Monthly Archives: March 2018

#ndt Bolts, like any other structural component, are susceptible to defects such as corrosion and cracking. In order to comply with safety regulations and to maintain structural integrity, these bolts are required to be inspected and if defective, monitoring and/or replacement would be required. Phased array inspection using bolt scanner enables hard copy output and easy-to-interpret [...]

#ndt Southeastern Louisiana University’s industrial technology program has received a $1 million donation from CEO and co-founder of Performance Contractors Art Favre as part of a partnership to establish a welding inspection and supervision concentration for students interested in the field of welding. Industrial Technology instructor Anthony Blakeney explained how the relationship with Performance Contractors came [...]

#ndt Ronja Scholz is a scientific assistant and PhD student in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Walther, Head of the Department of Materials Test Engineering (WPT) at TU Dortmund University. She specialises in the use of computed tomography (CT) to characterise composite materials contributing to the scientific and industrial research projects. These deal with investigations [...]

#ndt PI (Physik Instrumente), a leader in precision motion control solutions, will show its latest rotary air bearing stage series at this year’s LAM/LME (Laser Additive Manufacturing / Laser’s for Manufacturing Event) show on March 27/8 in the Schaumburg Convention Center. PI’s new A-635/A-637 PIglide low-profile stages have no rolling or sliding elements and deliver frictionless, [...]

#ndt Industrial Inspection & Analysis, Inc. ("IIA") the USA expands its service offerings with the recent acquisition of Diversified Inspections / Independent Testing Laboratories, Inc. ("DI/ITL") and CraneCare, Inc. Founded in 1969, DI/ITL is the largest independent, third-party, safety and integrity inspection firms in the country specializing in on-site inspections of vehicle-mounted aerial lifts, digger derricks, [...]

#ndt Larson Electronics LLC, leader in industrial lighting, has released an ultraviolet LED light that is explosion proof and approved for use in paint spray booths, UL1598A wet locations and Class I Divisions 1 & 2 and Class II Divisions 1 & 2 areas. The EPL-24-1L-GSLED-UVA is a UL listed explosion proof LED light fixture that [...]

#ndt An NDT (Non–Destructive Testing) procedure for the Dolphicam ultrasound camera system has been made available for the Airbus A350 composite aircraft. The procedure gives general requirements to perform NDT inspections of structures made of monolithic CFRP – carbon fiber reinforced plastic – to look for accidental damage using compact systems. The inspection is for local [...]

#ndt The American Institute of Nondestructive Testing is offering four $10,000 full scholarships for their "Nondestructive Testing Technologies" certificate program. The certificate program consists of six months of online theory training followed by eighteen days of hands-on training at their Baxter, Minnesota facility. The certificate program provides level I and II nondestructive testing training in the [...]

#ndt Fiberscope.net has introduced a practical and easy to operate system for underground and underwater inspection. The new Borehole Camera has been designed for an ample variety of applications, including different types of wells, caves, mine shafts, various reservoirs, pipes, and tanks. Given such a wide range of intended applications, the new camera provides users with [...]