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Inspection Concepts and Techniques
Precision measuring tools and how to read them, calibration and tool accuracy, the annual, 100-hour, progressive and other inspection programs and their rules, and the main nondestructive testing methods with what each can and can't find.
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- Read an outside micrometer and use calipers, dial indicators and gauges for common measurements
- Explain why measuring tools and NDT equipment must be calibrated, and what to do with a damaged tool
- Compare the annual, 100-hour, progressive and other inspection programs and who may perform each
- Choose a suitable nondestructive testing method for a material and type of defect
- Describe how hardness, conductivity and weld appearance help inspect materials and processes