Non destructive quality control

• CIR Laboratory's NDT

  The non destructive testing (NDT) techniques can be major tools for industrial materials quality control.

  However, the success of NDT relies on the awareness of available techniques as well as the properties of the material to characterize.

  CIR Laboratory expertise in materials science as well as its experience in the field of NDT are available to you for organizing and realizing successful trials adapted to your company's requirements.

  CIR Laboratory applies and develops NDT procedures according to the type and geometry of the material to be analysed, and to the quality criteria established in a preliminary analysis.

  The SonicByte^TM technology, co developed by Dr. Claude Allaire, makes NDT applicable both to homogenous (ex.: metals and ceramics) and heterogeneous (ex.: refractories and carbon products) materials, at ambient or high temperature.

• Offered services
  
  

  Testing methods We specialize in NDT services using the following techniques: Optical methods  Visual observations Microscopic observations Mechanical vibration  Acoustic resonance (SonicByteTM) Non linear acoustic (SonicByteTM) Acoustic attenuation and dispersion(SonicByteTM) Acoustic signature (SonicByteTM) Ultrasounds (V-meter) Offered NDT services  At laboratory  In plant  At construction site

  Industrial activities Our NDT services apply to the following industrial activities: Research and development  Manufacturing and shaping processes optimization  Effect of thermal treatments on the residual properties of metals Mechanical properties monitoring during concretes curing and/or firing Quality control  Surface defects  Internal defects Cracks, porosity, grain boundaries Delaminations, separations Various heterogeneities Anisotropy Post-mortem (Failure analysis) Simulation testing  Thermal shock resistance  Mechanical impact resistance

• SonicByte^TM Technology