About SOFRATEST : PC Cards Specialist

Since its foundation over a Decade ago in Ecquevilly France, Sofratest has pioneered developments in computer Based non destructive testing. The company has maintained an impressive growth record, and for comparatively young company gained an enviable reputation as an innovative problem solver manufacturer and supplier of high performance automated ultrasonic, eddy current and acoustic emission inspection systems.
MANUFACTURING Technology

The latest technology and manufacturing techniques are incorporated in every Sofratest product :

  • Surface Mount Electronics - for high reliability and functionality.
  • FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) devices for high functionality per unit area of circuit board
  • ISA Bus & PCI Bus Compliance 2.1

SYSTEMS ultrasonic & eddy current products

Major clients worldwide :
EDF, Rolls Royce plc, Nuclear Electric, British Gas, Siam Tubes, Matsui Babcock, SEP, Peugeot, Renault, British Steel plc, Unimetal, Michelin, DRA, BP, IBM, Georgetown Steel, Special Steel Indutry..........
Real Time Systems
  • Disk & drum brake inspection for surface and internal defect
  • Ultrasonic testing for delamination in tires
  • Ultrasonic testing for defect in laser and electron beam welds in automobile transmission component
  • Eddy current surface inspection of wire rod product at temperatures over 1000° centigrade
Special Applications
  • Rails - internal and external flaws
  • Railway wheels - internal flaws
  • Steel billets - internal flaws
  • Tube & pipe - flaw detection
  • Tube & pipe - wall thickness
  • TOFD flaw detection
  • Offshore
  • Medical
  • All digital systems
  • Software operating environments

ACOUSTIC EMISSION systems & services

APPLICATIONS LABORATORY

A well equipped applications laboratory is used to carry feasibility studies on behalf of clients. The company's philosophy is that teamwork with the customer and within Sofratest provides a foundation for successful project completion. Many of our systems deployed in Europe and the rest of the world started out as feasibility studies.