About Magnaflux Quasar Systems
Quasar's mission is to improve manufacturing processes by providing objective, science-based nondestructive testing (NDT). We believe that better NDT will give our customers important benefits that will improve their productivity and sustain their competitiveness. These include:
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Reduced risk of shipping defective parts
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Reduced risk of quality spills or containment
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Reduced scrapping of functionally acceptable parts
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Reduced NDT cost
In the longer term, Quasar systems will allow manufacturers to better understand and control their processes, and will give designers the information and tools to create components that are safer, lighter and result in lower automobile life cycle cost.
The means for achieving Quasar's mission is its Process Compensated Resonant Testing (PCRT) method. The core of the method is resonance testing. However, simple resonance testing is not adequate. In the past decade, Quasar research and development has produced a PCRT system that incorporates advances to the state of the art in technologies ranging from signal analysis and pattern recognition algorithms, to piezoelectric transducers and precision thermocouples. At the same time, Quasar has incorporated commercially available technology advances in computer hardware and software to make rugged PCRT products that are usable by operators on the factory floor.
Significant milestones in Quasar's history include:
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1992 - Predecessor company (Quatrosonics) founded and license signed with Los Alamos National Laboratory for basic resonance technology.
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1994 - Delivered first production test system.
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1996 - Introduced Temperature Compensation method.
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1997 - Renamed company Quasar International.
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2000 - Introduced PCRT.
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2004 - Introduced Quasar 3000 NDT system.
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2005 - Quasar NDT Systems tested over 100 million parts.
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2006 - Quasar NDT Systems projected to test almost 150 million parts.
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2007 - Quasar purchased by Illinois Tool Works' Magnaflux Division, leading manufacturer of NDT systems, products and supplies.
We invite you to browse our web site to learn more about the most exciting technology to be applied to automotive component manufacturing in 30 years.