#ndt Infrasense and BDI mobilized to Norfolk, Virginia to complete testing on the 1800-foot long bridge deck. The methods of testing included GPR, HCP, coring, and chloride sampling. Testing was performed in September on 14 select panels of the bridge deck, with the goal of identifying rebar depth and spacing, and areas of probable corrosion. The [...]
#ndt Compass X-Ray™ Services, Inc. is changing the face of the concrete inspection community one x-ray at a time. Not only because it is a woman owned business in construction, but because Compass X-Ray™ has adapted the latest digital medical x-ray technology into the fields of engineering and construction. Elizabeth Wilson, President and Chief Executive Officer [...]
#ndt Nanometrics Incorporated (NASDAQ: NANO), a leading provider of advanced process control systems, today announced that it is acquiring 4D Technology Corporation, a leading supplier of high-performance interferometric measurement and inspection systems located in Tucson, Arizona. 4D Technology’s Dynamic Interferometry® solutions are used in a variety of industries to provide accurate shape and surface measurements. This [...]
#ndt ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ON), driving energy efficient innovations, is enabling more efficient inspection of smartphone displays with the introduction of a new 50 megapixel (MP) resolution charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor. As the highest resolution Interline Transfer CCD image sensor commercially available, the KAI-50140 provides the critical imaging detail and high image uniformity needed not [...]
#ndt A new, more powerful generation of a patented Southwest Research Institute magnetostrictive sensor withstands extreme temperatures, automatically adjusts frequencies and incorporates a stronger magnet. The compact magnetostrictive transducer (MsT™) more accurately detects potential problems in oil, gas and chemical industry metal and nonmetal structures such as pipelines, storage tanks and anchor rods. "The MsT system [...]
#ndt Non-destructive testing (NDT) is a way to detect and evaluate flaws in materials. Within aerospace NDT plays a vital role in the design, manufacture and maintenance of aircraft. The simplest and most accurate way of testing materials and components is often to test them to destruction. Destructive testing is used in aerospace to determine the [...]
#ndt Starting in 2019 the American Institute of Nondestructive Testing will provide CWI exam prep courses in Houston, Texas. The booming economy and dramatic increase in construction across the country has spurred a renewed effort to rectify the shortage of skilled labor. Paramount in that effort is to increase the number of qualified welders, and where [...]
#ndt VOLTA by Innerspec: High-Performance NDT Solutions. Innerspec introduced the first portable EMAT instrument for guided waves in 2012, and we are proud to announce another industry-first with VOLTA. VOLTA is a 2-channel multi-purpose portable EMAT instrument with a frequency range from 20 kHz to 8 MHz capable of running both Medium Range UT (MRUT) and [...]
#ndt Teledyne DALSA and Teledyne e2v, both Teledyne Technologies [NYSE: TDY] companies and global leaders in machine vision, combine as Teledyne Imaging to showcase their newest and most advanced vision solutions in a combined display including presentations and live demonstrations at the VISION show, November 6-8 in Hall 1, Stand F62 in Messe Stuttgart, Germany. Subject [...]
#ndt Fans of open source Machine Learning got a boost today with the launch of an Exascale Visual AI initiative to sequence Visual DNA from images using Volume Learning to enable new applications. The OpenVDNA project provides public resources for visual AI solutions, including a visual DNA catalog, visual AI search engine, and a visual AI [...]