This course is applicable to anyone who has a USM Go+ and has never performed an ultrasonic inspection of metal parts or railroad tracks.

Learning Outcomes:
-learn the basic principles of ultrasonic inspection

– adjust and operate the USM Go+ to perform an ultrasonic inspection of railroad rails or other parts & structures

– perform this inspection in the main structural zones of rails or any structural geometries

– use three primary sound beam angles ( 0 degrees, 45 degrees, and 70 degrees) to perform a complete inspection over reference reflectors in rail or other geometrical structures in less than 5 minutes with 80% accuracy

This version of training material for personnel wishing to learn how to use the USM Go+ is designed for those who have busy schedules with limited daily spare time to apply to learning new methods for inspecting material quality. Typical learning techniques are greatly improved by applying small periods of time daily to the learning process rather than two-to-four-hour long learning sessions once or twice a week. This course addresses this issue by breaking up the entire course into smaller units called “chunks.” This method presents the course to learners in ready-made short sessions to apply to their learning process.

Provides the principles of how to analyze the time of flight or travel time of sound energy movement during the ultrasonic inspection of material.