| Date | March/April 2005 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
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March/April 2005 Inspectioneering Journal Article Index
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March/April 2005 Inspectioneering JournalBy Bob Stakenborghs, P.E. at Evisive Inc.Once the microwave inspection method was determined to be capable of providing reliable and meaningful inspection results for defects located on the exterior, interior, and interior surfaces of non-metallic components, potential industry applications were identified. Upon investigation, these applications were identified. Upon investigation, these applications proved to be numerous and varied in nature. This is the result of an apparent lack of reliable inspection techniques for many non-metallic components that are rapidly becoming materials of choice in many industries.
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March/April 2005 Inspectioneering JournalBy John Reynolds at Intertek
One of the more important uses of the 99 Diseases of Hydrocarbon Process Equipment is to determine how to safely operate process pressure equipment. Such a work process thereby minimizes the impact of any potential degradation mechanisms (the 99 Diseases), by establishing the appropriate boundaries for long and short-term safe process operation. Such boundaries are called Integrity Operating Windows (IOW's).
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March/April 2005 Inspectioneering JournalBy Greg Alvarado at Inspectioneering JournalWe are happy to announce the 10-year anniversary of the inaugural issue of the Inspectioneering Journal!
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March/April 2005 Inspectioneering JournalBy Julian Speck at TWI Ltd., and Afshin Motarjemi at TWITWI's Members recently requested an evaluation of the instrumented indentation technique (IIT). IIT is claimed to be capable of determining tensile properties from a local indentation similar to a hardness test. TWI subsequently investigated the capability, usefulness and limitations of the IIT and some of the findings are reported here. IIT is sometimes known as ABI (automated ball indenter) testing. There are many manufacturers' o fIIT or ABI units that provide equipment and/or testing services. Two leading manufacturers of IIT equipment are Advanced Technology Corporation in the USA, and Frontics in Korea. In this investigation, FRONTICS kindly offered to collaborate with TWI on the project.
