MISTRAS creates one of the largest gantry scanning systems to date

06/05/2010

Mistras Group, Inc has joined forces with HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc in the USA to produce a 12-axes ultrasonic C-scan imaging gantry scanning system, believed to be one of the largest scanners built thus far for the inspection of aerospace carbon composite components.

The 24-foot (7.3 m) long, 16-foot (4.9 m) high and wide system will be used by HITCO for the scanning and inspecting of aerospace carbon composite components. With its towering twin scanning axes, the system will have the ability to inspect virtually any component within its realm using ultrasonic through-transmission and pulse echo scanning.

Along with the size and versatility, the system will include state-of-the-art software from Mistras Group and Resource Engineering, Inc (REI), a supplier of precision positioning systems. The combination of Mistras's UT digital data acquisition package with REI's advanced mechanical gantry and motion control package will provide HITCO with the ultimate in a precision UT gantry system.

HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc was founded in 1922 and manufactures composite structures and materials, primarily for aerospace and defence applications. HITCO continues to be an innovative leader in the advancement of carbon composite components within the SGL Group, strategically focusing on new projects for aerospace/aircraft and defence applications

www.mistrasgroup.com