{"id":57876,"date":"2021-12-01T10:16:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T10:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scisachilesa.providersweb.es\/non-destructive-testing-and-metallurgical-laboratory\/inspeccion-de-soldadura-de-torres-eolicas\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16T13:13:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T13:13:24","slug":"wind-tower-welding-inspection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scichilesa.cl\/en\/non-destructive-testing-and-metallurgical-laboratory\/wind-tower-welding-inspection\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Tower Welding Inspection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_raw_html]JTNDaDUlM0VPVEhFUiUyME5EVCUyMFNFUlZJQ0VTJTNDJTJGaDUlM0U=[\/vc_raw_html][vc_separator type=&#8221;normal&#8221; 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Inspection<\/a><\/strong> echoes this concern and offers to the market new inspection systems for the determination of structural defects in wind turbines.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, it has designed and put into operation an automatic system of <a href=\"https:\/\/scisa.es\/ensayos-no-destructivos-y-laboratorio-metalurgico\/ensayos-no-destructivos\/inspeccion-por-ultrasonidos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>inspection <\/strong> <strong>ultrasonic inspection<\/strong> <\/a><strong> of the welds of the wind towers in service.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1644318201229{margin-top: 32px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1644318081997{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=diIaMH98d3U&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; 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