#ndt FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) has announced the Griffin G510 Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (GC/MS), its first person-portable chemical identifier. The FLIR Griffin G510 enables military and civil responders to easily sample all phases of matter, including solid, liquid, and vapor, to rapidly identify chemical hazards in the field. The versatile Griffin G510 represents a new-generation [...]
#ndt LINCOLN, NEB — Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce that the company is now able to provide aircraft owners and operators in the Salt Lake City, Utah, area with mobile Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) services. Duncan Aviation’s certified NDT team is able to provide eddy current, fluorescent penetrant, ultrasonic, magnetic particle and optical prism inspections. "The [...]
#ndt Chambersburg, PA – In early August, Letterkenny Munitions Center hosted Col. Heidi Hoyle, commander, Joint Munitions Command (JMC), Rock Island, Illinois. Col. Hoyle took command of JMC earlier this summer. She was accompanied on the visit by CSM Tomeka O’Neal, JMC. They met with Lt. Col. Jeffrey Ignatowski, commander of LEMC, and members of his [...]
#ndt The argument to map or not to map has been around since the first tank bottom mapping systems were introduced in the early 90’s with the main argument revolving around speed. Mapping systems may take longer to setup but can save considerable time by reducing the amount of UT prove-up due to advances in defect [...]
#ndt CUI is one of the major concerns in the industrial industry, and many resources are being dedicated to corrosion prevention, but there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. To implement an effective strategy to combat corrosion under insulation (CUI) engineers, specifiers and facility operations need to consider the elements of an entire insulation system – from the [...]
#ndt While composites are increasingly being used to replace conventional materials in architecture and infrastructure, experts are still assessing the best ways to inspect and validate such structures. Some of the world’s leading authorities on composite inspection will be gathering in Telford next month to reveal the latest research and cutting-edge testing techniques. The event on [...]
#ndt X-rays are widely used to inspect solder joints in the electronics industry. Environmental concerns related to the impact of lead waste led the electronics industry to reduce or eliminate the use of lead in their manufacturing processes in 2007. Due to reliability concerns related to the use of lead-free solders in mission critical products, military [...]
#ndt MSHA conducted wire rope nondestructive testing (NDT) and inspections on hoisting ropes that had been determined safe for service as a result of a recent examination and found that these ropes had flaws and no longer met MSHA’s in-service standards. Therefore, MSHA is recommending that mine operators use NDT when conducting required six month inspections [...]
#ndt When I was 19 years old, my first paying job in the nondestructive testing (NDT) industry was inspecting a weld repair on a water intake pipe at the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant in New Hampshire. The eight-foot diameter pipe extends about a half-mile into the Atlantic. It was new construction at the time but [...]
#ndt A.Hak Industrial Services Middle East has secured the largest contract in the history of the company. Joining forces with Al Tamimi, the five year contract includes the inspection of the majority of the un-scrapable pipelines of Saudi Aramco in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This award is one of the largest of its kind globally [...]