2024 Highlights 

As we reflect on 2024 at Sonaspection, we’re pleased to share our key achievements, spanning large-scale manufacturing, international outreach, and ongoing advancements in standard flaw specimens. 

Supporting over 1,300 projects worldwide 

Across our UK and USA manufacturing facilities, we supported over 1,340 projects worldwide, including Finland, Japan, Morocco, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, and Vietnam.  

Each project solution was tailored to meet the requirements of the client, specific to the defence, nuclear, manufacturing, oil & gas, petrochemical, education & training, and aerospace sectors. From standard specimens to complex bespoke solutions, here are a few key project highlights:

  • 40″ Pipe manufactured to stringent specifications for a client in the oil and gas sector in the USA, weighing nearly 8 tonnes!
  • Bespoke small-bore duplex pipework for one-sided phased array (PA) inspection, manufactured and delivered within 10 days to meet clients’ tight deadlines. 
  • Manufactured over 160 training & examinations specimens for NDT Training organisation in Lagos, Nigeria. 
  • Custom stepped bar calibration standards designed and manufactured for an international forging client in inconel 718 and waspaloy, ensuring precise measurement equipment verification. 
  • 21 custom educational kits for one client, tailored for diverse NDT methods, providing essential tools for hands-on training. 
  • Custom stainless steel nozzle specimens engineered to replicate real-world in-service flaws, each weighing 1.4 tonnes. 
  • Flaw implantation in large stainless steel nozzle welds, 1.6-tonne specimen integral to manual ultrasonic testing in nuclear operator training. 
  • 40” diameter pipeline manufactured client with DSAW flaws and EDM notches for efficient crude oil transportation. 
  • 67″ diameter stainless steel ring, plasma-cut for advanced inspection techniques in spent fuel storage applications. 
  • Custom boiler tubes, advancing non-destructive testing with materials like inconel, stainless steel, and cunnifer. 
  • Manufactured bolts, essential for fluorescent penetrant testing (PT) to ensure safety and quality standards in lifting equipment inspections. 

Our presence at international events 

We continued to strengthen our global presence and partnerships by participating in leading industry events, including: 

  • American Petroleum Institute (API) 2024 Inspection and Mechanical Integrity Summit – San Antonio, USA in January.  
  •  World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (WCNDT) – Incheon, South Korea in May. 
  • The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) Materials Testing event – Telford, UK in September.  
  • The American Society for Non-Destructive Testing (ASNT) Fall Conference – Vegas, Nevada USA in October.  

Launching our new online store 

We also launched of our new online store to serve our valued customers based in the Americas! 

From casting and forging specimens, to reference radiographs and viewers, educational kits, and standards specimens, our online store offers a wide array of industry-leading products to support your inspection processes. Ordering your flawed specimens has never been more convenient. 

Looking ahead 

We are honoured to have assisted our clients with their projects throughout 2024 and look forward to continuing our collaborations, pioneering innovative flawed specimen solutions, into 2025. 

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