OSU Institute of Technology officially opened the Industrial & Aviation Technologies Training Center (IATTC) during a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house event on the Okmulgee campus Nov. 7 and 8. The IATTC includes an advanced manufacturing lab with approximately $750,000 of existing equipment, a non-destructive testing lab, as well as a classroom and instructional space. [...]
AI-powered visual inspection pioneer Neurala has today announced a partnership with IHI, one of the largest manufacturers in the world. IHI is a leading producer of aircraft engines and turbochargers for vehicles and industrial machines, along with additional transport-related machinery and more. Neurala’s automated visual inspection platform will be deployed as a key component of IHI’s [...]
RoboMantis: Industry’s most dexterous work horse and academia’s most capable research tool! "RoboMantis is an open architecture robot running ROS and today’s release of the robot with the Actin® addon exemplifies the flexible architecture of the system. We are truly excited to leverage this unique capability with our customers," said Chris McQuin, Chief Engineer at Motiv [...]
Industrial Inspection & Analysis, Inc.™ ("IIA") – a leader in providing inspection, testing and analytical services – expands its service offerings with the acquisition of 5 Star Testing, Inc. ("5 Star"). Based in Brush Prairie, WA, 5 Star is a non-destructive testing and inspection company with nearly 30 years of experience in providing facilities-based inspection services [...]
Hamamatsu launched the C15333-10E InGaAs line scan camera for inline nondestructive inspection using SWIR (short-wavelength infrared) imaging. Joining Hamamatsu's wide variety of SWIR and NIR (near-infrared) imaging technologies, this camera is the company's first InGaAs line scan camera. The C15333-10E is a high-sensitivity, low-noise camera with a fast line rate, and it is suitable for industrial [...]
During the SPRINT Robotics World Conference for Inspection and Maintenance Robotics 2019 in Rotterdam, the winners of the SPRINT Robotics Awards 2019 were announced. The SPRINT Robotics Awards acknowledge and reward exceptional work in inspection and maintenance robotics in our society. In 2019, three awards categories were introduced: Groundbreaking Collaborative Work towards Acceptance of Inspection and [...]
Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502, Toshiba) and Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (hereinafter "ESS"), companies dedicated to providing industry with solutions that raise operational efficiency and productivity, have developed a drone-based inspection technology for complex industrial facilities, such as power plants, oil refineries and chemical manufactures. The new solution comprises 3D laser measurement technology, a drone-mounted [...]
The critical overall requirements for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in the energy sector are, naturally, reliability and productivity. Reliability takes on added significance in sectors that represent millions of dollars of investment. No margin for error can be tolerated in such complex environments. The distance from an in-flight UAV to the industrial asset that it [...]
DENSO, the world's second largest mobility supplier and Kitov.ai, a developer and manufacturer of automated smart visual inspection solutions, announced today the signing of a partnership agreement. The agreement will enable DENSO to adopt Kitov's technology for smart quality inspection across its global manufacturing facilities. According to the terms of the agreement, the parties will co-design [...]