Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR, VLDRW) today announced ANYbotics is equipping its autonomous mobile robots with Velodyne’s Puck™ lidar sensors. ANYbotics robots provide industrial operators with an automated robotic inspection solution to support efforts in monitoring and maintaining plants. ANYbotics’ four-legged robot ANYmal performs inspection and monitoring tasks in challenging industrial terrains such as mining and [...]
Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) actually reduces the cost and time of sub-surface characterisation when carried out along with appropriate validation with invasive techniques. The best tools in the NDT category for the hills will be Seismic, Electrical Resistivity and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) which is very useful in subsoil investigations and offers concrete characterisation of different layers. [...]
Within the last 12 months, a series of significant steps have been made in the world of offshore robotics; a number of legged and tracked robots made their first steps onto and around offshore facilities in Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway and the US. For operators, it’s a big leap to have these things on facilities. For [...]
Auterion has announced a partnership with thermal imaging leader Workswell to provide state-of-the-art bispectral cameras on drones across industries. By offering an open standards software integration, Auterion makes it easy for any drone and parts manufacturer using its open platform to choose Workswell’s renowned WIRIS Pro and WIRIS Security thermal imaging cameras. The software integration will [...]
Radioactive material headed to Michigan from an Ohio company never made it to its destination, according to a filing by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, prompting one expert to call the mishap "inevitable" considerinof the millions of shipments of the material each year. Read the full article at Detroit News. Source: NDT
Computer-aided design (CAD) and engineering firm CAD / CAM Services announced its exclusive partnership with Taiwan-based Microtek to release the NDT-2000 in North America. The NDT-2000 is a next-gen industrial film digitizer capable of offering high resolution images, while being specifically engineered for the non-destructive testing (NDT) radiography testing (RT) industry. Until now, NDT professionals were [...]
Lead is a naturally occurring heavy metal found in the Earth’s crust. Widespread extraction and use of lead in various products, such as gasoline and paint, have increased the levels of lead in both soil and air. While US-based regulations have banned lead-based gasoline and paint to reduce exposure, lead does not break down in the [...]
Cygnus Instruments are renowned worldwide as masters of robust, user-friendly ultrasonic testing equipment. Their first-class subsea range is designed to perform quick, efficient routine maintenance surveys on subsea structures and equipment, from offshore rigs, UWILD and IWS class surveys, to caissons, canal locks and pipelines. A resounding success nearly 40 years strong It’s hard to believe [...]
A welding supply distributor this month advised collision repairers to double-check welding and parts with dye penetrant inspection testing. "You should be doing this all the time," SCRS board member Dave Gruskos (Reliable Automotive Equipment) told an SCRS open board meeting July 14. The process is simple, according to instructions posted online by Magnaflux, one dye [...]
MilTouch Solutions, LLC (http://www.miltouch.com) has released the MilTouch™ High kV X-Ray Visible Scale for use in high kV radiographic non-destructive testing (NDT). This lead-free scale is available in four lengths, 3 inches (3"), 6 inches (6"), 15 centimeters (15 cm) and 12 inches (12"). It is designed to be visible next to plates of up to [...]