWS, ASNT





• CT Scanning


• Unique Services

Demand for Digital RT Inspections• Instantaneous results

• Casting Inspection – allowance of digital RT

• Weld Inspection – allowance or real-time, CR, and DR

• AM Inspection – To be defined• Round robin studies

• Training – NAS410, SNT-TC-1A, DoD, ASNT

• Digital Standards now available • ASTM, AWS, SAE

• DICONDE Compliance for imaging (used across all OEM’s)

• Digital Threads and ease of traceability





• CT Scanning


• Unique Services

Customer Approvals• Aerospace, Space and Defense

• Audit process and scheduling

• Correlation Studies required for Film, CR, and DR• Sometimes all 3 with raw and post

processing images

• Cut-Up Verification• Defect type detection and classification

• Level 2, and 3 testing for DR, and eventually CT





• CT Scanning


• Unique Services

CT Scanning• Preparing for future CT requirements

• Merging inspection methods

• First Article Inspections

• Field failure investigations

• DATA, DATA, and more DATA

• Metrology

• Flaw detection

• Understanding limitations

Metrology CT

• Fan Beam vs Cone Beam

• Surface determination

• Fixturing

• Not CMM, blue light, or white light

• Reference Quality Indicators

Blade Scanning

Flaw Detection CT• Defining resolution

• Types of CT scanning

• What is practical?

• IQI replacement with Reference Quality Indicators

• Defect classification for additive



• High demand for qualified work


• Industry standards / development

• CT scanning


• Unique Services

• We design in 3D

• We now print in 3D

• Why don’t we inspect in 3D?• UT, CT, Optics / Laser scanning

• Blue light / White light

• Reverse engineering

Design

Print

Inspect

Additive Manufacturing



• High demand for qualified work


• Industry standards / development


• CT Scanning

• Unique Services

Unique Services

• Remote Inspection

• Digital Imaging with Level 2 and 3’s

• Overinspection

• Level III Consulting Services

• Sampling of digitized images from film to digital archival

• 3D printing of fixtures for repeatability

• Full technique development for customer buy-off

• CNC programming for automated inspection

• One of the largest Nadcap approved Digital Radiography laboratories in the United States

• 5- DR/CT systems up to 500keV• 2 additional systems in 2020

• Certified personnel on-site (Level, I, II, III)

• Host formal and informal training sessions

• Education

• Benefits of the technology

• Finding the right application/solutions

• Gaps in the industry

• Need for correlation and POD studies

Why PiXL?

THANK YOU!

preparing the next generation ndt –x-ray laboratory•founded in 2014 • suwanee, ga –45 min....

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