One of the first products that Cygnus brought to market in the 1980s was a handheld subsea ultrasonic thickness gauge (UTG). And it is testament to the outstanding original design that little changed in its fundamental form over more than three decades. Indeed, for many the name "Cygnus" became synonymous with a subsea inspection. But as [...]
DÜRR NDT’s new DRC 2430HE NDT flat panel detector has been specially developed for applications with high energies and can be used with both X-ray and gamma sources. Due to its special design and shielding, the DRC 2430HE NDT is suitable for energies up to 350 kV; for energies up to 450 kV, an external shielding [...]
The Pan/Tilt Minibot, also known as PTM, is one model in a line of small, portable inspection platforms offered by Inspectorbots.com. PTM is a rugged, reliable inspection platform. This small bot features a Go Pro camera mounted on a pan/tilt mechanism which, in turn, is mounted to an all-aluminum crawler. This vehicle can capture and record [...]
HUVRdata Inc. has raised $5 million to expand its platform that lets industrial companies collect and analyze vast amounts of inspection data. The Austin-based company, which does business as HUVR, develops software used by alternative energy, oil and gas, maritime and other energy and industrial sectors. HUVR, pronounced "hover," allows customers to aggregate inspection data into [...]
The new FLIR GF77 Gas Find IR Series provides professionals with the flexibility to use one uncooled gas detection camera for gas detection and thermal inspections across chemical and industrial manufacturing. The most notable feature updates include visualizing a completely new category of gases in sulfur hexafluoride, ammonia, and ethylene. The GF77 Series also offers IR [...]
New Mexico State University Civil Engineering Assistant Professor Ehsan Dehghan-Niri and Ph.D. candidate Sina Zamen received a 2020 fellowship from the American Society for Non-Destructive Testing. The fellowship award was based on their proposal, "Evaluation of Rolling Contact Fatigue cracks on railheads using nonlinear ultrasound in phase-space domain." Ehsan Dehghan-Niri, New Mexico State University civil engineering [...]
When a shipping company needed fast overnight action to ensure the integrity of new welds carried out on a ship moored overnight in the U.K.’s Manchester Ship Canal, non-destructive testing (NDT) specialist Responsive Ltd was able to act in time for the vessel to head out into the Irish Sea the next day to keep to [...]
Avonix Imaging, headquartered in Maple Grove, MN, is proud to announce the opening of a new X-ray Imaging Services laboratory near Dallas, TX. The office in Irving, TX provides 2D X-ray Imaging and 3D CT Scanning services to clients in the Dallas, TX and surrounding areas. The laboratory operates a number of Advanced X-ray / CT [...]
We are pleased to announce a new player in the NDT supply market, Alban NDE LLC. Alban NDE will now head up new and existing customer sales for ETher NDE and Baugh & Weedon products in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Alban NDE will also be working with the existing American, Canadian, and Mexican distribution partners [...]
Zurich, Switzerland, September 22, 2020 - Voliro AG, a spin-off from ETH Zurich founded in 2019 and currently accelerated at Wyss Zurich, today announced the closing of a CHF 2.0 million seed round to develop advanced flying inspection robots. A very strong consortium took part in the round led by Alpana Ventures, with participation from BackBone [...]