Patent ID: 7512510

Claim:
An apparatus for planning preparing, performing and evaluating a non-destructive inspection of a test object having various test regions, wherein at least some of the test regions require different suitable test instruments for testing the test regions, said apparatus having one or more discretionary suitable test instruments and comprising: an input device, an output device, a data store, a data processing unit, an interface for connecting a respective one of the test instruments through which data are adapted to be transmitted in both directions, a standardized data processing program for defining a test object by data input or selecting it from the data store, determining various test regions of a test object, selecting at least one determined test instrument from a group of test instruments for each of the test regions requiring different suitable test instruments and associating each with a respective one of the test regions, with all relevant properties of the test instrument being stored in the data store, carrying out test-relevant settings for the selected instrument, selecting a kind of visualization and evaluation of measured test values, archiving and storing test results obtained, establishing a test scheme, with all predetermined settings being transferred to the respective test instrument upon connection thereof so that it is preset for inspection.