Yearly Archives: 2019

Sarcos Robotics, a global leader in robotic systems that augment rather than replace humans working in the industrial, public safety and military sectors, announced its partnership with Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (IMF) to evaluate and deploy robotic technologies, including full-body, powered exoskeletons and man-portable inspection robots, for use in naval shipyards. [...]

Zivid, the 3D machine vision camera company, will exhibit at Automate for the very first time with newly appointed imaging solutions partner MoviMED (Booth #8114). The company will showcase the Zivid One 3D color camera integrated with a UR5 Universal Robot in a live demonstration of high-speed part inspection and quality control. Using an advanced technique [...]

Carestream’s Non- Destructive Testing (NDT) business has experienced rapid growth and is expanding operations in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA). In order to manage and support this growth, Philippe Moreau has joined Carestream NDT as the Regional Business Manager NDT for EMEA. "We are excited to welcome Philippe to the Carestream NDT team. [...]

MB Dynamics Introduces Exciter System for Large-Scale Modal Testing Industry-Exclusive Design Excites Sine Forces Up to 4000N April 5, 2019 – Cleveland, Ohio, USA – MB Dynamics, Inc. (www.mbdynamics.com) (MB), field-proven industry experts in the design, manufacture and supply of vibration test systems and equipment, including buzz, squeak and rattle (BSR), steering, and suspension component test [...]

Investcorp‘s portfolio company NDT Corrosion Control Services Co. ("NDT CCS") or (the "Company"), today announced the acquisition of International Inspection Center Co. ("Intrex"), Kuwait’s largest provider of industrial non-destructive testing ("NDT") and inspection services. Investcorp acquired a majority stake in NDT CCS in July 2015 from the Al Shuwayer Group. NDT CCS is an essential testing [...]

Corrosion under insulation (CUI) creates a pervasive and versatile challenge to the integrity of insulated equipment, but non-destructive inspection can help to avoid undesirable CUI surprises Corrosion under insulation (CUI) has been occurring ever since industry started insulating equipment. However, most of the CUI reported until the 1970s developed in stainless steel due to stress-corrosion cracking. [...]

The digitalisation of customer services has been increasing exponentially in all industrial sectors for years. Under ‘Service 4.0’, the aim is for users to be able to access support quickly when they need it in order to ensure the safety, availability and efficiency of production lines. The availability of machines and systems is absolutely crucial to [...]

Located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, the penitentiary was once home to gangsters and criminals including Al Capone, Alvin ‘Creepy’ Karpis, and George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly. Now, archaeologists have used ground-penetrating radar data and terrestrial laser scans to non-destructively uncover a hidden military traverse underneath the prison. Led by faculty at Binghamton University, State [...]

NDT Global, a leading supplier of ultrasonic pipeline inspection and integrity services, today announced two major advances in pipeline crack inspection technology. Enhanced Sizing methodology can size cracks to 100% wall thickness. NDT Global UCx Enhanced Sizing methodology is capable of sizing the full range of crack depths up to 100% wall thickness. The removal of [...]

Les Ulis, France, March 28th, 2019 — Eddyfi® Technologies releases Panther, the ultimate ultrasound imaging machine. Panther comes with M2M’s state-of-the-art Phased-Array Ultrasonic Techniques (PAUT) and Total Focusing Method (TFM). Panther is a phased-array equipment designed for both desktop and industrial applications, offering unparalleled performance in a compact unit. It combines the speed required for industrial [...]