Amidst the ongoing Coronavirus situation, Cygnus is happy to share more good news: we’ve grown our Marketing Team and from 1st May, Chih Ju Wei stepped up to become our Marketing Director. Chih Ju has a Masters in Management with Marketing and further degrees in Business and Digital Marketing. She has been tirelessly applying herself to [...]
Built on the award winning HotSense™ ultrasonic platform, and powered by the proprietary HPZ piezo-ceramic, Ionix is launching a new dual element thickness gauging transducer, HS582i, for use across a wide temperature range, operating up to +550 °C (1022 °F). The probe can be used to measure remaining wall thickness from 1 to 500 mm with [...]
With patience and flexibility, the Cygnus Operations Team is continuing to function – while upholding all COVID-19 safety measures. And, incredibly, all product continues to be dispatched on time. Counter to all the leaps forward we have made in smoothing and improving our processes since 2017, we are now willingly and eagerly building inefficiencies back in [...]
MFE is proud to announce the production of our new thermal high-temperature screening system, the MFE EBT Screener. This new equipment conducts mass thermal screenings for elevated body temperatures in high-traffic, public places. "We’re ready to help get people back to work," Dylan Duke, Vice President of MFE Enterprises, Inc. said. "This equipment is a hands-free [...]
Synopsys are running a webinar this May 20th on how to identify part defects using the image-based methods available in Simpleware software. The webinar will show a workflow using a machined simple hole plate (typically used for CT calibration) to explore a number of tools suitable for NDT. Topics will cover automated segmentation and correction, surface [...]
Cygnus Instruments is proud to announce that the Cygnus 1 IS Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge now has IECEx Zone 0 Certification. In 1996 the IECEx was established through the initiative of the Ex industry and with support from certification bodies in the UK, France, Canada and Germany. The principle reason for the creation of the IECEx was [...]
DRIVE NDT, a software solution developed by AAP NDT and DÜRR NDT, for the first time unifies the entire NDT workflow, including all test procedures in a single system: from order entry, the assignment of inspectors, equipment, instructions and standards, to test report generation, approval and archiving. Centralized administration permits the targeted control of all workflows [...]
FDH Infrastructure Services, LLC, has been awarded a multi-year contract by the U.S. Air Force to develop a robust method to assess current structural condition and long-term predicted degradation of concrete facilities, using finite element modeling, nondestructive evaluations, and predictive material analysis. FDH's proprietary and patented nondestructive technologies, including dispersive wave propagation methods, have been used [...]
Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies [NYSE:TDY] company and global leader in digital imaging technology, is pleased to introduce its latest family of LWIR cameras, the Calibir™ GXM series. Using Teledyne DALSA’s own VGA 17um microbolometer technology, Calibir GXM cameras offer exceptional infrared imaging performance, with great sensitivity, outstanding dynamic range for wide temperature coverage, and factory-calibrated [...]
As developments in machine learning and the Internet of Things (IoT) impact how manufacturers run their businesses, automation can support these changes and boost productivity. Automation powers advanced IoT-enabled sensors and improves data collection, which can help manufacturers advance quality and processing speeds. This helps them forecast more accurately and reduce the chance of costly rerouting [...]