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#ndt Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS will present its latest mobile communication developments towards 5G at the Mobile World Congress, February 26 to March 1, 2018, in Barcelona, Spain. Live demonstrations will show how advancements in positioning and low-latency communication are accelerating industrial processes. Wireless low-latency communication and high-precision positioning will enhance flexibility in industrial [...]

#ndt The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) today announced online registration is open for the 2018 Coordinate Metrology Society Conference (CMSC). This year, the conference opens its doors from July 23 – 27, 2018 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, NV. The eminent membership association for 3D measurement professionals has traditionally served the portable metrology community [...]

#ndt Advances in inspection technology are playing a sizeable role in minimizing "at-risk" labor hours in the industrial space. Ranging from the old school to the high-tech, the process of inspecting vessels and equipment is going through a radical transformation. The desire for change is understandable. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, construction fatalities [...]

#ndt New Fluids for NDT can eliminate fire, smoke and residue, Echo Ultrasonics has recently become the exclusive distributor of SpectrumGlide AUT-NDT Fluid Couplant in the U.S. and Canada. SpectrumGlide, developed by Eclipse Scientific, has a viscosity formulated to reduce runoff and provide longer dwell time at temperatures from -50° F to 730° F (-45° C [...]

#ndt Minnesota has nearly 13,000 bridges crossing the state’s thousands of rivers and lakes. More than 1 in 10 of these critical infrastructure pieces were built prior to 1948. For the experts at Collins Engineers who inspect a number of these bridges, efficiencies in time and costs must be accompanied by excellent data. The inspection company’s [...]

#ndt Valence Surface Technologies (Valence), the largest independent aerospace and defense product finishing company, has received new Boeing and Bombardier approvals for hardness and conductivity testing at their Wichita facility, formerly known as Chrome Plus International. Valence Wichita now holds hardness and conductivity approvals for Airbus, Cessna, Spirit, Boeing, and Bombardier. With the addition of these [...]

#ndt NDT Global announced the resignation of Mr. Bradford L. Edwards from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the USA Operating Company, a decision taken by Mr. Edwards to pursue new opportunities outside of NDT Global. Having joined NDT Global in 2014 as Vice President, Data Analysis, Mr. Edwards was promoted to his Chief Executive [...]

#ndt Delair, a leading supplier of drone solutions for commercial industries, today introduced the next generation of its high-performance Delair DT26X LiDAR UAV, the industry’s first long-range fixed wing UAV to combine highly accurate Light Distance and Ranging (LiDAR) sensing capabilities with an integrated high resolution RGB (red, green, blue) camera, dramatically increasing the precision, efficiency [...]

#ndt HAZON Solutions ("HAZON"), the national leader in drone inspection services, announced today the opening of a second office. The newly organized South West Region will be headquartered in Austin, TX, and represents the first outpost for HAZON that will decrease lead times and costs for clients west of the Mississippi River. "We are extremely excited [...]

#ndt The concept for a new automated visual inspection system that uses robotics to manipulate metallic components is being tested at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). Canadian automation, machine vision, and robotics solutions specialist AV&R is working with the AMRC to develop the new system in a simulated industrial environment, proving out [...]