Shearography - New NDT Method
Shearography is a non-destructive measurement method that allows the detection of defects and sub-surface delaminations in composite material. As new NDT method Shearography enables a non-contact inspection and delivers full-field results obtaining 1,4 Million data points per measurement. Therefore Shearography is considered as a very fast complementary method for conventional NDT methods.Software ISISplus
Hardware and image processing are controlled by the ISISplus software developed by Steinbichler. The Windows-based program is easy to use and ensures a high system integrity. The available operating modes feature a standard and an expert mode.
Providing full access to all relevant software tools, the expert mode allows setting test parameters, creating new automatic programs, deleting programs, defining the test documentation and accessing the program library. In the customized standard mode, the existing automatic programs can be selected from a library. The expert mode can be used, for example, to define that the creation of a test protocol is mandatory before a new measurement can be started.
Airbus NDT-Inspection Team uses Steinbichler ISISmobile 3000 Shearography System
Successful cooperation between Airbus and Steinbichler Optotechnik in applying the shearography method for the non-destructive testing of composite materialsSince 2003, Airbus uses a Steinbichler shearography system on various Airbus sites in Germany and France. The NDT inspection team has a ISISmobile 3000 in operation which covers a measurement area of nearly DIN A3 paper size and has proven a reliable tool for Airbus quality assurance. Due to the system´s high resolution (provided by the shearography method - 30 nm out-of-plane), possible defects can be found throughout various material combinations and defect depths.