Ultrasonic Safety & Survey Equipments

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Ultrasonic Tests While Building Ships

With the usage of technology at its extreme in every walk of life has changed our lifestyles completely. The way we work and the time spent at our homes are all dedicated to the different devices we use. Without electronic gadgets our life is incomplete and we need them now not only at homes, but they are needed in our offices, factories and everywhere. These gadgets are not used because they are appealing and fun to use, but they are handy and save us a lot of time and efforts. Machines and gadgets can do the work of a hundred men within no time and with the least effort.

Factories of today are busy in mass productions. A factory of today is capable of producing equal to a dozen factories of just some three decades ago. The factories of today are bigger, better and faster than ever before. One of the biggest factories present today is the factory where shipping ships are built. These factories not only span over hundreds of acres of land, but they are required to be always present near the ocean. Due to the presence at the edge of water the factory and the ships it produces get rusted quickly. They have to fight off rust in many different ways and once a ship is complete, running a test of tightness of hatch with ultrasound is essential.

Due to the presence of highest levels of humidity possible, the ships get rusty even before they are fully completed. As ships are needed to be completely sealed inch to inch, they have to complete it fast. Gathering up speed can create problems and creates chances for human error. But with the help of this ultrasonic device the human errors can be diagnosed and repaired within time. The device can pick about any kind of leak and gaps that are present in the ship’s body due to human error or due to the rust. The hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing has become a necessity in the ship manufacturing industry and the maritime industry too. The holes in a ship can result in a ship to be sunk without any warning and it would not only result in the loss of a ship and the goods it carries, not to mention the humans that are risked while onboard a ship that is doomed and would be sinking soon. The use of gadgets has minimized the risks and the manufacturing defects can be rectified before delivery.

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