#ndt Seikowave welcomes a new Director of Sales, Steve Siever, who is based in Houston, Texas. Steve is a 24 year veteran of sales and marketing to the oil & gas market. During the past 8 years, Steve focused on composite repair systems for the rehabilitation of piping systems onshore and offshore in North America and [...]
#ndt Effective April 19, 2017, Mako Oilfield Services, LLC. (MAKO), has acquired Drilling Industry Inspection Services, LLC., (DIIS). DIIS is a leading provider of Third Party Inspection Services. DIIS offers a turn-key package of Inspection services that include, Certified Welding and NACE Inspectors, Marine Riser Inspections/Cleaning Services, Rig Reactivation and Audit Services as well as Upgrade [...]
#ndt Spectronics Corporation is making a new addition to the PowerMAX™ 365 Series: the PM-1600HC high-intensity, ASTM E3022 compliant UV-A flood lamp. The PM-1600HC contains 16 UV-A LEDs, long-lasting lenses, and a black light filter to maintain an ideal UV-A wavelength output. The built-in fans ensure the unit remains at a steady operating temperature -- guaranteeing [...]
#ndt Under the cover of darkness, airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Wing nondestructive inspection (NDI) shop pour water and shine ultraviolet lights over magnetized aircraft parts, looking for imperfections or cracks with careful eyes. Finding something might mean saving an aircraft, and more importantly, saving lives. "I love what I do," said [...]
#ndt Nobel Laureate Sir George Paget Thompson said: "We have, for some time, labelled civilisations by the main materials they have used; The Stone Age, The Bronze Age and the Iron Age. A civilisation is both developed and limited by the materials at its disposal. Today, mankind lives on the boundary line of the Iron Age [...]
#ndt PORT HUENEME, Calif.—Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD), hosted a three-day non-destructive testing (NDT) working group event on-site, April 18-20. The working group, comprised of technical and engineering subject matter experts, reviewed NDT action items, proposed revisions to technical manuals and instructions, and participated in breakout discussions on industry standards and NDT [...]
#ndt In optical engineering, the objective is the optical element that gathers light from the object being observed and focusesthe light rays to produce a real image. Objectives can be a single lens or mirror, or combinations of several optical elements. They are used in microscopes, telescopes, cameras, slide projectors, CD players and many other optical [...]
#ndt A recurring question that comes up is: Are clouds adapted for NDT? What is the best solution for our needs? Well, NDT has its specificity. Techniques and technologies used to achieve operations are diverse; liquid penetrant, ultrasound, magnetic particles, eddy currents, and more. No matter which technologies are used, inspection data will have to be [...]
#ndt Following an emergency Friday afternoon call from Lavender International, an Olympus Nortec 600 Eddy Current Flaw Detector from Ashtead Technology was rushed to Sheffield to support a Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) training course that was due to take place the following week. The equipment arrived just in time, and the two week course – Level 2 [...]
#ndt Exova, the global testing, calibration and advisory services provider, has signed a multi-million pound framework agreement with global Aerospace and Defence business, Saab, to deliver materials technology expertise and testing services over the next five years (three years with a two-year extension option). The contract further confirms Exova’s position as one of the leading providers [...]