Radiography

This type of inspection uses high frequency penetrating radiation in the form of X-rays to locate discontinuities in a material, verify the integrity of internal components and determine the quality of welds. There are many advantages to radiography including: inspection of a wide variety of material types with varying density, ability to inspect assembled components, minimum surface preparation required, sensitivity to changes in thickness corrosion, voids, cracks and material density changes, the ability to detect both surface and subsurface defects and the ability to provide a permanent record of the inspection.