Better NDT at Lower Cost
When manufacturers use Magnaflux Quasar, customer problems resulting in quality spills, quarantine, and containment are eliminated.
The chart below represents one customer's experience in implementing Quasar Process Compensated Resonant Inspection.
Magnaflux Quasar Reduces Defects Shipped
The table below documents the NDT performance improvement for different Magnaflux Quasar installations, including the one above. It shows how the number of defective parts shipped was reduced with the introduction of Quasar testing in three different facilities.
Magnaflux Quasar Failure Rate Reduction
| Part | Process | Failure Rate before Quasar |
Failure Rate after Quasar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Cylinder | Cast | 9 ppm | 0.7 ppm |
| Oxygen Sensor | Ceramic | 80 ppm | 2 ppm |
|
Control Arm
|
Cast | 5.5 % | 0.25 % |
The table below shows the cost savings reported by 3 particular manufacturers after Quasar testing was implemented.
Magnaflux Quasar NDT Cost Reduction
| Part | Process | NDT Cost before Quasar |
NDT Cost after Quasar |
Savings per Part |
Annual Savings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocker Arm | Cast | $0.25 | $0.03 | $0.22 | $5.9 M |
| Knuckle | Cast | $0.80 | $0.07 | $0.73 | $1.3 M |
| Bearing Cap | Powder Metal | $0.17 | $0.03 | $0.14 | $0.4 M |
The "hard" costs in the table above are the hard costs displaced by using the Magnaflux Quasar method. These manufacturers also benefit from displaced "soft" costs, such as loss of customer confidence, that can easily amount to many multiples of those calculated above.