News
22/01/2021 Novosound banging drum for Scottish innovation at global level
A young Scottish company is changing the face of industry after developing what it claims is unique technology that can identify defects in metal structures, revolutionising the way safety inspections are carried out and enhancing the quality of body imaging in the field of medicine.
22/01/2021 Waygate Technologies expands portfolio with new inspection robotics unit
Waygate Technologies (WT), a world leader in industrial inspection solutions, has announced that it is expanding its product and services portfolio to include a new robotics unit. The new Waygate Technologies Robotics team is staffed by former experts from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH Zürich) and leading developers of mobile inspection robots for large-scale facilities in the fields of power generation and industrial processing.
20/01/2021 Meet the new President
Iain Baillie is the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT)’s new President for the next two years. To give readers the opportunity of finding out what his plans are for his term of office, NDT News posed a few questions to the new President…
18/01/2021 Nippon Paint adds XSHIP as condition monitoring solution
Nippon Paint Marine has enhanced its existing hull condition monitoring software by adding the XSHIP Performance tool to its established KP Analysis fuel-saving system.
18/01/2021 Active capacitive measurement system
Precision sensor supplier Micro-Epsilon has launched an active capacitive measurement system that incorporates a preamplifier within the sensor head to directly boost the signal. This provides end-users with greater flexibility for cable routing and movement, especially in industrial automation, robotics, semiconductor production and machine building applications.
15/01/2021 Omni launches next-generation asset integrity management software
Omni (an ICR company) has launched a new digital full lifecycle asset integrity management solution developed by industry experts, allowing companies to manage, predict, plan and optimise their asset integrity management programmes. Omni is built on the combined knowledge of integrity engineers, software developers and data scientists and is headed up by Director William McLean, who brings 16 years’ cross-industry experience.
15/01/2021 Phoenix ISL appoints Technical Sales Engineer
Phoenix Inspection Systems Limited has announced the appointment of Chris Canham as Technical Sales Engineer, responsible for developing new sales streams across the UK, developing sales strategies with a technical influence, creating new business opportunities and generating sales growth of Phoenix ISL solutions.
13/01/2021 X-ray detector evaluation
Nikon Metrology’s new Detector Evaluation Package, in accordance with ASTM E2737, offers automated analysis of image data with performance trend analysis.
12/01/2021 Regal Beloit introduces the System Plast iCOF
For manufacturers running a manufacturing line, especially a dry running line, friction is a key factor for the proper handling and flow of containers.
12/01/2021 Sensata Technologies invests in Pitstop
Pitstop, a German automotive predictive maintenance platform, has announced a Series A round of funding led by Sensata Technologies in the USA, a global industrial technology company and leading provider of sensor-rich solutions that create insights for customers, with participation from existing investors Ripple Ventures and Hike Ventures. Pitstop will use the funds to expand market reach, enhance product features and build additional predictive algorithms for the automotive industry. The amount of the Series A funding is undisclosed.
11/01/2021 ASNT announces ASNT Certification Services
The Board of Directors of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) recently approved the establishment of a wholly-owned limited liability company, ASNT Certification Services LLC, which will house all of the Society’s certification and accreditation programmes. The new entity will launch on 1 July 2021.
11/01/2021 Testia announces Box concept data acquisition and SDK
Testia, an Airbus Company, is supporting innovation and research for industrial applications by developing technology and solutions that stimulate innovation for the industry as a whole. Its current acquisition systems portfolio, comprising the multi-method UE1 Box and phased array U32 Box, is now open to those who need to exploit their flexibility to meet multiple technical specifications and accomplish different inspection goals, all within the same device.
08/01/2021 Laser triangulation sensor
Precision sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon is continuing the development of its comprehensive laser triangulation sensor range with the addition of the optoNCDT 1900. Ideally suited for both dynamic and high-resolution measurement tasks, it features a completely new compact sensor housing with innovative mounting sleeves that ensures a repeatable sensor position and alignment to the target. This new performance class of laser sensor is said to be ideal for high-speed distance, displacement and position measurements in a wide range of automation tasks, including machine building, robotics, automotive production, 3D printing and coordinate measuring machines.
08/01/2021 High-energy CT scanner
Waygate Technologies, a Baker Hughes business and a world leader in industrial inspection solutions, has launched its first high-energy computed tomography (CT) system: Phoenix Power|scan HE.
07/01/2021 International collaboration advances procedural development in NDT of plastics
The Institute for Plastics Technology (IKT) at the University of Stuttgart has been supplied with a TeraMetrix terahertz system as part of a cooperation with ETher NDE Ltd, Baugh & Weedon Ltd and Springer New Technologies GmbH.
07/01/2021 BINDT appoints founding Chair of new NDT Leadership Forum
The British Institute of NDT (BINDT) Advisory Group on Strategic NDT Leadership has appointed Mark Dowell as founding Chair of the NDT Leadership Forum.
06/01/2021 FLIR Systems announces thermal and visible videoscope for underground utility vaults
FLIR Systems Inc has announced the FLIR VS290-32™, which it claims is an industry-first videoscope that combines thermal imaging and a visible camera specifically designed for safer and more efficient inspections of hard-to-reach underground utility vaults. The VS290-32 is the company’s first industrial-grade, electrical safety-rated, flexible dual-sensor videoscope on a replaceable 2 m-long camera probe.
06/01/2021 Element Sheffield gains Safran approval
Element’s testing laboratory in Sheffield, UK, has achieved approval for destructive testing services from engine supplier Safran.
04/01/2021 Element expands global NDT testing capabilities with integration of Aerotech
Element Materials Technology (Element) has completed the formal rebranding and integration of non-destructive testing (NDT) business Aerotech Inspection and NDT Ltd, a significant milestone in Element’s world-leading position in NDT.
04/01/2021 Highest magnetic field for nuclear magnetic resonance in the UK achieved at University of Warwick
Scientists will soon have access to a powerful 1 GHz magnetic field to analyse the structure and dynamics with atomic resolution for a wide variety of systems across chemistry and life and materials science in the UK for the first time, as a new high-powered magnet for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in the UK has been successfully energised at the University of Warwick.
