#ndt After years of running flat out, U.S. Gulf Coast refiners are lining up repairs to plants in 2017 - but facing a severe labor shortage that could delay work, drive up costs and raise accident risks. Fuel producers such as Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC.N: Quote) and Valero Energy Corp (VLO.N: Quote) have delayed routine work [...]
#ndt The employees of Laboratory Testing Inc. helped two long-time coworkers celebrate their retirement at the company’s holiday luncheon last week. Gary Doerfer, Chemistry Technician, officially retired in June 2016, but continues to work at LTI one week each month in the Chemistry Lab. The Director of Quality, Frank Peszka, will retire at the end of [...]
#ndt Kanfit Ltd. announced today that as part of its strategy to provide turnkey, one stop shop services, it now offers in-house Non-Destructive Tests (NDT) and ultrasonic inspections for the detection of defects and irregularities on composite components. Kanfit is a leading manufacturer of primary and detailed parts, sub- assemblies and ready to mount assemblies made [...]
#ndt Lloyd's Register (LR), the global engineering, technical and business services organisation, has acquired RTAMO Ltd, a software enabled consultancy based in Aberdeen which provides cutting edge data-driven solutions designed to reduce maintenance costs for asset owners. Murray Douglas, Lloyd's Register's Strategic Project Director said: "At this critical economic time of low oil prices, asset owners [...]
#ndt Infrasense, Inc., a national leader in infrastructure nondestructive evaluations, recently carried out deterioration mapping for a bridge deck carrying Interstate 91 over the Amtrak railroad line in New Haven, Connecticut. The deterioration mapping was performed on the nearly 36,000 square foot bridge using vehicle-mounted high-speed ground penetrating radar (GPR) to scan without requiring lane closures [...]
#ndt U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) regulators ordered on Wednesday that the Belle Fouche Pipeline Co. improve leak detection after the 4,200 barrel oil spill which occurred in North Dakata, only 150 miles from the site of the protests against the North Dakota Pipeline Access project. Nearly 3,100 barrels of crude entered the [...]
#ndt IF FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION in Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI) and Fluoresecent Penetrant Inspection (FPI) SECU-CHEKs UVE Series is the right choice of UV-A LED sources to perform optimized fast and secure fluorescent inspection. The UVE Series from the German technology leading manufacturer offers maximum process security due to its revolutionary electronic UV LED [...]
#ndt Christian Gück is the new head of YXLON Inspection Services and is going to expand the inspection service worldwide. Christian Gück took over the management of YXLON Inspection Services and will promote the expansion of the inspection services for customers worldwide. Especially dimensional metrology by means of computed tomography poses considerable challenges both to X-ray [...]
#ndt USL has been awarded accreditation from Safecontractor for its commitment to achieving excellence in health and safety. Safecontractor is a leading third party accreditation scheme which recognises very high standards in health and safety management amongst UK contractors. USL are specialists in the supply of turnkey ultrasonic inspection systems ranging from immersion tanks to large [...]
#ndt The new Olympus DP74 color fluorescence microscope camera combines advanced image processing technology, a low-noise design and easy-to-use software to deliver smooth, true-to-life images in demanding life science and industrial applications. Optimized for fluorescence color imaging, the DP74 microscope camera enables users to capture publication-quality images of even fast-moving specimens with features including: High frame [...]