PARTNERS
Ultrasonic Sciences Ltd - UK (SME Partner)

http://www.ultrasonic-sciences.co.uk

Ultrasonic Sciences Ltd (USL) was formed in 1987 to market products for nondestructive testing (NDT) developed by R&D centres in the UK. The company was formed by a venture capital group within a major UK insurance company. The products were initially based around high frequency ultrasonic imaging of materials, including expansion board products for the PC, which was in its infancy at that time. In fact, USL was among the first companies in the world to develop such expansion boards. Within a short time, the demand from industrial users of ultrasonic NDT brought forward the development of an expanded range of similar products, suited to a wider range of industry. At the same time, USL started to produce complete testing systems for industry and medicine, using the same technology. In 1989, the ownership of USL changed following a management buy out.

Since its inception, USL has sold products and systems into the major "blue chip" companies in Europe and throughout the world. These include Rolls Royce, BAE Systems (formerly British Aerospace), Timken, Ericsson, Siemens and Ford. The systems are acknowledged as advanced, state-of-art products which are the equal of any in the world and in many aspects superior, whilst being extremely cost-effective.

USL is almost unique in having the capability to design and manufacture each of the sub-systems required for an ultrasonic inspection system, including mechanical, electronic and software components.

Role in the project
USL will be mainly concerned with the development of acoustic methods of inspecting PCB assemblies. USL will also be involved with integration of their acoustic microscopy system with other NDT techniques.

Reason for participating
USL are always looking at methods of developing acoustic microscopy, one of the methods of expanding the use will be its ability to be integrated in-line with other NDT systems. This means that the systems will have a larger market and application. USL has the experience and systems to participate in these activities.

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Microscan Partner - X-Tek Systems Ltd - UK
Microscan Partner - LOT Oriel Group - Germany
Microscan Partner - Machine Vision Products - UK
Microscan Partner - BETA ELECTRONICS - Ireland
Microscan Partner - Goodrich Control Systems Ltd - UK
Microscan Partner - KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY - Lithuania
Microscan Partner - Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung - Germany
Microscan Partner - MICROTEL Technologie Elettroniche SpA - Italy
Microscan Partner - Ultrasonic Sciences Ltd - UK
Microscan Partner - TWI Ltd - UK
MICROSCAN is a collaboration between the following organisations: TWI Ltd, X-TEK Systems Ltd, Lot Oriel GmbH, Machine Vision Products Inc, Microtel technologie elettroniche s.p.a., Beta Electronics Ltd, Ultrasonic Sciences Ltd, Goodrich Control Systems Ltd, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V. and Kaunas University of Technology. The project is co-ordinated and managed by TWI Ltd and is partly funded by the EC under the CRAFT programme ref: COOP-CT-2003-508613.
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