Most Common NDT Methods

NDE Methods

Most Common NDT Methods

Visual Inspection

Tools include fiberscopes, bores copes,magnifying glasses and mirrors.


Portable video inspection unit with zoom allows inspection of large tanks and vessels, railroad tank cars, sewer lines.


Robotic crawlers permit observation in hazardous or tight areas, such as air ducts, reactors, pipeline.

Magnetic Particle Inspection

The part is magnetized. Finely milled iron particles coated with a dye pigment are then applied to the specimen. These particles are attracted to magnetic flux leakage fields and will cluster to form an indication directly over the discontinuity.

Radiography Testing

The radiation used in radiography testing is a higher energy (shorter wavelength) version of the electromagnetic waves that we see as visible light. The radiation can come from an X-ray generator or a radioactive source.

Film Radiography