As the inventor and undisputed market leader in the design and manufacturing of Titanium Aluminide (TiAl) valves and piston pins, Märkisches Werk GmbH recognizes the importance of rigorous non-destructive testing to ensure the quality and reliability of every component we deliver. With more than 13 years of ECT experience, MWH knows that no other NDT can provide the same level of surface and subsurface defect detection capabilities for these highly sensitive engine components.

News Highlights

• ECT measures or detects surface and subsurface cracks and seams, alloy content, heat treatment variations, crack depth, conductivity and permeability.
• MWR’s bespoke ECT sensor and settings are more sensitive to surface defects than aerospace-standard Level 4 liquid dye penetrant inspection (DPI) and can detect subsurface defects not detectable by DPI.
• The new automated ECT machine enables 100% surface scan of axisymmetric components, ensuring no defects, no matter how uncommon, go undetected.
• The new ECT machine increases throughput more than 5x compared to the worker-operated machine we first introduced more than 13 years ago, while also automating the pass/fail decision-making to eliminate the risk of human error.

Supporting Quotes

“We are excited to announce that this industry-first machine has been delivered and installed at MW Racing. More than three years ago we began the concept phase of this project and defined extremely challenging requirements. With the help of our ECT technology partners, we are proud to say that the automated machine has exceeded even our highest expectations. We can confidently say this machine is not an incremental improvement of our already unparalleled NDT technology but rather a breakthrough improvement that combines cutting-edge automated NDT with the MWR’s 13+ years of ECT experience. MW Racing is looking forward to demonstrating our expanded ECT capabilities to our customers. We know they will be extremely impressed.”

- Blake Holloway, Division Manager MW Racing