The Institute of Applied Physics offers consumers MTC magnetic thickness gauges for non-destructive testing of the thickness of various coatings in industrial production under a manufacturing agreement and is looking for partners interestesd in a distribution services agreement.

Magnetic thickness gauges are designed to provide the possibility of non-destructive testing of the thickness of various coatings in industrial production to increase the competitiveness of products of enterprises of the Republic of Belarus.

Many years of experience in application at enterprises of the Republic of Belarus have shown that magnetic thickness gauges developed at the Institute of Applied Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus are competitive and are not inferior in characteristics to foreign-made thickness gauges.

The use of magnetic thickness gauges makes it possible to ensure high quality products of industrial enterprises of the Republic of Belarus.

Magnetic thickness gauges MTC-2M, MTC-3 (and their modifications) provide measurement of the thickness of non-magnetic coatings (paint, varnish, chrome, copper, zinc, etc.) on steel and other ferromagnetic substrates in the range of 0 ÷ 10000 microns, as well as nickel coatings on ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic substrates in the range 0 ÷ 150 µm with an error of no more than ± (1.5 + 2% of the measured thickness) µm.

Magnetic thickness gauges can be used in mechanical engineering, energy, and transport enterprises of the Republic of Belarus.

Additional information is posted in the Album of promising developments of organizations of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for the real sector of the economy here (in Russian).

Analogues thickness gauge:
-Forsage F-4C1039 (Taiwan) (Advertising in Russian);
-Bluetechnology (Dinmer) P-10, P-11 (Republic of Poland) (Advertising in Russian);
-Constant K5 (Russian Federation) (Advertising in Russian).

Distinctive features in comparison with known analogues are the following: the measurement principle used automatically eliminates the influence of the primary magnetizing field on the measurement results; one converter provides measurements of the thickness of non-magnetic coatings on steel, nickel coatings on steel and on non-magnetic substrates without adjusting the thickness gauge to sub-ranges of thicknesses and types of coatings; high resolution (tenths of a micrometer for non-magnetic and nickel coatings on steel, hundredths of a micrometer for nickel coatings on non-magnetic substrates in the area of ​​small thicknesses); independence of measurement results from the electrical properties of coatings and bases.
Magnetic thickness gauges are environmentally friendly.

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

The main scientific fields of the Institute:
- Physics of non-destructive testing;
- Development of methods and means of non-destructive testing and technical diagnostics of materials, products and technological processes;
- Creation of scientific foundations of information technologies for non-destructive testing and technical diagnostics.

Non-destructive testing methods developed at the institute:
- Methods of ultrasonic flaw detection, structuroscopy, thickness measurement of surface hardened layers;
- Capillary control method;
- Pulse magnetic control method;
- Methods of magnetic thickness measurement of coatings;
- Thermopower method;
- Eddy current methods of flaw detection and structuroscopy;
- Method of magnetic noise structuroscopy;
- Methods for monitoring the magnetic characteristics of soft magnetic materials, magnetic fields and residual magnetization;
- Methods of radio wave flaw detection, structuroscopy, thickness measurement;
- Contact-dynamic method for monitoring the physical and mechanical characteristics of materials;
- Methods of image reconstruction in x-ray tomography.

Solved applied tasks:
- Control of defects in the continuity of parts, blanks and structural elements (defectoscopy);
- Control of the structure and physical and mechanical characteristics of materials;
- Control of the geometric parameters of products, coatings and surface hardened layers;
- Control of the stress-strain state of metal structures;
- Technical diagnostics of objects.

Applied developments of the institute are characterized by a wide range of scientific and technical problems to be solved, which are of a diversified nature, and the developed modern methods and means of non-destructive testing and technical diagnostics are used in energy, space technology, metallurgy, auto, tractor and agricultural engineering, motor building, construction , welding industry, electronics, petrochemistry, railway and road transport, pipeline transport, bridge building, aircraft building, repair services, utilities, medicine, sports, forensics, etc.

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

Objects of control - 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 hoisting and transport machines, products made of rubber materials, foundations, road coatings, machines and mechanisms, electrical machines, etc.

The Institute of Applied Physics is the only academic institute both in the Republic of Belarus and abroad that specializes in the field of physics of non-destructive testing and technical diagnostics. The results of research on the development of the scientific foundations of the theory of magnetism, electromagnetic, ultrasonic, radio wave, contact-dynamic, capillary and other methods of non-destructive testing brought fame to the institute. Scientists of the institute have created dozens of new types of methods and means of control, protected by copyright certificates and patents from the leading countries of the world, introduced at many industrial enterprises of the republic and abroad. The Institute maintains active international relations, being one of the founders of the World Federation of Non-Destructive Testing Centers (the headquarters of the World Federation is located in the USA). Representatives of the Institute traditionally head the Belarusian Association of Non-Destructive Testing and Technical Diagnostics, which is part of the European Federation of Non-Destructive Testing (EFNDT).

Consumers interested in purchasing MTC magnetic thickness gauges for non-destructive testing of the thickness of various coatings in industrial production, maintenance, calibration and preparation for verification under a manufacturing agreement.

Partners interested in purchasing MTC magnetic thickness gauges for non-destructive testing of the thickness of various coatings in industrial production, maintenance, calibration and preparation for verification under a distribution services agreement.