Abstract: A method of manufacture for creating an NDE test specimen with predictably located one or more flaws according to a digital flaw map and of a material having an angle of refraction matching industrial workpieces for testing and training is disclosed. Comprising selecting a workpiece material for the NDE test specimen having a substantially similar angle of refraction to industrial workpieces, fabricating the NDE test specimen from the workpiece material, executing a CAD software on one or more processors of a controller computer, reading the digital flaw map comprising coordinates of the one or more flaws to be applied to the NDE test specimen, controlling a high energy beam CNC to apply the digital flaw map to the NDE test specimen, selecting the workpiece material among crystal, borosilicate glass, and acrylic, applying a laser beam at a plurality of energy points within the NDE test specimen.

Abstract: This invention relates to permanent, ultrasonic, flexible, dry-coupled, linear arrays for the inspection of pipelines, process equipment, and the like. The permanent, ultrasonic, flexible, dry-coupled, linear arrays detect and/or measure corrosion wall loss, stress corrosion cracking, and/or internal initiated pipeline cracking. The apparatus for ultrasonically testing materials includes a linear array of ultrasonic sensors, and a flexible, acoustically transmissive, dry-coupling surrounding at least a portion of each of the ultrasonic sensors.

Abstract: This invention relates to permanent, ultrasonic, flexible, dry-coupled, linear arrays for the inspection of pipelines, process equipment, and the like. The permanent, ultrasonic, flexible, dry-coupled, linear arrays detect and/or measure corrosion wall loss, stress corrosion cracking, and/or internal initiated pipeline cracking. The apparatus for ultrasonically testing materials includes a linear array of ultrasonic sensors, and a flexible, acoustically transmissive, dry-coupling surrounding at least a portion of each of the ultrasonic sensors.