I agree with what burdulis said. I would add that the technology for the manufacturing of pyrolytic carbon in the U.S. is largely fluidized bed reactors, which will only work econmically with relatively small parts. Something the size of a hip joint, while not impossible to produce, is a very...
I have used portable strap-on ultrasonic meters to calibrate other ultrasonics and mag-flow meters by clamping on to the process pipe and comparing measurements. This can be done without any process disruption if you plan carefully.
The only problem with this is getting vrification of the...