GB Inspection Systems Ltd
- Address:
- 22A Cobbett Road, Burntwood Business Park, Burntwood, Staffordshire WS7 3GL
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)121 351 5025
- Fax:
- +44 (0)1543 279619
- Contact:
- Mr Neil Smith, General Manager / Mike Irvine, Karen Smith and Francesca Hall-Williams, Internal Sales / Vicky Kett-Davies, Office 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)
- Achilles Link-up Registered
- Description:
GB Inspection Systems Ltd has over 30 years' experience of designing and manufacturing high-quality ultrasonic transducers and supplying calibration blocks, cables and NDT equipment and consumables such as DPI, MPI and ultrasound couplants. The company also provides a comprehensive calibration and repair service.
Availability:
The majority of GB Inspection Systems' transducers are available for immediate delivery and the company has a proven capability to provide special and bespoke transducers manufactured to a high technical standard and in a timely manner.Standard offerings:
GB Inspection Systems produces many types of standard transducer, described below, that are capable of meeting the more popular applications. All manufactured transducers are tested in accordance with BS EN ISO 22232-2 and most of these transducers are available for immediate delivery:- Integral TOFD transducers – including LIMBOTOFD™, TULA™ and integral-TOFD™
- Shear wave transducers
- 0° compression transducers
- Angle compression standard transducers
- Creep wave and surface wave 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 track testing transducers
- Boiler tube butt weld transducers
- SNI – PAUT / TOFD / immersion / high-temperature up to 500°C.
Bespoke probes:
GB Inspection Systems also has the in-house expertise and experience to produce transducers to meet customers' specific technical or dimensional needs.Industries served:
GB Inspection Systems provides inspection solutions to many industries, some of which are nuclear, aerospace, defence, power generation, fabrication, petrochemical, plant integrity, marine, predictive maintenance and general engineering.The company is also a major supplier of a wide range of well-proven equipment for the inspection of hollow and solid rail axles, wheel sets and track.
Calibration and repair:
GB Inspection Systems provides a comprehensive repair and calibration service to all types and brands of NDT equipment, either at its facility or at the customer's site.Inspection systems, manual and automated:
Manual, semi-automated and fully-automated testing systems can be provided to meet customer requirements, including ultrasonic, eddy current, magnetic flux leakage tank floor scanners, MPI and fluorescent dye penetrant with consumables.Global partnerships supported in the UK:
GB Inspection represents the following companies exclusively in the UK:
- MR Chemie GmbH, a German provider of equipment for penetrant testing (PT) and magnetic particle testing (MPI), UV technology, leak detection, hand yokes and measuring instruments.
- IBG NDT Systems, a manufacturer of state-of-the-art eddy current testers/instruments and systems.
- Sensor Networks Inc, a Pennsylvanian-based (USA) technology company specialising in the design and manufacture of industrial ultrasonic transducers and tooling for demanding in-situ test and inspection applications.
