One of two steam turbine generators will be overhauled at the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities. On Monday, the BPU approved contracting with S.T. Cotter Turbine Services of Clearwater, Minn., to perform a maintenance overhaul of steam turbine generator No. 5 in the amount of $1.9 million. According to the resolution approved by the BPU, S.T. [...]
Nanotronics, developer of the world’s most advanced robotic industrial microscope that combines AI, automation, and sophisticated imaging for industrial inspection, today announced the appointment of Jodi Shelton to the company’s Advisory Board. Jodi is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Semiconductor Alliance, a not-for-profit trade organization at the center of the semiconductor ecosystem [...]
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Following years of internal use and improved performance in analyzing electricity grids across the EU, the Estonian-founded tech company, Hepta Airborne is releasing a freemium version of its AI-driven software, uBird, to the drone operator community. Originally developed as an automation tool for power line and utility inspection to increase the accuracy of defect detection, the [...]
With computer vision and deep learning approaches, the Italian company Covision Quality wants to help the industry. The joint project with Alupress is intended to support this. We spoke with Franz Tschimben, CEO of Covision Quality, about his company's goals and challenges. What is Covision Quality about? Franz Tschimben: Covision Quality automates the industrial quality control [...]
Scout Drone Inspection has successfully closed an investment round of 27.5 million Norwegian kroner. Equinor Ventures and DNV joined in the round together with existing shareholders, including Investinor and CoFounder, and new private investors. Scout Drone Inspection (ScoutDI) creates specialized drones and associated cloud-based data analysis services for internal industrial inspection of ship tanks and similar [...]
Inspekto, the company that founded the Autonomous Machine Vision (AMV) category, has partnered with Macnica, a global semiconductor distributor, to distribute its INSPEKTO S70 to a growing European customer base. Inspekto’s flagship product is the only visual inspection solution on the market to provide a truly plug and inspect experience. It is also the first and [...]
Novosound, a leading ultrasonic company based in Scotland, has overcome competition from some of the biggest organisations in the world to win its first international honour at the 2021 Materials Performance Corrosion Innovation of the Year Awards. Organised by the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP), Novosound received the award in the Testing category for [...]
Ocean Infinity, in partnership with the University of Portsmouth, Airborne Robotics and Bentley Telecom is to develop an autonomous offshore wind farm inspection capability utilising aerial drone swarms deployed from an uncrewed marine robotic vessel. Using 5G and satellite connectivity, the project will see a swarm of drones autonomously inspect wind turbines subsequently removing the need [...]
Edmund Optics® (EO), a renowned provider of optical components, continuously expands its product offering to reflect market developments and customer needs. New products are added each month to better serve the industry. EO has released new windows in a wide variety of infrared (IR) materials including Gallium Arsenide (GaAs), Barium Fluoride (BaF2), Cadmium Telluride (CdTe), Thallium [...]