NDE educational and flawed specimens

With flawed specimens you can conduct practical demonstrations to ensure your NDT equipment, procedures & personnel are good enough to find & size them. The flawed specimens offered by FlawTech contain purposely induced real flaws which are accurately sized & located.

For easy understanding the specimen have been divided into three categories:

Standard Specimens

  • Have a tolerance of +/- 0.150” (4mm)
  • Includes all Standard Kit specimens and all UT & MT / PT practical exam specimens
  • Designed to enhance the training and development of new and veteran NDT technicians
  • Normally smaller in size and less expensive than Advanced and Critical specimens
  • Basic Document Package with CAD drawings is included with each kit or exam specimen

Advanced Specimens

  • Have a tolerance of +/- 0.080” (2mm)
  • Includes all advanced specimens, API-UT-1 kit & all ASME section XI appendix VII specimen bank
  • Designed to enhance the training & qualification of level I, II, & III personnel with regards to SNT-TC-1 A, EN473 & PCN
  • Document package with CAD drawings is included with each kit or individual Advanced Specimen.

Critical Specimens

  • Have a tolerance of +/- 0.040” (1mm)
  • Includes all ASME Section XI Appendix VIII specimens & most of the custom designed specimens
  • Designed to customer specifications for their training & qualification of NDT personnel, equipment, and procedures
  • Size of specimens range from a small bolt for a space shuttle in the aerospace industry to a 20,000 pound reactor nozzle in the nuclear industry.
  • Detailed documentation is included with specimens.