Neutron scattering for industrial and engineering research at the OPAL reactor

The OPAL research reactor at ANSTO has a number of neutron instruments available for science and engineering applications. The instruments have a unique non-destructive ability to determine critical aspects of a wide variety of material systems. This includes surfaces, defects, fine scale dispersions, texture and residual stresses. This information can provide a direct impact into optimization of modern manufacturing processes, improved product reliability, enhanced design performance, reduced production cost, and extended life prediction on significant engineering assets (e.g. power-station utilities, gas pipelines, aircrafts, trains, etc.). This presentation will focus on two instruments in particular: Kowari, the strain and crystallographic texture measurement system and Dingo the radiography/tomography instrument. (author)