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General Application Scanners

General Application Scanners for Ultrasonic Testing (UT) and Eddy Current Testing (ET) are also called "Standard Scanners". Each one of these scanners are designed for a range of inspection tasks. We classify these scanners from how they move and normally are attached to the inspected object:

Manual Scanner
Automatic magnetic wheel Scanner
Automatic clamp on Scanner (by clamp or chain)
Automatic track Scanner

The table below provides an overview:

Scanner category:
Manual	X	X
Automatic magnetic wheel			X	X		X
Automatic clamp on							X
Automatic chain								X
Automatic track									X
Scanner name:	MWS-5	MWS-6	AGS-1	AGS-2	AMS-41	AUS-3	APS-3	APS-6	ATS-1
Typical application:
Pipes	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X
Plates	X	X	X			X			X
Vessels	X	X		X	X				X
Nozzles			X						X
Other objects	X	X	X	X	X	X			X
Material type:
Ferromagnetic	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Non-ferromagnetic	X	X					X	X	X
Non-ferromagnetic using sleeves			X			X
Composites		X							X