Milestones

  • 1949

     

    Moritzstraße Wuppertal: First company site and private home of the family

  • 1951

     

    ECHOGRAPH UMG 10: First ultrasonic flaw detector

  • 1952

     

    Ing. Karl Deutsch at the Hanover trade show

  • 1961

     

    Trade show booth in Italy: Volker Deutsch is mentioned as owner

  • 1961

     

    Volker Deutsch / Werner Branscheid: Inspection of wheelsets

  • 1961

     

    Paul Höhle, Heinz-Johann Schinke, Irma Deutsch, Dr. Volker Deutsch, Ing. Karl Deutsch: Hanover trade show

  • 1963

     

    Kriegerheimstraße Wuppertal: Application laboratory

  • 1964

     

    DEUTROFLUX-UH: Successful series of magnetic particle testing systems

  • 1965

     

    Ultrasonic billet testing in Witten steel mill (today DEW)

  • 1965

     

    HOESCH Dortmund: Helical pipe testing

  • 1965

     

    ECHOGRAPH-KNPS: First ultrasonic testing system

  • 1965

     

    DEUTROMAT: Magnetic particle testing of steering knuckles

  • 1966

     

    ECHOGRAPH-SNUL: LSAW pipe testing at Mannesmann in Mülheim

  • 1967

     

    Otto-Hausmann-Ring 101 in Wuppertal: Erection of Works 1

  • 1972

     

    Extension of Works 1

  • 1973

     

    ECHOTEST 1006: World’s first digital ultrasonic flaw detector

  • 1978

     

    Otto-Hausmann-Ring 201 in Wuppertal: New workshop for the production of testing systems (Works 2)

  • 1981

     

    ECHOGRAPH-SNUL: Weld testing system

  • 1981

     

    DEUTROFLUX-MEMORY: MT System with higher-ranked computer for parameter storage

  • 1990

     

    FLUXAMAT: Camera-based MT

  • 1998

     

    Dr. Wolfram Deutsch: Joining the company

  • 1999

     

    Celle: 50 Years KARL DEUTSCH

  • 2004

     

    First workshop extension in Works 2

  • 2004

     

    ECHOGRAPH 1090: Compact, digital ultrasonic flaw detector

  • 2005

     

    POCKET-LEPTOSKOP: The world’s smallest coating thickness gauge

  • 2006

     

    Second workshop extension in Works 2

  • 2007

     

    Largest contract in the company history: Three UT systems for Baosteel in China

  • 2010

     

    ECHOGRAPH RPTR-PAUT: First Phased Array testing system

  • 2013

     

    Third Works 2 extension with laboratory for UT systems

  • 2013

     

    KD-CHECK-SYSTEMS: First large penetrant testing system for Chinese plant

  • 2014

     

    GEKKO: First rugged Phased Array flaw detector with integrated TFM-technique

  • 2015

     

    Record year of the company with many system orders (example: MT on railway wheels)

  • 2015

     

    ECHOGRAPH-TTPS: PAUT testing system for railway wheels

  • 2017

     

    ECHOGRAPH-STPS: PAUT testing system for bars

  • 2018

     

    ECHOGRAPH-RPTS: Large testing bridge for bars

  • 2019

     

    Dr. Wolfram Deutsch / Dipl.-Ing. Dietger Schäle: Extended management

  • 2019

     

    70 Years KARL DEUTSCH at German NDT conference in Friedrichshafen

  • 2019

     

    Celebration of 70 Years KARL DEUTSCH in Wuppertal