#ndt Cyberhawk Innovations, a market leader in inspection and survey using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), has completed another world first for the drone industry, this time in the nuclear energy sector. Cyberhawk inspected two concrete PWR containment domes for American Electric Power at the Cook Nuclear Plant, located along Lake Michigan’s eastern shoreline. Although drones have [...]
#ndt Industrial inspection drone solution will enable Enterprise organisations to develop and launch a drone capability in just three months Sky-Futures, the world’s leading provider of drone-based inspection solutions, has today announced the launch of ‘Drone-To-Go’, a full package drone solution for Enterprise. The out-of-the-box solution distinguishes itself in the market place by providing companies not [...]
#ndt Recently, Berg Engineering & Sales, Company Inc., specializing in nondestructive and material testing equipment and service, began selling a new ultrasonic leak detector alongside the previous LKS1000. Crafted by Synergys Technologies, the new the LEAKSHOOTER® LKS1000-V3 uses ultrasonic technology to detect compressed air, steam, and gas leaks through a unique leak detection camera, audio, and [...]
#ndt Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs) May Be Linked to Outdated CCTV Technology & Faulty Inspections Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs) being experienced by California cities and counties may be due to reliance on older visual-based technologies and faulty inspections by city crews and independent contractors. Those were the findings recently presented by Sacramento-based Electro Scan Inc. to [...]
#ndt Premium Inspection & Testing Group today announced that Mr. Justin Jarski has joined the company as its Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Jarski has assumed direct responsibility for day-to-day management, support, and communications with the company’s operational leadership in all divisions, including several members of its support services group. Mr. Jarski was most recently General Manager [...]
#ndt NSI’s headquarters in Rogers, MN, is happy to announce that their Paris (France) & High Wycombe (UK) facilities have acquired ISO 9001:2008 certification. NSI’s sites in Europe have amended the existing processes and procedures to improve efficiency and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction. As a result of the implementation of these processes, the European [...]
#ndt Wood has won a contract as sole supplier of inspection qualification services to the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. EDF Energy, the station developer, has commissioned Wood’s Inspection Validation Centre (IVC) to qualify ultrasonic inspections on high integrity welds in primary circuit components for the two 1.6GW reactors. The contract is effective immediately and [...]
#ndt Spectronics Corporation, the world’s foremost leader in ultraviolet fluorescent equipment, is releasing the first two models of the new EDGE™ 13 Series, a new group of fanless, LED UV-A, IP65 rated flood lamps. Each model is designed for overhead applications in non-destructive testing and fluorescent inspection. The first model being released today is the EDG-13SBLC, [...]
#ndt Wind turbines have a design life of 20 years. The rotor blades must be regularly inspected at least once every four years to verify their structural integrity. This type of work is performed by industrial climbers. But the problem with inspecting offshore installations is that access is only possible when wind and weather conditions permit. [...]
#ndt Coating thickness measurement is one of the most common quality assessments made during industrial coating applications. SSPC-PA 2, Procedure for Determining Conformance to Dry Coating Thickness Requirements is frequently referenced in coating specifications. As SSPC-PA 2 has evolved over the past four decades, a number of procedures and measurement frequencies are referenced in both the [...]