Pine Tree Equity III, LP ("Pine Tree Equity"), a private equity firm based in Miami, FL, is pleased to announce that Crossbridge Compliance, LLC ("Crossbridge") has acquired XCEL NDT, LLC ("XCEL") in March 2019. XCEL, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Clifton, KS with six additional offices throughout the Midwest, is a leading regional provider of [...]
Recently, a group consisting of engineers and Non-Destructive Testing technicians from across the Joint Munitions Command enterprise completed a week-long NDT training course planned, funded, and held at Letterkenny Munitions Center. Ms. Toni Bailey, TB3 NDT Consulting LLC., Manorville, New York, presented "Introduction to Non-Destructive Testing", which included 40 hours of classroom training in conjunction with [...]
Zetec Inc., a global leader in nondestructive testing (NDT) solutions, announced an exclusive agreement with Structural Integrity Associates Inc. to integrate and promote its LATITUDE non-mechanized probe position and orientation encoding technology with the Zetec TOPAZ family of portable phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT) instruments. "We are excited to work with Structural Integrity, a global leader [...]
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 [...]