The recent collapse of a bridge in Pittsburgh illustrates the wisdom of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) which provides $1.2 trillion for improvements in America's infrastructure. Major improvements to bridges, roads and mechanical systems are clearly needed. American Society for Nondestructive Testing...Creating a Safer World American Society for Nondestructive Testing...Creating a Safer World [...]
Manufacturers require non-destructive testing (NDT) to analyze the qualities of a material, component, structure, or system for distinctive variations, welding faults, and discontinuity without causing harm to the original part. Why NDT for Welding is Significant The assessment of weld quality is one of the most prevalent applications of nondestructive testing (NDT). This is due to [...]
MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. - April 8, 2022 - Ignore the headline, and let’s play a guessing game. What job do these Airmen have? They are trained to use ultrasound and x-ray machines. Nope, not medical. They also work with fluorescent dyes, but they’re not sheet metal technicians, either. How about magnetic particle testing, eddy [...]
Guided Wave Testing (GWT) or Long-Range Ultrasonic Testing (LRUT) has two main benefits: the ability to test inaccessible areas without the probes being directly over the area of inspection, and the rapid testing of long lengths of pipes efficiently. The latter is often thought to be achieved by pushing the range to the longest diagnostic range [...]
Wood has received funding from the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador to maximise employment for residents and support the recovery of the offshore oil and gas industry in the area. The project was secured under the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Recovery Assistance Fund and aims to establish an autonomous robotic inspection [...]
Versa Integrity Group, Inc. ("Versa"), an industry leader in a wide range of non-destructive industrial inspection and testing, has closed the acquisition of the commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems operations ("Avion Commercial") of Avion Solutions. Avion Commercial is based in Huntsville, AL and provides drone imagery, inspection, data collection, and training services for corporate clients across the [...]
Percepto, pioneering autonomous inspection by industrial robotics, announced today the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations for Delek US Holdings' refineries in Tyler, Texas and El Dorado, Arkansas. Percepto drones inspected its facilities and provided visual data management and analysis. The approval makes Delek US's refineries the first to receive [...]
Legged robots that can operate autonomously in remote and hazardous environments will greatly increase opportunities for exploration into underexplored areas. Exteroceptive perception is crucial for fast and energy-efficient locomotion: Perceiving the terrain before making contact with it enables planning and adaptation of the gait ahead of time to maintain speed and stability. However, using exteroceptive perception [...]
Exyn Technologies, a pioneer in multi-platform autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) for complex, GPS-denied industrial environments, has unveiled the world's first real-time colourized point cloud visualization on a handheld LiDAR scanner, the ExynPak. This accomplishment marks one of Exyn’s many contributions to autonomous robotics across several industries including mining, infrastructure inspection, and construction. Even in its early [...]
Millions of people around the world depend on rail transportation every day, be it for their daily commute, long distance business trip, or that highly anticipated adventure. More and more of these journeys are made with high-speed trains, also known as "bullet trains," which are designed to travel at speeds above 200 kilometers (124 miles) per [...]