Companies Avoid Product Recalls Using Nondestructive Resonant Inspection

June 17, 2010 - PRLog -- Cincinnati, OH — Avoiding major product recalls can be done simply, quickly and inexpensively with resonant inspection nondestructive testing systems offered by Cincinnati’s The Modal Shop, Inc.  With no part preparation required, The Modal Shop’s systems can successfully identify internal and external flaws due to cracks, voids, heat treating, dimensions, porosity, nodularity and poor brazing quality, as well as missed manufacturing processes.

Major parts recalls can cost a company more than just money. A damaged reputation can be a large, long-term loss, negatively affecting sales for years or even decades to come.  A Nondestructive Testing Resonant Acoustic Method (NDT-RAMTM) system is ideal for testing metal parts which require inspection, such as safety-critical parts for the automotive, aerospace and medical industries.

The Modal Shop’s resonant inspection nondestructive testing systems use vibration to detect flaws, much like striking a bell will detect the smallest cracks and imperfections. The system uses NDT-RAM technology, http://www.modalshop.com/ndt.asp?ID=102, based on LanSharc hardware, known to fully automate a fast, 100% inspection of powder metal parts, castings, or forgings.  Testing rates are as fast as one part per second, making it an ideal automated test system for high volume applications.

THE MODAL SHOP, INC. offers free NDT-RAM parts tests, http://www.modalshop.com/ndt.asp?ID=108, for feasibility testing. System rentals are available allowing for a complete in-factory test before buying. Significant trade-in credit is available for customers with competitive systems.  For free parts testing, specification sheets, application data, competitive product upgrades, pricing or to schedule a rental or demonstration, please contact THE MODAL SHOP, INC., 3149 E. Kemper Road Cincinnati, OH 45241-1516, Internet: www.modalshop.com, (800) 860-4867, Fax (513) 458-2172 or e-mail: jerry@modalshop.com.

LanSharc and NDT-RAM are trademarks of The Modal Shop, Inc.

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The Modal Shop specializes in the rental, sale, and calibration of accelerometers, precision microphones, and NDT systems.