#ndt Siemens Gamesa partners with Fujitsu to co-create an Artificial Intelligence platform that can identify flaws during quality checks more quickly. Siemens must put each of the 5,000 blades it produces annually through a stringent quality assurance process. Any flaws when a blade is in operation could prove catastrophic and could inflict major damage to the [...]
#ndt Québec, Canada, May 7, 2018 — As a world leader in advanced non-destructive testing (NDT) inspection technologies, Eddyfi Technologies is thrilled to confirm the acquisition of M2M, a renowned developer and manufacturer of phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT) instruments for NDT. With its head office in Paris, France, M2M has become, over recent years, the [...]
#ndt The Fifteenth International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies (CM 2018/MFPT 2018) will take place from Monday 10 to Wednesday 12 September 2018 at the East Midlands Conference Centre and Orchard Hotel, Nottingham, UK. The conference is organised by the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) and the US Society for MFPT [...]
#ndt Hamburg, March 2018: YXLON International is proud to announce they have joined the Additive Alliance, the leading industrial and research network for additive manufacturing and the corresponding topics in Industry 4.0. By engaging in regular meetings and workshops, the work group facilitates an exchange of ideas and enables a holistic look into the versatile field [...]
#ndt Gloved hands pull a vital aircraft component from glowing, toxic pools of chemically laced liquid designed to reveal otherwise unseen dangers. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tye Braden, 19th Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection journeyman, inspects an aircraft part at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., April 11, 2018. Black lights are used to show liquid [...]
#ndt Cyberhawk has been awarded a three-year contract by an oil and gas supermajor to provide a digital asset management solution during the construction of its new world-scale petrochemical complex in the USA. The main construction phase of the project is already underway, which involves the construction of processing units, cooling towers, rail and truck loading [...]
#ndt Harvard Business Review recently included a research which confirmed that Industrial manufacturers are one of the top four adopters of Augmented Reality. From asset design to instruction manuals, asset-intensive industries are implementing augmented reality experiences to provide product-immersive experiences for employees and customers. Comparesoft researched three main areas to understand why industrial houses are investing [...]
#ndt Scientists have long used X-rays to peer beneath the surface of solid objects, but the recent rise of 3D X-ray microscopy (XRM) means they are now able to do so in ever greater detail, allowing them to probe the secrets of matter. Unlike most forms of microscopy, XRM can deliver high resolution and contrast in [...]
#ndt Principal Investigator: Dr Stephen O'BRIEN, Aviation Services Research Centre. "Pitting" is a surface defect found on critical jet engine components of complex shapes and different sizes. It is currently detected by naked-eye inspection. Such task takes up significant man-hours, and embodies errors in accuracy and reliability which limit engine maintenance performance in terms of cost, [...]
#ndt If you’re attending AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2018 in Denver — April 30 to May 3 — you’ll want to see as many of the exhibitors as possible to harness the power of unmanned technology. But that’s easier said than done as this intersection of cutting-edge innovation and real-world applications brings all things unmanned into sharp focus. [...]