#ndt A consortium of organizations has set out to tackle one of the most enduring challenges in the North Sea: the non-destructive testing (NDT) of corroded pipes under insulation and engineered temporary pipe wraps. The group – which includes TRAC Oil & Gas; the University of Strathclyde; and CENSIS, the Scottish Innovation Centre for Sensor and [...]
#ndt Enterprises and service providers can now augment their industrial drone-based inspection solutions with artificial intelligence through the Brains4Bots™ software development kit (SDK), launched today by Neurala, maker of The Neurala Brain, a deep learning neural networks platform that is making smart devices such as cameras, drones, appliances and self-driving vehicles more intelligent, interactive and useful. [...]
#ndt Thirteen experts from across Asia and the Pacific have received certification in the use of nuclear techniques in industrial testing following an IAEA course in Malaysia last month. The IAEA-led training gave participants from eight countries in the region the opportunity to obtain certification in industrial non-destructive testing (NDT) in accordance with international standards. The [...]
#ndt Imperium is hosting an online webinar featuring the Acousticam i700. The webinar takes place on September 6th, 2017 at 10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. You can see the AcoustoCam i700 perform rapid inspection for corrosion mapping, weld defects, and aerospace composite damage. Areas of review: Code Compliance Simpler and higher resolution than phased array Needs [...]
#ndt What are your Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (a.k.a. metrics) for your Fixed Equipment Mechanical Integrity (FEMI) program(1)? Does your KPI list consist primarily of the tired old list of overdue inspections that are successfully tracking zeros month after month, year after year? Perhaps it’s time to freshen it up. You’ve probably heard that old saying [...]
#ndt MISTRAS Group, Inc. (NYSE:MG) continues to build on its decades of leadership in acoustic emission (AE) inspection technology with the debut of the Smart Leak Finder™. The tool is an industrial-grade leak detection device that interfaces directly with Android® mobile devices, delivering an inspection system tailored to the modern-day technician. The Smart Leak Finder™ uses [...]
#ndt Contrôle Mesure Systèmes has developed a special version of its eddy current rotating head, RotoETscan HV, suitable for line drawing inspection for a diameter range of 0,8 to 10 mm. This system, easy to install on the production line, integrates a turntable (cassette) adapted to the product diameter. Eddy current probes (2 or 4) installed [...]
#ndt FORT WORTH, Texas (NNS) -- A contractor-operated robotics inspection team from Burns & McDonnell and A.Hak Industrial Services conducted the first autonomous tank bottom inspection of a Department of Defense (DoD) bulk fuel tank at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base July 10 - 14. This service is regularly performed in the commercial [...]
#ndt So many things in food production could go wrong: from fruits and vegetables getting moldy to insects and small animals invading bagged salads and packaged pastry. Let’s look how utomated visual inspection helps prevent these faults from coming into customers’ view. Discovering a rotten apple, a moldy cherry or a nasty insect in the produce [...]
#ndt Oct. 3-4 National Center for Aviation Training, 4004 N. Webb Rd. Cost: $755 All students who successfully complete this course will be awarded 0.5 graduate credit hours. A one-time $10 application fee is required if you have not previously enrolled at Wichita State University. Wichita State University is offering a two-day combined lab course twice [...]