News
29/08/2019 English Channel solo swim for charity
Jody Jones, a Director of Testrade Ltd and daughter of Gail Long, is undertaking a solo swim of the English Channel, raising money for Blesma – The Limbless Veterans. This is one of the longest serving military charities and supports veterans who have either lost the use of a limb or an eye, have had amputations or who have lost limbs on the battlefield.
28/08/2019 Advanced elbow scanner added to rental fleet
Ashtead Technology has added the Olympus FlexoFORM™ pipe elbow scanner to its rental fleet of non-destructive testing equipment.
27/08/2019 Creaform’s hand-held 3D scanners win Red Dot Awards for product design
Creaform, a worldwide leader in portable and automated 3D measurement solutions and a business unit of AMETEK, has announced that the brand-new HandySCAN BLACK™ and Go!SCAN SPARK™ have won two Red Dot Awards for product design.
22/08/2019 Technology seminar on the quality control of 3D printed parts
Around 50 participants took part in a technology seminar on quality control of additive-manufactured (3D printed) parts, which was organised by Yxlon and the Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik (IWS) in Dresden, Germany, on 15 and 16 May 2019. The seminar was fully booked.
22/08/2019 Engineers on a mission set to be the focus of Tomorrow’s Engineers Week
Initial plans for Tomorrow’s Engineers Week 2019, taking place 4-8 November 2019, have been announced, focusing on the impact engineers have on the nation’s health and wellbeing.
21/08/2019 Nominations open for Women’s Engineering Society awards
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20/08/2019 3D surface defect inspection system
Precision sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon has introduced a new 3D non-contact surface inspection system for defect detection and for inspecting the aesthetic appearance of non-reflecting (matt, unpainted, plastic and bare metal) surfaces.
19/08/2019 SpotSee shifts ShockLog manufacturing to USA
SpotSee, a global provider of shock, vibration and temperature monitoring through low-cost connectivity and data acquisition, has moved its ShockLog impact recorder manufacturing facility from England to Graham, Texas, USA, to better serve its customers and grow its USA workforce.
16/08/2019 Date set for Bloodhound high-speed test programme
The Bloodhound Land Speed Record (LSR) team has announced that the Bloodhound LSR car will run for the first time on its dry lake-bed racetrack at Hakskeen Pan, Northern Cape, South Africa, in October 2019.
Following the successful 200 mph (320 km/h) UK runway trials at Cornwall Airport Newquay in October 2017, the team will be targeting 500 mph (800 km/h), a key milestone on the journey to setting a new world land-speed record. The record runs are currently scheduled for late 2020.
15/08/2019 Wireless hardware for online asset CM
National Instruments (NI), the provider of a software-defined platform that helps accelerate the development and performance of automated test and measurement systems, has announced new wireless monitoring hardware for InsightCM, an open solution for online condition monitoring with full access to data and customisation with the InsightCM Software Development Kit.
14/08/2019 Direct Conversion opens Application Innovation Centre in Munich
Direct Conversion AB has opened its Application Innovation Centre in Gräfelfing, Munich. The facility will showcase Direct Conversion’s advanced photon-counting X-ray products, allowing customers to see for themselves the latest X-ray imaging technology in action.
13/08/2019 Next-generation portable vibration analyser
Erbessd Instruments has announced the latest improvements to its award-winning DigivibeMX® platform. The company claims that the DigivibeMX GX400 wired interface and WiSER 3X wireless interface deliver the greatest flexibility for portable vibration analysis and dynamic balancing in the industry. The GX400 and WiSER 3X interfaces are the only standard four-channel wired and wireless vibration analysis solutions available industry wide.
12/08/2019 North Star Imaging appoints new global equipment sales director
North Star Imaging, a leading manufacturer of industrial digital radiography and computed tomography X-ray equipment, has appointed Timothy R Lebens as Global Equipment Sales Director.
09/08/2019 Pipeline integrity inspection software
Creaform, a worldwide leader in portable 3D measurement solutions and engineering services, has announced the release of Pipecheck 5.1, which it claims is a major upgrade to the sophisticated non-destructive testing (NDT) software currently on the market for pipeline integrity inspections in the oil & gas industry.
08/08/2019 Aircraft engine condition monitoring system market
Reports Monitor has recently published a document titled: Industrial Growth Forecast Report Aircraft Engine Condition Monitoring System Market 2019-2025: The Global Aircraft Engine Condition Monitoring System Market Report.
08/08/2019 Topaz Marine and BHGE sign agreement
Topaz Energy and Marine, an offshore marine logistics company, has signed a long-term agreement and placed an order with Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), to collaborate on deploying BHGE’s lubricant condition monitoring system, VitalyX, enhancing the maintenance and upkeep of Topaz’s fleet of vessels and helping to significantly increase field time for each vessel. VitalyX is expected to be deployed on Topaz’s entire module-carrying vessel (MCV) fleet in late 2019 and is the largest single collaboration with the technology since it was first unveiled at BHGE’s annual meeting in January.
07/08/2019 Professionally registered engineers continue to out-earn their non-registered colleagues
For the second consecutive year, professionally registered engineers and technicians have reported higher average salaries than their unregistered colleagues, according to the 2019 Salary Survey produced by London-based monthly magazine and website The Engineer.
06/08/2019 High-definition optical gas imaging camera
FLIR Systems has launched a high-definition (HD) hand-held optical gas imaging (OGI) camera, the FLIR GF620.
05/08/2019 CalAmp announces research collaboration
CalAmp (CAMP), an advanced technology solutions pioneer transforming the globally connected economy, has announced a strategic collaboration with Cryoport (CYRX), a global temperature-controlled logistics company dedicated to the life sciences industry, to develop a next-generation condition monitoring system and further assure the security of global temperature-controlled pharmaceutical shipments.
01/08/2019 PCN launches online examinations
The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) has successfully conducted Personnel Certification in Non-Destructive Testing (PCN) exams ‘online’ for the first time. The launch took place on 28 June 2019 at IMechE Argyll Ruane’s examination centre in Sheffield and was supervised by Arthur Jones, Examinations and Project Coordinator, BINDT, and John Moody, Senior Technical Engineer, BINDT.
