Mark N. Hurd found himself perched about 140 feet above the Hudson River on a cold January day. A steel basket attached to the multijointed arm of a snooper truck stationed on the massive bridge above provided both workspace and sanctuary for the Pennsylvania College of Technology instructor. For hours, Hurd meticulously employed an ultrasonic testing [...]
Jesse Garant Metrology Center, has recently received supplier status with a number of major aerospace companies operating in the civil and defense sectors. Through years of continuous improvement and the addition of certifications, supplier status has been granted with: Rolls Royce: According to Sabre3 Quality Requirements Raytheon Technologies (Collins/UTC/Hamilton Sundstrand/Goodrich): According to CTM Quality Requirements Pratt [...]
It is clear that there is a direct correlation among report quality, reliability, and confidence in the inspection equipment. For example, the more capable the NDT equipment is in terms of data gathering, ease of use, and coverage, the more actionable the asset integrity report data will be. The outcome is a more optimal maintenance and [...]
Lithuania plans to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for most routine road infrastructure inspection, with artificial intelligence (AI) analysing the data. AB Kelių priežiūra - a state-owned company that maintains more than 21,000km of national roads – has joined forces with technology companies Thrust and Agmis to introduce the AI-powered drone-based system for automated road inspection. [...]
German software company FlyNex and APD Integrated Drone Services (APD Inc.) signed a strategic agreement for the introduction of the latest drone asset management and information flow technology in Ibero-America in strategic sectors such as energy, telecommunications, security, agriculture, risk management, urban and industrial management. Hamburg/Bogotá, 17.02.2022 – The successful incorporation of drone technology in various [...]
Computer vision, which deals with how computers can understand objects in images, is a rapidly growing subfield of AI. According to a 2021 IDG survey, 37% of organizations say that they have definitive plans to implement computer vision, while 44% say that they’re investigating the technology. The computer vision market could grow from $10.9 billion in [...]
Today HUVRdata, Inc. (HUVR) welcomes Luftronix, a New Jersey based industrial inspection company with an autonomous high-precision scanning solution using drones, to the HUVR Partner Network (HPN). "We make it easy to manage complex inspection data—just like Luftronix makes it easy to conduct inspections in complex environments," said Ben Schmul, VP product management at HUVR. "Both [...]
Alfred H Knight Groups is pleased to announce the agreement to acquire Chilean company ASMIN Industrial Limitada, a consulting company in metallurgical processes, with 19 years of experience in metallurgical, chemical, mineralogical laboratories and pilot plants. With its regional head office in Santiago, AHK Chile has been providing services at all ports, field operations and warehouses, [...]
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERY POINT, N.C. – Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) provides maintenance, repair, overhaul and technical services that support a variety of Navy and Marine Corps aircraft around the world. The depot also provides service to the Fleet through training for aircraft maintenance professionals who can then return to their respective organizations with [...]
Frost & Sullivan recently assessed the NDT workflow management software industry, and based on its findings, recognizes DÜRR NDT with the 2021 NDT Workflow Management Software New Product Innovation Award. The company enables less tedious and less time-consuming inspections to reduce operation time, and improve process efficiency and transparency through its Drive NDT holistic workflow management [...]