A well-informed exam-preparation guide.
Debut author Chaplin offers a training manual for technicians preparing for certification exams in industrial ultrasonic inspection.
Nondestructive testing is an indispensable safeguard in contemporary industry, providing a way to ensure the quality of products and equipment without altering them physically. One of the most informative types of nondestructive testing is ultrasonic inspection, which uses high-frequency sound waves to visualize objects and obtain useful information about them. In an industrial context, it has myriad applications, Chaplin says, including “real-time detection of crack growth, determination of material thickness, and even the measurement of fat profiles on livestock.” With this manual, he takes would-be inspectors through a crash course in this method, from an explanation of the science behind the technology to an overview of the equipment and techniques currently used in the field. He offers specific, practical information for readers pursuing certification, including sections on procedures, standards, codes, and even examples of instructional writing—a necessity for communicating one’s findings. This book is geared specifically toward those aiming to take the exams for level 1 and 2 certification by the International Organization for Standardization, and the author writes in simple, technical prose that assumes that the reader isn’t yet an expert. Each chapter ends with a review that clearly summarizes its information, and the book’s appendix features review questions for each chapter, as well, such as “Explain how piezoelectric transducers work.” The book concludes with glossaries featuring definitions of industry terms and acronyms. Overall, Chaplin succeeds in providing a comprehensive rundown of ultrasonic inspections and their applications that will be helpful for those in its target audience.
A well-informed exam-preparation guide.Pub Date: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Publisher: FriesenPress
Review Posted Online: May 25, 2017
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
The author's youthfulness helps to assure the inevitable comparison with the Anne Frank diary although over and above the...
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Pub Date: Jan. 16, 2006
ISBN: 0374500010
Page Count: 120
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Review Posted Online: Oct. 7, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 15, 2006
Well-told and admonitory.
Young-rags-to-mature-riches memoir by broker and motivational speaker Gardner.
Born and raised in the Milwaukee ghetto, the author pulled himself up from considerable disadvantage. He was fatherless, and his adored mother wasn’t always around; once, as a child, he spied her at a family funeral accompanied by a prison guard. When beautiful, evanescent Moms was there, Chris also had to deal with Freddie “I ain’t your goddamn daddy!” Triplett, one of the meanest stepfathers in recent literature. Chris did “the dozens” with the homies, boosted a bit and in the course of youthful adventure was raped. His heroes were Miles Davis, James Brown and Muhammad Ali. Meanwhile, at the behest of Moms, he developed a fondness for reading. He joined the Navy and became a medic (preparing badass Marines for proctology), and a proficient lab technician. Moving up in San Francisco, married and then divorced, he sold medical supplies. He was recruited as a trainee at Dean Witter just around the time he became a homeless single father. All his belongings in a shopping cart, Gardner sometimes slept with his young son at the office (apparently undiscovered by the night cleaning crew). The two also frequently bedded down in a public restroom. After Gardner’s talents were finally appreciated by the firm of Bear Stearns, his American Dream became real. He got the cool duds, hot car and fine ladies so coveted from afar back in the day. He even had a meeting with Nelson Mandela. Through it all, he remained a prideful parent. His own no-daddy blues are gone now.
Well-told and admonitory.Pub Date: June 1, 2006
ISBN: 0-06-074486-3
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Amistad/HarperCollins
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 15, 2006
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