#ndt Warren Equity Partners, a lower middle market private equity fund, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Superior Industrial Maintenance Company ("SIMCO" or the "Company"). SIMCO, based in Concord, NC, provides corrosion protection services for mission critical assets in the infrastructure sector. SIMCO will serve as a platform investment in Warren Equity’s strategy to build [...]
#ndt Corrosion detection becomes especially challenging when a section of the object being inspected is buried, covered, or coated, as the frequent presence of moisture and chemicals in the non-accessible areas can aggravate the degradation process. Due to that reason the investigation of inaccessible areas e.g. lamp posts inspection becomes a matter of vital importance. The [...]
#ndt Since the beginning of 2018, there have been a number of changes at IMechE Engineering Training Solutions to improve the student’s training experience to ensure they are as best prepared for their examination as possible. Ultrasonic Testing experts Andrew King and Richard Horsfall are now heading up the new UT training suite at IMechE. They [...]
#ndt Registered Marine Surveyor, Nick Vass MIIMS, conducted a recent survey of a 62′ steel Dutch-style narrowboat "Jan van der HrrM" which was constructed in 2005. The survey took place in drydock, earlier this year, using a Cygnus 4 General Purpose ultrasonic thickness gauge to measure the thickness of the hull’s steel plating, rudder blade and [...]
#ndt BACKGROUND Flooded Member Detection is an inspection regime designed to screen subsea platform structural members for defects. A cracked weld, for example, can allow the ingress of sea water into the member which may create a point of failure for the structure. Operators therefore inspect these members on a regular basis to gain confidence that [...]
#ndt It was our great pleasure to welcome Mr Salman Mohamed Almalek of Vibrant Machines for Technical Services from Bahrain for service training. Vibrant Machines for Technical Services have been an exclusive distributor of Cygnus Instruments since 2012 and are now committed to offer full aftersales support, since receiving service training at our UK Head Office. [...]
#ndt How to deploy 3D imaging technology into your inspection application Date: June 15, 2018 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time 10:00 AM Central Daylight Time 08:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time Cost: Free to attend. Duration: One hour. Presented by: Craig Borsack, President, G2 Technologies For certain machine vision inspection applications, 2D cameras [...]
#ndt Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of information technology solutions, announced today the acquisition of NEXTSENSE, a leading innovator in non-contact profile measurement and surface inspection. NEXTSENSE specialises in solutions that enhance product quality with speed and efficiency at micrometre accuracy in the automotive, railway, steel and aerospace industries. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in [...]
#ndt The fact is that regulations and standards are now requesting that inspection data is to be recorded and traceable. This means that inspectors of nuclear plants, airplanes, refineries, and aerospace equipment need a strategic plan to store the data. Many factors should be considered to choose the right solution. At Amotus we were interested to [...]
#ndt Metal Fatigue Solutions (MFS), producer of the next generation of advanced Nondestructive Testing (NDT) and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) technology systems for major civil and industrial infrastructure, today announced that its Electrochemical Fatigue Sensor (EFSTM) technologies have been independently evaluated in a 36-page report by the highly regarded Iowa State University's (ISU) Bridge Engineering Center [...]