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Re: Phased arrey

Posted by: Joe Buckley    (PID_358), E-mail: joe@buckley.net, on September 09, 2006 at 00:08 :

In Reply to: Re: Phased arrey posted by : Michael Moles    , E-mail: michael.moles@olympusndt.com, on September 08, 2006 at 23:20 :

Can I just add one hundred percent agreement with Michaels comments. I didn't interpret his comments as saying Olympus 'is the best' - For different applications different products are superior, for example I like to think that ours (Sonatest/Harfang) has a lot to offer in the 'high end portable' category, but Olympus's overall market leadership is indisputable.

The other point that needs to be made is local support expertise - The fact that the original inquirer asks 'which is the best' implies that they need information and guidance. So, if local support is important, find out who will provide it and decide how much confidence you have in them. This is often at least as important as the equipment you choose.

Joe

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: : Hello...
: : i agree basicly what Michael explain...but i have personally problems to understand if there is a need for olympus to pronouce " We are the best ! "
: : Look, if you starts with phased array please have in mind that on the medical sector they have a lot of experiance with these kind of equipment.
: : Everything what we have in our ( little ) NDT world worked since years on the medical sector...you need examples : CT , digital radiogphy, phased array and ..
: : All these new methods or test techniques coming bow on the market are surely not a " new " discovered by companies as GE or Olympus.
: : If you are looking for really innovative phased array technique take a close look to the medical market and or also looking in countries as Korea,Taiwan,US or Netherland.
: : There a a lot of sources coming up or getting bigger; - so invest some time in google and you will find a lot of manufacturer !
: : Christoph
: Christoph:
: There are loads of manufacturers, as Simon Amallraja points out: Olympus, TDL, GEIT, Sonatest, PEAK, DSL, M2M, Siemens, Toshiba, Zetec, KBJ etc. What is best is typically what is best for your application. ONDT is not the only manufacturer; just the biggest - which probably says something.
: As for the medical world, they started their business baed on phased array radar and other applications. Unfortunately, the medical PA is not as useful as we would like: they spend all their time using longitudinal waves and looking for a few dB of contrast on a known product. We use all kinds of waves on a spectrum of materials and components, looking for a variety of defects. With the except of GE (who are not the cutting edge in industrial PA), none of the medical players are active in NDE.
: Michael
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----------- Start Original Message ----------- : Can I just add one hundred percent agreement with Michaels comments. I didn't interpret his comments as saying Olympus 'is the best' - For different applications different products are superior, for example I like to think that ours (Sonatest/Harfang) has a lot to offer in the 'high end portable' category, but Olympus's overall market leadership is indisputable. : The other point that needs to be made is local support expertise - The fact that the original inquirer asks 'which is the best' implies that they need information and guidance. So, if local support is important, find out who will provide it and decide how much confidence you have in them. This is often at least as important as the equipment you choose. : Joe : : : : Hello... : : : i agree basicly what Michael explain...but i have personally problems to understand if there is a need for olympus to pronouce " We are the best ! " : : : Look, if you starts with phased array please have in mind that on the medical sector they have a lot of experiance with these kind of equipment. : : : Everything what we have in our ( little ) NDT world worked since years on the medical sector...you need examples : CT , digital radiogphy, phased array and .. : : : All these new methods or test techniques coming bow on the market are surely not a " new " discovered by companies as GE or Olympus. : : : If you are looking for really innovative phased array technique take a close look to the medical market and or also looking in countries as Korea,Taiwan,US or Netherland. : : : There a a lot of sources coming up or getting bigger; - so invest some time in google and you will find a lot of manufacturer ! : : : Christoph : : Christoph: : : There are loads of manufacturers, as Simon Amallraja points out: Olympus, TDL, GEIT, Sonatest, PEAK, DSL, M2M, Siemens, Toshiba, Zetec, KBJ etc. What is best is typically what is best for your application. ONDT is not the only manufacturer; just the biggest - which probably says something. : : As for the medical world, they started their business baed on phased array radar and other applications. Unfortunately, the medical PA is not as useful as we would like: they spend all their time using longitudinal waves and looking for a few dB of contrast on a known product. We use all kinds of waves on a spectrum of materials and components, looking for a variety of defects. With the except of GE (who are not the cutting edge in industrial PA), none of the medical players are active in NDE. : : Michael ------------ End Original Message ------------

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