Autonomous drones which can fly to offshore energy assets, inspect them for damage, fit sensors and drop off repair materials are among the latest technology to be unveiled by a consortium led by the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics. The ORCA Hub, which involves five universities working with 35 industrial and innovation partners, forms part of the [...]
Natural gas pipelines transport more than 25 percent of the energy consumed in the United States, making them an important and pervasive component of our energy transportation system. These pipelines range in size and length depending on where along the stream they are located. Here, we are highlighting downstream natural gas service lines. To service and [...]
OXFORD, Miss. – Buried around the world are millions of landmines – never sleeping and silently waiting for victims. The removal of landmines – both anti-personnel and anti-vehicle mines – is a slow, labor-intensive task, often done by humans on their hands and knees, but a University of Mississippi researcher is developing technology that could greatly [...]
Introducing the Latest Member of the OmniScan™ Family Confidence you can see. That’s the phrase we use to describe the new OmniScan X3 flaw detector. What does it mean? It’s our way of saying that the power of this OmniScan to help you feel confident that you’ve made the right call comes from what you can [...]
The release of OLYMPUS Stream image analysis software v. 2.4.2 gives users even more tools to ensure quality in manufacturing. The software release includes an improved image analysis solution to measure and rate non-metallic inclusion content in high-purity steel. The new inclusion content mode detects and classifies individual fields on a large scan area, expanding on [...]
This year has been an exciting year for Verasonics with many new developments. As a company founded with the objective to help scientists and engineers create new ways of using ultrasound, we want to say thank you to our customers for helping to make the Vantage™ Research Ultrasound platform the leading research ultrasound product in the [...]
St. Rose, LA: ISO-RAD™ is pleased to announce the new Source Model ISO150, ISO100 and ISO880! The ISO150, ISO100 and ISO880 are approved for use under Sealed Source and Device Registration (SS&D) LA-1491-S-103-S and LA-1491-S-104-S. The new source models satisfy all regulatory requirements for use with the Source Production and Equipment Company manufactured, Model SPEC-150 Exposure [...]
Baxter, MN - The American Institute of Nondestructive Testing is planning to expand its education program with the purchase of a new 21,600 square foot training facility. This top vocational school specializes in a combination of online and hands-on NDT training methods. The school plans to use 15,600 square feet of the new facility space to [...]
FITCHBURG, Wis., Dec. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Phoenix, LLC., a nuclear technology company founded in Madison, Wisconsin in 2005, has announced that it has now demonstrated the capability to take ASTM Category I neutron radiographs at its new accelerator-based industrial radiography facility, the Phoenix Neutron Imaging Center (PNIC), which opened in October of this year. ASTM [...]
Magnetic Analysis Corp., Sensor Networks, Inc. and Zetec, three NDT leaders, have joined forces to offer the ZMS program, a single alternative for bar and tube producers needing to service and upgrade their phased array systems such as ROWA and BIS for detecting flaw/ wall thickness/ geometry and lamination. With an emphasis on providing customers with [...]