Penetrant Testing

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Efficiently control the quality of your metals with CORELEC Équipements

CORELEC Équipements is specialised in the design and manufacture of non-destructive testing lines using fluorescence or colour.

We offer complete manual, semi-automatic or automatic solutions in immersion, spray or mixed configurations.

Ergonomics and operator safety are at the very heart of our approach in the design of PT installations to ensure operator well-being and prevent health and safety risks.

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A team of experts at your service

When you choose CORELEC Équipements, you rely on an experienced responsive team that is attentive to your needs, from the initial definition of your project to its completion.

Our team consists of:

  • Sales engineers
  • Business experts
  • Technicians and engineers from mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, automation and industrial IT design office
  • Specialised technicians and installers
  • Certified trainers

Our manufacturing facilities are grouped together on a single 10,000 m² site and cover all our areas of expertise.

Your project is unique and so is our approach

Because each project is unique, we deliver a high-quality, tailor-made non-destructive penetrant testing system that is innovative, scalable and efficient.

With their high operating flexibility, our equipment give you total control over the times imposed by the various penetrant testing processes.

They guarantee control processes that comply with N.A.D.C.A.P. type specifications and those of the various contractors.

In association with our surface treatment and effluent treatment departments, we can offer you turnkey technical solutions.

We design, manufacture and install all equipment required for a PT installation:

  • Spray or dipping tanks
  • Single or multiprocessing booths
  • Drying stations
  • Spray systems by air or electrostatic gun
  • Washing/rinsing stations
  • Drip stations
  • Specialist tools
  • Ventilation in accordance with current standards
  • Closures
  • Part-handling robots
  • Frame structures
  • Tool sets
  • Measurement sensors for control checks and traceability

Our penetrant testing equipment

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CORELEC  Équipements designs tailor-made equipment and manufactures and installs the various stations making up a PT installation :

  • Application of the penetrant by dipping (immersion) or by spraying (conventional or electrostatic) for various levels of sensitivity (S2, S3, S4, N2, N3, etc.)
  • Rinsing/washing/pre-washing by spraying with a motorised system or manual gun
  • Emulsification by dipping and spraying (if using a post-emulsion penetrant) followed by an emulsifying stop (stop bath)
  • Drying of parts
  • Application of developer by electrostatic gun or suspension in a liquid carrier
  • Control cabin under ultraviolet lighting (for fluorescent penetrant) or daylight (for coloured penetrant)

Types of Penetrant testing plants

  • Manual 
  • Semi-automatic 
  • Automatic 

Types of handling

  • Manual or trolley
  • Conveyor
  • Robot

High-quality machines

The advantages of our PT installations

  • High reliability for the detection of open and surface defects
  • Able to reach defects in various positions and orientations on the parts to be checked
  • Suitable for parts of variable dimensions and complex shapes
  • Able to check a part with the minimum number of operations
  • Can process a large number of small and medium parts at a time
  • Easy integration within production or maintenance lines
  • Can be directly integrated into preparation and surface treatment lines to minimise part handling
  • Manual or automatic traceability of all Penetrant Testing stages
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CORELEC Équipements, Penetrant Testing solutions tailored to your needs

Thanks to our surface treatment and effluent treatment departments, we can offer you turnkey technical solutions.

In fact, we also offer solutions for other necessary Penetrant Testing operations, such as:

  • Surface preparation (part-degreasing line, surface pickling, associated rinsing, drying)
  • Treatment of wash water, rinsing water and air

This way, we maintain continuity between your pre/post-treatment and Penetrant Testing operations, avoiding unnecessary handling and tool changes between the different processes, all while ensuring full traceability.

Thanks to our ability to cover complementary activities, you’ll have a single point of contact for projects involving several trades.

Our other expertises

Surface Treatment

Powder coating and painting

Wastewater treatment

Automation and industrial computing

Services

Ancillary Activities