#ndt The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University has expanded its capabilities with the addition of several nondestructive inspection (NDI) systems, including an industrial-scale digital X-ray and 3D computed tomography system, or X-ray CT. The X-ray CT is a multi-source (225/450 kV) and multi-detector comprehensive system used to inspect small and large [...]
#ndt Vijay Alreja, president of the New York-based VJ Group, has been awarded the Ray H. Witt Metallurgy Award from the Advanced Casting Research Center (ACRC) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). The award, presented at the recent ACRC biannual meeting on the WPI campus, recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the metal casting industry. [...]
#ndt Nowadays drones are widely used in a number of industrial applications. These flying robots provide unmatched advantages and a whole new range of capabilities for commercial clients allowing them to cut down operational costs. By eliminating the need of using expensive equipment or the need to temporarily shut down the infrastructure facilities for the purpose [...]
#ndt The demand for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)—aka drones—is growing rapidly, with strong growth in markets such as surveillance and precision agriculture, among dozens of others. A report by Statistics MRC pegs the global drone market as growing to $22.15 billion by 2022. A report from Goldman Sachs Research forecasts an even larger market opportunity for [...]
#ndt The Clover Park Technical College Board of Trustees capped its July meeting by awarding tenure to CPTC Nondestructive Testing instructor Charles Musson. Musson has worked in nondestructive testing since 1976. He began his time in the aerospace industry with stints at National Airmotive Corporation in Oakland, California, and Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in Sunnyvale, [...]
#ndt Following initial meetings at Subsea Expo 2017 and subsequent discussions TSC Inspections and Goshawk Technologies finally met to put drone technology to the test, with the aim to successfully prove the concept of deploying ACFM inspection technology using specialist UAS for aerial inspection. Using weld inspection plates mounted at the height of 3-4 metres, the [...]
#ndt The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced today that its Pipeline Safety Research and Development (R&D) Program is accepting proposals for research awards for research focusing on pipeline threat prevention; pipeline leak detection; pipeline anomaly detection/characterization; underground natural gas storage; and liquefied natural gas. PHMSA's R&D Program awards [...]
#ndt Fluorescent stains spatter the floor and surfaces throughout a room illuminated by a black light. A man in an opaque blue mask and a black apron hovers over a bath foaming with neon liquid. He reaches into the concoction, and pulls out an dripping metal gear for inspection. The Airmen of the 437th Maintenance Squadron [...]
#ndt Members of Intertek AIM’s Engineering Services team will present technical papers at this year’s ASME 2017 Pressure Vessels & Piping (PVP) Conference at the Hilton Waikoloa Village in Waikoloa, Hawaii on July 16-20, 2017. For those attending the ASME 2017 PVP Conference it will be the outstanding international technical forum. Participants can expect to expand [...]
#ndt According to an article by Phys.org, the U.S. Department of Transportation says that there is a $808.2 billion backlog of investment spending for bridges and highways, including $479.1 billion in critically needed repairs. More than two-thirds of the nation’s roads and nearly 143,000 bridges are classified in "dire need" of repair or upgrades. One way [...]