At a time when water scarcity pervades many urban centres, it is important to ensure that water being transported through pipes is not lost through leakages. In an attempt to address this issue, researchers from IIT Madras have developed a robot to check pipelines for leaks and other faults. Named Endobot, this robot is to be [...]
At this year’s Annual Iron and Steel Technology conference (AISTech), Olympus caught up with many customers from the steelmaking industry to share knowledge and show off some of our latest technology. Slag analysis with Vanta™ handheld XRF was a hot topic. Many visitors to our booth didn’t realize that they can use a Vanta analyzer near [...]
360 Rail Services, the leading provider of engineering, construction, operations and maintenance services for the rail industry, has announced the selection of Ardenna's Rail Defect Detection SaaS for integration with their new drone-based rail yard inspection service offering. Ardenna is the leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based defect detection software and has seen great success in main [...]
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) ("Teledyne") and Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ROP) ("Roper") jointly announced today the successful completion of the previously announced acquisition by Teledyne of the Scientific Imaging businesses of Roper for $225 million in cash. The Scientific Imaging businesses include Princeton Instruments, Photometrics and Lumenera, as well as other brands. The Scientific Imaging businesses provide [...]
Material inspection made easy: Fraunhofer scientists develop universally applicable broadband eddy current electronics. Current developments in the field of industry 4.0 such as the digitalization of production plants and processes provide massive new challenges to nondestructive inspection technologies. Fraunhofer IZFP scientists in Saarbrücken have developed a novel eddy current platform, which is able to operate currently [...]
The Phased Array Company (TPAC), world renowned experts in the field of ultrasonic Non Destructive Testing solutions, introduces the Pioneer, its new, powerful, and compact acquisition unit providing the most innovative Phased Array and Advanced FMC/TFM technologies. In order to respond to the growing need for faster and more accurate detection of material defects, TPAC has [...]
Quasset Test Facility (QTF) has opened in the Netherlands to facilitate the experimentation and validation of robotic solutions for inspection and maintenance. The 600-square-meter testing facility offers a highly flexible and controlled environment, housing a range of decommissioned assets which serve to test crawling, flying and swimming robotic systems. As an independent facility, QTF provides third-party [...]
The National Institute for Aviation Research and Wichita State University are hosting an event on June 4th 2019 bringing together software leaders in non-destructive inspection of high value parts. Speakers come from the Synopsys Simpleware Product Group, Dassault Systemes, North Star Imaging, and Wichita State University. The event will also include a chance to tour the [...]
Luminus Devices has significantly expanded its portfolio of high-power IR LEDs with 11 emitters designed to address the expansion of automotive, consumer, machine vision, medical, and security applications. The Luminus IR SST LEDs are now offered in three wavelengths—810nm, 850nm, and 940nm—and six beam angle options ranging from 40° to 130°. The high radiometric power output [...]
Global Energy Transmission is presenting the value of its wireless drone recharging technology to energy and infrastructure inspection industries. The company’s technology uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy from a ring of cables to a drone in flight. Global Energy claims that its Get Air system has a max power transfer rate of 12kW within [...]