15 to 22 January 2022 the ОКОndt GROUP representatives held the training for the American colleagues from the distributor company NDT Supply.com, Inc in Kansas City, Kansas State. This enterprise is the global supplier of technical means for nondestructive testing and has been representing the OKOndt GROUP’s equipment at the markets of the USA, Canada, countries of South America and Africa for several years.
Main goal of this training’s to get the partners from NDT Supply.com, Inc familiar with the operation features of SmartScan-FA — the System for eddy current testing of aircraft wheels of actually all the manufacturers. The training was carried out using the demo unit which had been bought by the NDT Supply.com, Inc for carrying out trainings and presentations for their potential customers. The distributor not only sells the equipment of OKOndt GROUP, but also provides follow up technical support, routine repairing and calibration of this equipment, that is quite important for customers. That is why a special attention during the training was paid to the service maintenance issues and calibration of the System. As a result, American technical specialists could master in full and carry out the procedure themselves.
One more important task of the training was to prepare the NDT Supply.com, Inc specialists for the SmartScan-FA System commissioning which had been purchased by one of the leaders in aircraft building. The distributor’s specialist carried out the procedure of the System launching, set up and held the training on how to operate the System for the specialists from the Customer’s Head Office. In turn, ОКОndt GROUP provided technical support for the NDT Supply.com, Inc’s specialists in online mode. This task was successfully completed and, on the top of that, the Customer’s additional requests regarding the wheels new models testing have been clarified. The manufacturer, the distributor and the Customer agreed to achieve the set goals as soon as possible.
Additionally, the training and the demo of the features of the manual eddy current flaw detectors Eddycon C and Eddycоn CL have been carried out which the American partner also had in stock. The features of the special purpose sets have been demonstrated: the aircraft set based on these devices, and the set for the welded joints testing.
The first set is designed to complimentary testing of the aircraft parts and units during production, repairing and technical servicing. It allows to provide the eddy current testing of the aircraft in accordance with the major aircraft manufacturers’ requirements and regulatory documents. The set for the welded joints testing is designed to detect surface cracks in the welded joints and heat treated zones, as well as for the paint coating thickness evaluation before testing.
During the conversation with the managers of the company mutual interest in further cooperation and promotion of the ОКОndt GROUP’s equipment at the USA market, as well as expanding the list of the supplied products was confirmed.
