De-Risking Additive Manufacturing Through Non-Destructive Testing Methods

As the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) grows, so does the need to ensure part integrity and reliability. Non-destructive testing (NDT) methods play a crucial role in de-risking AM processes by identifying potential defects without compromising the components. From ultrasound to X-ray techniques, integrating NDT early in the production cycle enhances quality control, boosts confidence in AM technologies, and ultimately leads to safer, more efficient manufacturing outcomes.

What a Tap Can Tell You About Material Quality and Strength

Resonance frequency testing uses motion to reveal what’s really inside a material—how stiff it is, how consistent, and whether anything’s hiding beneath the surface. With just a tap, engineers can read how the structure resists internal motion. This makes it a fast, non-destructive way to evaluate quality, detect flaws, and confirm material performance—across metals, composites, and advanced manufacturing. It replaces assumptions with real physical behavior, helping teams catch problems early and make better decisions with confidence.

Precision Mechanics Parts

GrindoSonic® MK7 measuring technology enables you to map the full mechanico-elastic fingerprint of components and assemblies and assure: Consistent quality of parts and (sub)assemblies Crack detection Mechanical performance measurement Optimizing manufacturing processes For determining the elastic properties of Precision Mechanics…

Friction Materials and Brake pads

An important factor for brake noise reduction is tuning the resonance frequencies of the main components such as disc, caliper, bracket and brake pad, in order to harmonize them.  Brake pads can show a significant spread in the resonance frequencies…

Cement, Mortar and Concrete

Whether it is for testing new mix designs or testing for quality and reliability post production, the compressive strength and tensile strength are the most important mechanical tests executed on cementitious products. Tensile strength tests can be carried out to…

Grinding and Abrasives

GrindoSonic is the proven tool for quality testing, quality surveillance and material characterization in the grinding and abrasives industry and is successfully operated by industry and research institutes & universities alike. With its special focus on grinding materials and over…

Metallurgy

Metals have an extensive amount of physical properties, such as being good conductors, high melting points, high density, good malleability and good ductility, which gives a strong importance in a vast amount of applications. More than 90% of the materials…

Ceramics

For determining the dynamic elastic properties of ceramics, whether it is about (i) traditional ceramics such as pottery, bricks, abrasives, refractories and cement or (ii) new ceramics based on oxides, carbides, etc or about (iii) glasses, the Impulse Excitation Technique…

Material Research

The material characteristics E-Modulus, G-Modulus and Poisson constant can bemeasured with a single hit on a rectangular sample. Just put the sample on a piece of foamand hit it between the torsion and bending mode zero lines. Both bending mode…

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