Non-Destructive Evaluation Centre

 

Activities

Component integrity evaluation 

Remaining life assessment studies

 

 

 

 

 

Expertise

 

Non-destructive evaluation using: Acoustic Emission(AE), Ultrasonic Testing(UT), Magnetic Barkhausen Emission, (MBE) Magneto Acoustic Emission(MAE), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), In-situ Metallography 

Component integrity evaluation Remaining life assessment

Major Facilities

Equipment


1. X-ray Diffractometer (XRD)
2.X-ray Residual Stress
3. XRD
4. Hole Drilling / Strain gage equipment
5. Hardness Tester
6. Hardness Tester
7. Marco-Hardness Tester
8. Micro-Hardness Tester
9. Thermography System

 

ACPISTOC EQIPMENT


1. Acoustic Emission Test System
2. Immeco Ultrasonic Vibrator
3. UltrasonicTest Equipment
4. Low Frequency Ultrasonic system
5. Ultrasonic System (30 MHz)
6. Impact Echo System


MAGNETO-ELASTIC EQUIPMENT


1. Barkhausen emission equipment
2. Walker Hyst. Graph


METALLOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT


1. Optical Microscope
2. Optical MIcroscope
3. Image Analyser
4. Transmission Electron microscope with EDAX
5. Stereo MIcroscope
6.Stereo Microscope
7. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
8.Atomic Force Microscopy


INSITU KITS


1. Portable Hardness Tester
2. Portable Microscope
3. In-situ Fine Grinder & Polisher
4.In-situ Fine Grinder & Polisher
5. Portable Electrolytic Polisher and Etching Unit
6. Portable Electrolytic Polisher and Etching Unit


ACCESORIES


1. Sputter Coater
2. Kevex DELTA II EDS
3. Thermal Evaporation Coating Unit
4. Electropolishing Unit
5. Vacuum Coating Unit
6. Dimple Grinder
7. Ion Mill
8. Electropolishing Unit
9.Twin Jet Polisher
10.EDM
11. CNC Wire cut EDM
12. Low Speed Saw(Diamond cutter)

R&D Projects

 

  • Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) Facility for Infrastructure Asset Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manpower

 

 

NDE Centre is a part of MST Division

 

 

Contact

Dr.R.N.Ghosh, Head
Material Science & Technology Division
Jamshedpur-831007, India
Tel & Fax: +91-657-2271164
Email:
rng@nmlindia.org

 

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