Enhance your classroom learning experience with our pre-course eLearning packages at TES Canada. Now, you have the opportunity to fully prepare yourself by familiarizing yourself with the key concepts that will be covered in the classroom. This optional add-on ensures that you have the best possible chance of mastering the material and achieving certification.
Please note that this option is exclusively available to students enrolling in full courses. The comprehensive eLearning material will be accessible 30 days before the course start date, allowing you ample time to build your confidence and knowledge before entering the classroom.
Maximize your potential for success by taking advantage of our pre-course eLearning packages for ultrasonic testing. Prepare yourself thoroughly and excel in your learning journey.
This course is eligible for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credit hours.
CPD: 55 Credit
Duration: 55 hrs
Price: CA$ 1,090.00
Order nowThe eLearning part of this training course is divided in six modules:
Module 1: Basic Principles
Module 2: Principles underlying PAUT
Module 3: Beam Steering
Module 4: Beam focusing
Module 5: Optimizing data quality
Module 6: Review
Each module contains:
Pages explaining the underlying theory
Videos explaining the theoretical and practical aspects of Phased-Array Ultrasonic Testing,
Silverlight Interactive exercises in which the student can build a set-up, practice calibration and scanning and learn to evaluate real data
When you have booked your training, you will receive an email notification with your login details. You will then have 30 days before the course start date to go through the modules.
SECTION 1: Basic Principles
• Sound versus Ultrasound
• Physical properties of ultrasound waves
• Description of conventional UT hardware
• Origin and use of A-, B- and C-Scans
• Production of ultrasound waves
• Properties of the ultrasound beam
• Structure and content of a UT procedure
• Choosing the right hardware for an inspection
• Importance of calibration
• Inspection guidelines
• Data analysis principals
• Section’s test
SECTION 2: Principles underlying PAUT
• Origin of phasing
• Phased-array hardware
• Scans and views specific to phased-array
• Production of phased-array ultrasound
• Properties of 0-degree phased-array ultrasound beam
• Phased-array specific procedures
• How to build a 0-degree phased-array ultrasound setup
• Calibration of a 0-degree phased-array setup
• Introduction to 0-degree phased-array scanning
• Analysing 0-degree phased-array data
• Interactive Exercises
• Section’s test
SECTION 3: Beam Steering
• Introduction to beam steering
• Inner workings of phased-array instrument
• Scans and views specific to angled phased-array
• Beam steering theory and limitations
• How to build an angled phased-array ultrasound setup
• Calibration of an angled phased-array setup
• Introduction to angled phased-array scanning
• Analysing Angled phased-array data
• Interactive Exercises
• Section’s test
SECTION 4: Beam focusing
• Introduction to focusing
• Phased-array probes
• Multiple scans and views
• Beam focusing theory and limitations
• Choosing between focused and non-focused beams
• Calibration with focused beams
• Defects shape vs. focal distance
• Interactive Exercises
• Section’s test
SECTION 5: Optimizing data quality
• Introduction to data quality
• Selecting optimal hardware
• Instrument limitations
• Data quality theory and limitations
• Optimizing setups parameters
• Encoder calibration
• Remote data analysis
• Interactive Exercises
• Section’s test
SECTION 6: Review
• Introduction
• Hardware
• Scans and views
• Theory
• Setups
• Calibration
• Inspection
• Data analysis
• Interactive Exercises
So that your computer can run the Phased Array eLearning modules you will need the following basic systems:
Operating System
Windows: 10 and higher
Browser
Chrome or Edge
Internet connection:
A decent internet connection (5 Mb/s)
To get an idea of what you can expect when you begin the course, and view some helpful tutorial videos , click the link below:
Please use the latest version of the browser Internet Explorer with Silverlight installed to view the tasters. Videos are best seen in full screen mode, exercises must be in full screen mode to work.