Non - destructive testing plays an important role in

  1. Quality control
  2. Production control
  3. Planning control
  4. Quantitative analysis

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Option 1 : Quality control
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  • A malfunction of a component, however small, can have catastrophic consequences
  • Hence NDT plays an important role in the quality control of a product
  • It is used during all the stages of manufacturing of a product
  • Non - destructive testing (NDT) is the use of physical methods which will test materials, components and assemblies for flaws in their structure without damaging their future usefulness
  • Types of NDT methods
    1. Visual or optical inspection
    2. Dye penetrant testing
    3. Magnetic particle testing
    4. Eddy current testing
    5. Radiographic testing
    6. Ultrasonic testing
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