Non Destructive Testing

Curtiss-Wright Nuclear Division NDT SME Honored as Curtiss-Wright Technical Fellow NDT SME recognized for excellence under Curtiss-Wright Corporation Technical Fellow Program BREA, CA – February 7, 2022 – Curtiss-Wright’s Nuclear Division announced today that a member of its industry-leading engineering staff is among the group of engineers recently named Curtiss-Wright Technical Fellows in recognition by Curtiss-Wright [...]

SNI Welcomes Mr. Randy Jones to the team: Effective February 1, 2022, SNI welcomes Mr. Randy Jones to our commercial team. Randy brings decades of practical, hand’s-on experience in the NDT field with a strong focus on UT and Phased-array UT for power generation and aerospace components – both factory and field. Randy is based in [...]

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites are lightweight yet strong plastic materials that contain carbon fibers. Due to their good mechanical properties, CFRP materials are used in a wide range of manufactured parts for automotive, aerospace, and other industries. As more CFRP parts are produced, it is important to find fast, effective inspection processes. In a [...]

Generic Custom Test Interface Fixture Rated to 2100 Vdc, CB8H For Continuity and HiPot Testing with Panel- and Cable-Mounted Connectors, and LIF Test Blocks CAMI Research Inc. (Acton, MA), manufacturer of the CableEye® automation-ready cable and harness test system, has rolled out a test interface board that can be customized with LIF test blocks and any [...]

Researchers from Northwestern’s Engineering department have invented a new high-resolution camera that can see around corners and through objects — even skin, fog, or a human skull. The process is called synthetic wavelength holography, and it’s a new method that works by indirectly scattering light onto hidden objects, which then scatters again and travels back to [...]

Acuren, the industry leader in nondestructive testing (NDT), inspection, engineering, and rope access integrated services, has acquired Premium Inspection and Testing Group. Acuren plans to retain all employees and leadership teams to continue growing both companies and provide customers a broader range of service capabilities. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Premium Inspection offers conventional and advanced [...]

Cleo Robotics, which claims to be the first company to successfully develop a stable and highly maneuverable ducted bi-rotor drone, has launched its Dronut X1 for law-enforcement, industrial inspection, construction and defense markets. Cleo’s patented thrust vectoring technology has, for the first time ever, made the hyper-efficient ducted fan design stable in flight. The Dronut’s completely [...]

Percepto, pioneering autonomous inspection by industrial robotics, announced today the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations for Delek US Holdings’ refineries in Tyler, Texas and El Dorado, Arkansas. Percepto drones inspected its facilities and provided visual data management and analysis. The approval makes Delek US’s refineries the first to receive [...]

Edmund Optics®, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of optical components, has constructed an in-house laser damage testing lab to verify that laser optics will function as intended in customers' laser applications. This internal testing allows Edmund Optics to provide guaranteed laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) specifications and fine tune processes to manufacture higher-LIDT optics. The LIDT [...]

Deeptech startup Planys Technologies, which provides cutting-edge technologies for infrastructure asset integrity monitoring, announced it has raised $1.6 million as part of its ongoing pre-Series A funding. The round saw participation from global investor network Keiretsu Forum, LetsVenture, Shell, existing investors such as ONGC Startup Fund, Ranjan Pai’s MEMG Family Office, Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder, Infosys alongside [...]