Shimadzu Review Vol.78[1・2](2021)
Industrial Machinery

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Development of the MAIVISTM MIV-500 Ultrasonic Optical Flaw Detector:
A New Non-destructive Inspection Device that Uses Ultrasound
and Light to Visualize Surface Defects

by Hiroshi Horikawa1Hirofumi Okamoto1Takashi Tanaka2Satoru Sugiura3Naoto Mishina1Masashi Hayakawa4Takahide Hatahori5Koki Yoshida6

Shimadzu Review 78[1・2] (2021)

Abstract

Inspection is routinely performed during the manufacture and maintenance of airplanes, automobiles, infrastructure, and many other industries where ever-higher levels of quality control and productivity are needed to ensure competitiveness. The development of multi-materials and composite materials and the development of production techniques that bring improved component performance also require new inspection methods tailored to those materials. In anticipating a need for these increasingly sophisticated and diversified inspection techniques, we have developed the MAIVIS MIV-500 ultrasonic optical flaw detector. The MAIVIS MIV-500 is a new product that uses a unique nondestructive inspection technique to determine whether a test object contains defects: the observation of ultrasonic wave propagation through a test object. This article briefly describes the technique used by the MAIVISTM MIV-500 to visualize ultrasonic waves, explains the advantages and principles behind this technique, and provides an overview of the MAIVISTM MIV-500 with example visualizations and applications.

1Research & Development Department, Analytical & Measuring Instruments Division, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan
2Quality Assurance Department, Analytical & Measuring Instruments Division, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan
3Testing Machines Business Unit, Analytical & Measuring Instruments Division, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan
4Non-Destructive Inspection Business Unit, Analytical & Measuring Instruments Division, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan
5Advanced Analysis Unit, Technology Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan
6Brain and Five Senses Technology Unit, Technology Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan

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