Casting (Aerospace / Automotive)
TODAY -FILM BASED
The time taken to radiograph and to interpret the image takes up to 24 hours, due to the delays in manual film
processing and the transport of the casting to and from the inspection bay. This results in hugely inflated costs
for the casting as the quality assurance can be more expensive than the product itself.
Using the in-line FilmFree system, the scan will take seconds, not hours. The costs associated with film processing are
removed, and no replacement film is needed. The analysis is done 'on the spot' by complex algorithms developed by this
project, so that human error is eliminated.
PROPOSED FILMFREE SYSTEM
FilmFree is a collaboration between the following organisations: TWI Ltd, CIT Ltd, Balteau NDT SA, Innospexion ApS, OY AJAT Ltd, Advanced
Technology Group s.r.o., Isotest Engineering S.r.l., Tecnitest Ingenieros SL, Trueflaw Ltd, Kingston Computer Consultancy Ltd, NDT
Consultants Ltd, Technic Control Ltd Co, Industrial Control Machines SA, X-Tek Systems Ltd, Compra GmbH, Nexus Engineering Ltd, Airbus
UK Ltd, EADS CCR - Groupement d’Interet Economique, Wytwornia Sprzetu Komunikacyjnego PZL – Rzeszow SA, Total France, Rolls Royce plc,
Advantica Ltd, DB AG, Helenic Society of Non Destructive Testing, Castings Technology International, Bulgarian Welding Society,
Commissariat a l’energie atomiique, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Technical University of Sofia and Politechnika
Szcezinska. The Project is co-ordinated and managed by TWI Ltd. and is partly funded by the EC under the IP SME programme ref: Number
NMP2-CT-2005-515746.