During the occasion of the MRO Americas 2019, The DAES Group, a premier aerospace global provider, and ATG Ltd., an engineering company from the Czech Republic, specialized in NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) solutions, announced a strategic partnership to strengthen and grow their business activities. The partnership is effective immediately and is aimed on supporting the aviation industry [...]
Laserpas, a utilities management company, has helped the biggest distribution network operator in Slovenia, Elektro Ljubljana, to improve its power line maintenance efficiency by inspecting a portion of its grid. In the area inspected, Laserpas helped to identify multiple objects that posed an imminent danger to the power grid. These objects could potentially lead to power [...]
Sinto America introduces the PSMX-II: the fastest, non-destructive, in-process stress measurement device on the market! PSMX-II is the latest in Sightia™, the brand name of the technology used for surface evaluation after blasting, peening and die-casting processes. "Sightia™ offers total support for surface evaluation in all industries where high durability is required. This technology is applicable [...]
China's first intelligent inspection vehicle for medium-low-speed magnetically levitated (maglev) railway lines has rolled off the production line in central China's Hunan Province. The vehicle, 5.81 meters long and 2.6 meters wide, was unveiled in the Changsha industrial park of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Co. (CRCHI) earlier this week, filling the blank of dynamic and [...]
India West is reporting that Ramkumar Venkataraman, senior research and development staff scientist at Knoxville, Tennessee-based Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was honored with the Harlan J. Anderson Award by the ASTM International Committee on Nuclear Fuel Cycle. It is said that Venkataraman received the honor for his outstanding contributions to the committee, according to an ASTM [...]
Over the past few years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)—more commonly known as drones—have increasingly become a popular tool for aerial data collection in construction, surveying, mining, and insurance. Utilizing DroneDeploy's software platform, companies capture aerial imagery and generate valuable insights from large data sets, making it possible to see and measure the changes occurring over time [...]
PQNDT's NDT SALARY SURVEY RESULTS ARE HERE! The results are in, click the link above to download now. Increase Wages in NDT Outpace the National Average! Unemployment in NDT is at a Historic Low! The Demand for NDT Workers Has Never Been Greater! That's the message that comes through in reading the results of the 2018 [...]
Small-diameter metal and plastic tubing is used in a wide variety of industrial and medical applications. Some of these tubes can be smaller than 0.125 inches (3 mm) in diameter, with very thin walls. When their applications are safety-critical, they need to meet tight manufacturing tolerances for wall thickness and concentricity. In the past, manufacturers would [...]
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) is putting into practical service unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to more easily and efficiently inspect the interiors of power plant boilers and other large indoor structures. Demonstration testing for manually operated drones was completed last year, and MHPS plans to begin offering the inspection service from April 2019. MHPS is [...]
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) is putting into practical service unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to more easily and efficiently inspect the interiors of power plant boilers and other large indoor structures. Demonstration testing for manually operated drones was completed last year, and MHPS plans to begin offering the inspection service from April 2019. MHPS is [...]