#ndt Element Materials Technology (Element) has opened a new laboratory in Singapore, servicing customers in the Oil & Gas sector. Located in Tuas, Element Singapore is an ISO 17025 accredited materials testing laboratory which offers specialized metallurgical and fracture toughness testing. It will provide services to all the major Oil & Gas EPC contractors and fabricators [...]
#ndt To ensure the safe operation of an aircraft, the entire structure must be routinely and diligently inspected for damage and a decision made on whether it should be kept in service or withdrawn for repairs. Borescope inspection (BSI) is a technique used to visually inspect the internal structure of aircraft engines. The structure of compact [...]
#ndt In recent years ZEISS redefined the way to perform 3D X-ray tomography measurements in the laboratory with the breakthrough ZEISS Xradia Versa and Xradia Ultra product families. By incorporating synchrotron-inspired optics and acquisition methodologies, these X-ray microscopes (XRM) surpassed many of the traditional barriers limiting lab-based computed tomography, offering performance comparable to beamline instruments. ZEISS [...]
#ndt Want to know how you can improve your data quality and increase the efficiency of your tank shell inspections? Watch the Swift and Scorpion2 webinar. Swift and Scorpion2 greatly improve the quality and experience of the entire inspection process. They provide you with faster and more accurate acquisitions as fast as 180 mm/s (7 in/s), [...]
#ndt Microsoft Corp. announced last week that it has chosen US-headquartered, AI-driven, machine sensor and power analyzer manufacturer, MachineSense, LLC.(www.machinesense.com) to be part of its elite ScaleUp accelerator program. MachineSense is one of only 12 startups picked for this round of the ScaleUp program, which Microsoft initiated in February. The initiative plans to invest more than [...]
#ndt Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI) of Hatfield, PA has purchased TAC Technical Instrument Corp. (TACTIC) of Trenton, New Jersey. TACTIC has been in the ultrasonic inspection business since 1962, developing and selling a product line of immersion ultrasonic inspection systems and accessories, providing parts, repairs and training and performing independent ultrasonic testing (UT) services. The majority [...]
#ndt Drone enthusiasts looking to start their own business and aviation media seeking insider knowledge of how industry is using small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) to inspect and protect are invited to attend two presentations by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. They will be held during this year’s annual Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. occurring [...]
#ndt GE Renewable Energy Business, LM Wind Power announced today the planned acquisition of the WMC test facilities in Wieringerwerf, Netherlands. The transaction is expected to close within a few weeks' time subject to certain pre-completion conditions. The facility will provide rotor hub testing for new GE turbines and also continue to offer blade and other [...]
#ndt Spirit AeroSystems today announced its engineers have combined a wide range of robotics hardware and software technologies to meet the complex needs of inspecting the company's composite aerospace components such as fuselages, wings and substructures. "Typically, inspections for meeting customer requirements have been done by large, fixed systems that are difficult to adapt to new [...]
#ndt A 3D optical scanner upgraded for the automated inspection of composites is being put through its paces at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to see how it can improve shop floor productivity for the automotive and aerospace industries. The Hexagon Blaze 600A uses three high-resolution cameras to capture digital imagery to [...]