Non Destructive Testing

Material inspection made easy: Fraunhofer scientists develop universally applicable broadband eddy current electronics. Current developments in the field of industry 4.0 such as the digitalization of production plants and processes provide massive new challenges to nondestructive inspection technologies. Fraunhofer IZFP scientists in Saarbrücken have developed a novel eddy current platform, which is able to operate currently [...]

The Phased Array Company (TPAC), world renowned experts in the field of ultrasonic Non Destructive Testing solutions, introduces the Pioneer, its new, powerful, and compact acquisition unit providing the most innovative Phased Array and Advanced FMC/TFM technologies. In order to respond to the growing need for faster and more accurate detection of material defects, TPAC has [...]

Quasset Test Facility (QTF) has opened in the Netherlands to facilitate the experimentation and validation of robotic solutions for inspection and maintenance. The 600-square-meter testing facility offers a highly flexible and controlled environment, housing a range of decommissioned assets which serve to test crawling, flying and swimming robotic systems. As an independent facility, QTF provides third-party [...]

The National Institute for Aviation Research and Wichita State University are hosting an event on June 4th 2019 bringing together software leaders in non-destructive inspection of high value parts. Speakers come from the Synopsys Simpleware Product Group, Dassault Systemes, North Star Imaging, and Wichita State University. The event will also include a chance to tour the [...]

Luminus Devices has significantly expanded its portfolio of high-power IR LEDs with 11 emitters designed to address the expansion of automotive, consumer, machine vision, medical, and security applications. The Luminus IR SST LEDs are now offered in three wavelengths—810nm, 850nm, and 940nm—and six beam angle options ranging from 40° to 130°. The high radiometric power output [...]

Global Energy Transmission is presenting the value of its wireless drone recharging technology to energy and infrastructure inspection industries. The company’s technology uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy from a ring of cables to a drone in flight. Global Energy claims that its Get Air system has a max power transfer rate of 12kW within [...]

World’s First Non-Magnetic, Climbing Inspection Robot for Hazardous Environments Attracts Top-Tier Investors to Support Growth Invert Robotics, a leader in inspection robotics, today announced it has closed an US$8.8 million round of financing led by Finistere Ventures, an agtech/foodtech venture pioneer, with support from Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley (YMVSV), the corporate venture capital [...]

On the first day of the Nepcon show in Shanghai, YXLON International received the SMT China Vision Excellence Award 2019 for their x-ray systems Cheetah EVO. The festive award ceremony took place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center. Barbara Nichtern, Yxlon Vice President Global Sales & Marketing, was happy to attend the ceremony [...]

The New York Times (NYT) recently reported airplane manufacturers "often [value] production speed over quality" and this "frenzied pace" has led to aviation safety concerns. Manufacturers' production goals should not be in competition with aviation safety. The Federal Aviation Association (FAA) has approved the use of remote connectivity technology, which can be used in the aircraft [...]

DEKRA Laboratory for Technical Textiles and Films tests membrane structures on site in its capacity as monitoring body and for the preparation of expert reports. The membrane stress measuring device (MSM II), which was specially developed by the laboratory, checks the prestress in tensile membrane surfaces after assembly or as part of recurring inspections, thereby helping [...]