Shear Wave, sometimes referred to as Angled Beam Ultrasonic testing, can be used to inspect pipe, critical welds in pressure vessels and plate weldments, and can be used to inspect cracks for depth, size, length and orientation.

This is a common technique used for non-destructive testing, which provides a sensitive, fast and cost effective method to detect, locate and validate a range of large to small defects/deterioration.

Non-Destructive includes methodology used to examine an object, material or system, without impairing its future usefulness.

Portable units make this a good fit for doing on-site field monitoring application.

Shear Waves are generally more sensitive to critical weld defects, such as cracks and fusion type defects, which are two dimensional in nature. Those types of defects are usually oriented in the weld and become ideal reflectors for Shear Wave Inspection.