GE and Microdrones have entered into a worldwide licensing partnership, where Microdrones will bring the GE industrial drone line to market globally, providing professionals access to powerful aerial surveying technology that will enable them to work more efficiently, accurately, safely and profitably. The GE industrial drone line brings together two industrial companies which highly complement one [...]
Reza Zoughi, director of the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation and the Kirby Gray (Battelle) Chair in Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been awarded the 2020 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement (I&M) Society Career Excellence Award. Zoughi received this award in recognition of lifelong activity and outstanding achievement in pioneering microwave nondestructive testing [...]
Waygate Technologies, a Baker Hughes business and a global industry leader in non-destructive testing (NDT) solutions, has announced the opening of a new Customer Solutions Center (CSC) near Munich, Germany. The CSC in Garching will support businesses with access to high performance inspection technologies and experienced NDT professionals. The new CSC Munich will allow customers to [...]
Percepto, pioneering autonomous inspection by industrial robotics today announced that it has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to participate in the market leading new BVLOS Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) whose work will entail developing a regulatory path for standard drone operations Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS). Percepto has also been approved as [...]
Lloyd’s Register ("LR"), a global provider of professional services specialising in engineering and technology solutions, has today announced the sale of 100% of its Business Assurance & Inspection Services division, including cyber-security business Nettitude, to Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The transaction is a key milestone in Lloyd’s Register’s strategy to become the go-to partner and adviser [...]
Most recently Nissin teamed with Lake X-Ray and DÜRR NDT to install 4 X-ray cabinets fitted with the DRP 4040 NDT flat panel detector. The cabinets are compact yet provide ease of part placement and high production. Nissin produces about 30,000 parts per day at this facility in Georgia. The 4 Lake X-Ray / DÜRR NDT [...]
UAVs with a higher level of autonomy can make civil engineering inspections safer, faster and more accurate, plus they support the monitoring of infrastructural changes over time. The increasing development and production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or ‘drones’) with a higher level of autonomy can reduce human error and assist in safer, faster and more [...]
Sarcos Robotics ("Sarcos"), a leader in the development of robotic systems that augment humans to enhance productivity and safety, and Pine Environmental Services LLC, a professional services company providing equipment for environmental monitoring, nondestructive testing (NDT), visual inspection, and continuous emissions monitoring (CEMS), today announced an agreement in which Pine Environmental will become an official distributor [...]
Eddyfi/NDT announces today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Zetec, a subsidiary of Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ROP). The transaction is expected to close at the end of the year and is subject to customary closing conditions and approvals. Founded 50 years ago, Zetec is a major player in the non-destructive industry, [...]
Using robots to make offshore infrastructure inspection and repair safer is moving a step closer following the injection of £2.5 million of further funding from UK Research & Innovation (UKRI). Founded in 2017 and led by Heriot-Watt and the University of Edinburgh, the ORCA Hub which also includes Imperial College London, University of Liverpool and University [...]