Digital Radiography Testing Level 1 & 2
80 Hours Classroom training following ASNT standard Outline for Qualification of Nondestructive Testing Personnel. SNT-TC-1A recommended practice
Courses are offered online and can be studied and reviewed at the student’s convenience and/or pace whenever most convenient to the student (evenings/lunch/weekends/etc.)
Lessons are setup in individual chapters and subchapters to help in the learning process making it easier to stop when convenient and review or proceed at the student’s speed
Course Includes:
- Digital Content
- Photos
- Videos
- Audio
- Written Text
- Real World Examples
Course Outline:
Digital Radiography 1
- NDT Qualification and Certification Process
- Image Qualification
- X-Ray Set Up
- X-Ray System Overview
- Imaging Tools / Quality Characteristics and Requirements
- Digital System Overview and Operation
- Process Control
- Image Fidelity
- Digital Radiography Definitions
- Digital Radiography/Image Plates (CR)
- Digital Radiography DDA Panels
- Radiography Imagining and Viewing
- Radiography Exposure
- Techniques
- Introduction to X-Ray of Weldments
- Standards, Procedures, and Specifications
- Discontinuities, Defects, Relevant and Non-Relevant Indications
- Introduction to Evaluation
Digital Radiography 2
- General Overview of Digital Radiography
- Advantages/Disadvantages of Each (DR/CR)
- Digital Radiography (DR) With Digital Detectors Array (DDA)
- Quality Considerations of DDA Panels
- Pixel and Pixel Pitch
- Panel Corrections
- DDA Signal and Noise
- Process Controls
- X-Ray Tubes for DR
- Advantages of Digital Radiography
- Computed Radiography
- Computed Tomography (CT)
- Contrast Sensitivity
- Resolution
- Image Considerations
- Imaging Tools
- Evaluation
- Standards, Codes, and Procedures
- NDT Qualification and Certification Requirements
Testing Includes:
- 2 Exams – a 40 question General Exam and a 20 question Specific Exam
- A student must score a minimum of 70% on each exam, but have a composite score of 80% or better to pass the course.
Course Learning Objectives:
Digital Radiography 1
– Understand terminology regarding Digital Radiography.
– Explain the history behind Digital Radiography.
– Successfully set up an x-ray.
– Explain the advantages and disadvantages of Computed Radiography.
– View images accurately.
– Explain preparation and exposure.
– Identify discontinuities, defects, relevant and non-relevant indications.
Digital Radiography 2
– Understand terminology regarding Digital Radiography.
– Explain the advantages and disadvantages of conventional and digital radiography.
– Explain the considerations of DDA Panels.
– Successfully evaluate welding.
– Explain the standards, codes, and procedures for Digital Radiography.
Price: $3,600
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