AGR training in Saudi Arabia
08/10/2009
AGR Field Operations was given an opportunity in May to deliver training to Saudi Aramco's NDT personnel at the Aramco facility in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Following the purchase of AGR's TD Handy-Scan to enhance Aramco's existing stock of TD Pocket-Scans, Mark Nel of AGR offered the hands-on training course to ensure that the Aramco technicians were adequately prepared for using the equipment in the field in what are sometimes very harsh conditions.
Several of the technicians are already experienced in the use of TD equipment for pulse echo corrosion mapping and ToFD. It was therefore a logical and relatively easy step to mastering the additional phased array controls offered by the TD Handy-Scan.
The course covered a basic overview of phased array and ToFD for those attendees that were unfamiliar with these technologies and progressed to practical tutorials on essential procedures within the software and ultimately weld testing. The course aimed at providing a solid understanding of phased array and ToFD technology and application as applied using the TD equipment in preparation for formal theoretical training and certification.
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