#ndt ATS Group LLC (ATS) announce today the strategic acquisition of Willbros Tank Services from Houston-based Willbros Group Inc. (NYSE: WB). The closing was completed effective January 1, 2018. The expanded company will operate as ATS Group, LLC (dba Alliance Tank Service). ATS will have offices in Cushing, OK; Tulsa, OK; and Channelview, TX. "Customers should [...]
#ndt In this webinar, we introduce the features and technical specifications of the EPOCH® 6LT portable flaw detector’s corrosion module software option and discuss the instrument’s benefits for offshore platform corrosion inspections. The EPOCH 6LT flaw detector with the corrosion module combines the most important features of a corrosion gage with the capabilities of a flaw [...]
#ndt Mozzat Enterprise Sdn Bhd (MESB), located in Brunei with around 200 employees, provides a wide range of NDT on-stream inspection services to the local oil and gas industry, primarily to Brunei Shell Petroleum, as well as to other companies in the surrounding region. MESB has various certifications, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, BS OHSAS 18001 [...]
#ndt Rick Nicholls wants assurances that other turbine towers in south Raleigh won't topple over like one did last week. The Chatham-Kent-Leamington MPP knows the company is looking into the cause of the collapse, but said Monday, "I want to call on the ownership of those turbines to do a thorough inspection of all the remaining [...]
#ndt We often think about all the aircraft involved in delivering cargo, bombs and personnel on the battlefield. The people behind the scenes are often forgotten. These Airmen are responsible for making sure the tools and equipment needed to repair aircraft are accessible and working properly. The 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Sortie Support Flight is made [...]
#ndt New inline-inspection applications are being developed for industry thanks to advances in high-speed, low-coherence interferometry, a high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) imaging technology. Precision bore holes, for example, must adhere to strict geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), including straightness, cylindricity, circularity, taper, distortion, runout, roughness characteristics, semi-transparent coating thickness, or defect characterization. Also, features on the insides [...]
#ndt Unmanned aerial systems—drones—have quickly found their place in the power sector. But as the industry moves out of test cases and experiments, and into full implementation of drones, it is facing a whole new set of challenges and opportunities. The power sector—one of the world’s most rigid industries—is in the midst of a profound transition. [...]
#ndt There are numerous situations that can lead to premature structural issues or the degradation of a bridge. For example, tiny stress cracks that aren't visible to the naked eye could form, and unless caught, could cause a disastrous collapse. Another example might be improperly mixed grout that is used inside the post tension tendons that [...]
#ndt Tracerco, part of Johnson Matthey plc, has been awarded Lloyd’s Register (LR) recognition for its acclaimed subsea CT scanner, Discovery™. The Qualification Trials of Discovery™ were conducted in a simulated subsea environment at Tracerco’s HQ in Billingham, UK and successfully determined the depth limit for reliable POD (Probability of Detection) and typical sizing tolerances for [...]
#ndt Industrial Inspection & Analysis, Inc. (IIA) USA – a leader in providing inspection, testing, and engineering services for the energy and manufacturing industries – has acquired Timco Engineering, Inc (Timco). With this acquisition, IIA adds all of Timco’s highly regarded product safety testing and certification services with strategic locations in the U.S. and China. Timco [...]