History
Here you will find the most important milestones in our company history:
| 1984 | Company founded by Dr. Wolfgang Hillger | ||
| 1984 | First product: Filter modules for Airbus in Bremen | ||
| 1986 | Sonograf 1000 - our first ultrasonic testing system | ||
| 1989 | HFUS 2000 ultrasonic inspection system with a 120 MHz bandwidth | ||
| 1995 | PC cards HILL-Scan 30XX | ||
| 1998 | AirTech 4000 imaging system with air coupling | ||
| 1999 | Hillgus software for Windows | ||
| 2000 | Hardware increasingly replaced by software | ||
| 2003 | Full A-scan storage with 12 bit resolution | ||
| 2005 | Pulser/receiver controllable via USB | ||
| 2007 | Modular multi-channel systems | ||
| 2009 | Imaging ultrasonic inspection system FLEXUS BETON | ||
| 2010 | High frequency ultrasonic system USPC 3060 UHF | ||
| 2012 | Robot-guided air coupled ultrasonic inspection | ||
| 2014 | Move into new company building | ||
| 2015 | Ultra-low noise preamplifier | ||
| 2016 | On-site calibration / AirTech array probes | ||
| 2017 | NOISYC: single-sided air coupled ultrasonic inspection | ||
| 2019 | Integration into the BUTTING Group | ||
| 2019 | Change of name to Hillger NDT GmbH and new managing director Dr Artur Szewieczek | ||
| 2020 | USBUS inspection devices | ||
| 2021 | HILL-Jet squiter nozzles |