GB Inspection Systems Ltd
- Address:
- 22A Cobbett Road, Burntwood Business Park, Burntwood, Staffordshire WS7 3GL
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)121 351 5025
- Fax:
- +44 (0)154 327 9619
- Contact:
- Mr Neil Smith, General Manager / Karen Smith, Sales Manager & Credit Control / Vanessa Stokes, Internal Sales / Vicky Kett, Quality & Administration Manager
- Email address:
- sales@gbinspection.com
- Web address:
- www.gbinspection.com
- Methods:
- C - Coating Thickness Measurement
- E - Electromagnetic General
- E1 - Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI)
- E2 - Magnetic Flux Leakage methods
- E3 - Eddy Current Testing
- LP - Liquid Penetrant Inspection
- U - Ultrasonic General
- U1 - Ultrasonic Flaw Detection and Sizing
- U2 - Ultrasonic Thickness Gauging
- U6 - Ultrasonic Advanced Methods
- U4 - Ultrasonic Phased Array
- U3 - TOFD
- Affiliations & Approvals:
- BSI Registered Firm
- Trade Group Member (BINDT)
- RISQS Cert #1501
- Description:
GB Inspection Systems (GBIS) Ltd has over 40 years' experience in the design and manufacture of high-quality ultrasonic transducers and specialist NDT solutions.
Alongside its extensive transducer range, GBIS supplies calibration blocks, cables, NDT equipment and consumables, including DPI, MPI and ultrasonic couplants. The company also provides comprehensive calibration and repair services.
Availability
GBIS maintains an extensive range of standard ultrasonic transducers for rapid delivery, supported by an in-house design and manufacturing capability for bespoke and application-specific solutions.
Specialist products and technologies
GBIS continues to develop specialist ultrasonic inspection products and solutions for demanding NDT applications.
Key product families include:
- integral-PALM™ – including pulse echo array, TOFD and immersion array configurations
- integral-TOFD™
- Limbo-TOFD™ – compact TOFD solutions for restricted-access applications
- TULA™
- MHAT – manual hollow axle testing systems
- RWTJ-1 and RWTJ-2 – rail weld test jigs.
Standard transducer range
GB Inspection Systems manufactures a comprehensive range of ultrasonic transducers covering both general and specialist NDT applications. Manufactured transducers are tested in accordance with BS EN ISO 22232-2.
The range includes:
- Shear wave transducers
- 0° compression transducers
- Angle compression transducers
- Creep wave and surface wave transducers
- Immersion transducers
- High-temperature transducers capable of withstanding intermittent contact up to 300°C
- Sub-miniature transducers for restricted-access applications
- Underwater transducers
- Solid and hollow axle transducers
- Network Rail-approved transducers
- Boiler tube butt weld transducers
- Bespoke and special-build transducers.
GBIS also offers third-party NDT equipment, accessories and consumables.
Bespoke transducers
A key strength of GB Inspection Systems is its ability to design and manufacture bespoke ultrasonic transducers to meet customers' specific technical, dimensional and application requirements.
Working closely with customers, GBIS can develop solutions where standard transducers are unsuitable due to geometry, access, material or inspection requirements.
Industries served
GB Inspection Systems provides ultrasonic inspection products and NDT solutions across a wide range of industries, including:
Rail • Nuclear • Aerospace • Defence • Power generation • Fabrication • Petrochemical • Plant integrity • Marine • Predictive maintenance • General engineering
The company has particular expertise within the rail sector and supplies a wide range of proven equipment for the ultrasonic inspection of hollow and solid axles, wheelsets, rail welds and track.
Calibration and repair
GB Inspection Systems provides comprehensive repair and calibration services for a wide range of NDT equipment and instrumentation, either at its Burntwood facility or, where appropriate, at the customer's site.
Inspection systems
Manual, semi-automated and automated inspection solutions can be provided to meet specific customer requirements, supported by GBIS's extensive experience in ultrasonic inspection and wider NDT applications.
