The Institute of Applied Physics offers custumers the IMPOK-1B pulsed magnetic testing system for automatic non-destructive testing of the mechanical properties of low-carbon steel sheet metal under a manufacturing agreement and is looking for partners to conclude a distribution services agreement.

The Institute of Applied Physics has developed the IMPOK-1B pulsed magnetic testing system, designed for automatic non-destructive testing of the mechanical properties of low-carbon steel sheet products with a thickness of 0.15–12 mm, moving in the production flow at speeds from 0.1 to 5 m/s.
The system enables testing of both continuous metal strips and individual sheets.

Technical specifications of the device:
Hardness measurement range on the HRB scale: from 30 to 100;
Yield strength measurement range σy: from 20 to 75 kgf/mm²;
Ultimate tensile strength measurement range σv: from 20 to 85 kgf/mm²;
Relative elongation measurement range δ10: from 2 to 50;
Thickness of the tested rolled product: from 0.15 to 12.0 mm;
Rolling speed: 0.1 to 5 m/s;
minimum distance between sheets for sheet-by-sheet inspection: 10 mm;
minimum sheet length for sheet-by-sheet inspection: 1 m;
power consumption from a single-phase 220 V network, no more than 800 VA.

Sector of application: mechanical engineering, metallurgy.

Similar equipment is manufactured by EMG (IMPOCpro and POWER IMPOC units).
On this website, you can find information about the company's products, including quality control and automation systems such as IMPOCpro and POWER IMPOC, which are used in the metallurgical industry.

This information is published in the Catalog "100 Best Developments of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for the National Economy in 2022–2023," pp. 49–50.

The developed system is comparable to similar equipment from EMG (the IMPOCpro and POWER IMPOC systems). Compared to similar equipment from Siemens VAI Metal Technologies, the development offers the following advantages:

The signal penetration depth is several times greater, allowing for characterization of metal properties across the entire sheet cross-section, not just a thin surface layer;

The distance between the transducer and the sheet surface is more than twice as large (25 mm instead of 12 mm), reducing the limitation on vibrational displacement of the sheet during movement;

The signal is virtually independent of changes in sheet tension during movement.

Readiness for production:
availability of development drawings, industrial prototype, and pilot testing results.

The Institute of Applied Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus is the only academic institute, both in the country and abroad, specializing in the physics of non-destructive testing and technical diagnostics.

The institute's main research areas:
- Physics of non-destructive testing;
- Development of methods and tools for non-destructive testing and technical diagnostics of materials, products, and technological processes;
- Development of the scientific foundations of information technologies for non-destructive testing and technical diagnostics.

Non-destructive testing methods developed at the institute:
- Ultrasonic flaw detection, structuroscopy, and thickness measurement of surface-hardened layers;
- Capillary testing;
- Pulsed magnetic testing;
- Magnetic thickness measurement of coatings;
- Thermoelectric power method;
- Eddy current flaw detection and structuroscopy methods;
- Magnetic noise structuroscopy method;
- Methods for testing the magnetic characteristics of soft magnetic materials, magnetic fields, and residual magnetization;
- Radio wave flaw detection, structuroscopy, and thickness measurement methods;
- Contact-dynamic testing of the physical and mechanical properties of materials;
- Image reconstruction methods in X-ray tomography.

Applied problems solved:
- Inspection of continuity defects in parts, blanks, and structural elements (flaw detection);
- Inspection of the structure and physical and mechanical properties of materials;
- Inspection of the geometric parameters of products, coatings, and surface-hardened layers;
- Inspection of the stress-strain state of metal structures;
- Technical diagnostics of objects.

The institute's applied research addresses a wide range of scientific and technical problems across multiple industries. Its modern methods and tools for non-destructive testing and technical diagnostics are used in energy, space technology, metallurgy, automotive, tractor, and agricultural machinery manufacturing, engine manufacturing, construction, welding, electronics, petrochemicals, rail and road transport, pipeline transport, bridge construction, aircraft manufacturing, repair services, utilities, medicine, sports, forensics, and other fields.

The institute operates two laboratories accredited by the State Standard of the Republic of Belarus: a non-destructive testing laboratory and a verification laboratory.

Tested objects include parts, blanks, castings, rolled products, forgings, welded joints, building and other structures made of metal, concrete, plastics, composite materials, pipelines, boilers, tanks, metal structures of lifting and transport equipment, rubber products, foundations, road surfaces, machines and mechanisms, electrical machines, etc.

The Institute of Applied Physics is the only academic institute in the Republic of Belarus and abroad specializing in the physics of non-destructive testing and technical diagnostics. The institute is renowned for its research into the scientific foundations of magnetism theory, electromagnetic, ultrasonic, radio wave, contact-dynamic, capillary, and other non-destructive testing methods. The institute's scientists have developed dozens of new testing methods and tools, protected by copyright certificates and patents from leading international countries, which have been implemented at many industrial enterprises in the Republic and abroad. The Institute maintains active international relations, being a founding member of the World Federation of Non-Destructive Testing Centers (headquartered in the United States). Representatives of the Institute traditionally lead the Belarusian Association of Non-Destructive Testing and Technical Diagnostics, which is part of the European Federation of Non-Destructive Testing (EFNDT).

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Customers interested in purchasing the IMPOK-1B pulsed magnetic testing system for automatic non-destructive testing of low-carbon steel sheet metal under a manufacturing agreement.

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