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| EXTENDE News - November 2023 |
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| CIVA 2023 SP2 is being released | ||
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The Service Pack 2 of the current commercial release CIVA 2023 is being released and will be delivered within the next few days to our users with a valid maintenance contract. It includes the correction of several issues, but also interesting and significant new features, such as the compatibility with the new *.nde format of Omiscan Acquisition files, new parameters to define weld geometries in CIVA UT, flexible and water filled wedges in CIVA UT, the possibility to simulate solid inclusion in CIVA GWT, and more. You can check out our blog article for more information. |
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| The EXTENDE team is growing | ||
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The entire EXTENDE team is delighted Adam Pacalis has joined us at our headquarters in Massy. Adam graduated with a Master's degree in Materials Science and Engineering with a strong NDT focus, since it followed an NDT college graduation. Two internships, at Framatome and Arcelor Mittal, allowed him to consolidate his knowledge base in NDT. It is always an important opportunity for a company like EXTENDE to welcome someone with a fresh perspective, who shakes things up, doubts and questions them, and thus makes an invaluable contribution to the improvement of processes and to the emergence of new innovations. Adam will be working with our technical support and consulting teams, and will undoubtedly quickly become a CIVA trainer as well. |
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| Interesting articles in the eJNDT | ||
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We would like to focus on two articles published by the e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing on NDT.net this month: First, there is an article issued from collaborative works between EXTENDE and the South West Research Institute about co-simulating NDE inspections and Probabilistic Tolerance Damage risk scenarios. Non-Destructive Evaluation people need to know which flaw to detect and what level of sensitivity and reliability is required for safety. Probabilistic Tolerance Damage and risk assessment people need to know the Probability of Detecting (POD) the detrimental defects. For both aspects, a reliable statistical approach requires large datasets, which can be provided by simulation tools. Well then, let's work together! Then, there is the paper from Ed Ginzel who has used the new CIVA AUT Pipeline module to simulate the calibration process on a qualification project of pipeline girth welds inspection. Unlike the standard ultrasonic module, the AUT Pipeline module can run the outputs from multiple channels, involving AUT systems such as the Zonal Discrimination technique. |
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| Training sessions in 2024 | ||
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Our intercompany training sessions for 2024 are scheduled on the following dates: CIVA – Introduction and Applications In Massy, France (UT and one additional module):
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)| CIVA Tip: Define tilted flaws in CIVA ET | ||
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In CIVA ET Inspection Simulation (3D) module, there are some limitations on the flaw orientation when using canonical geometries (plates, tubes). Thus, in this module, with simple parametric components, the flaw tilt cannot be modified, and computations can only be carried out for flaws perpendicular to the specimen surface. Since CIVA 2023, it is possible to define complex shape components in the Inspection Simulation (3D) module. These complex shape components can be obtained either from predefined geometries (blade root or groove, weld profiles) or from a 2D CAD profile extrusion. [...] Read more |
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