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30/11/2021 Subsea cable condition monitoring system

Global controls technology company Proserv Controls has received industrial sponsorship from ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) for Electro Cable Guard (ECG), its disruptive subsea cable condition monitoring system for the offshore wind segment.

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29/11/2021 Applus+ provides NDT for alternative and renewable geothermal energy provider in Hawaii

Applus+ is providing non-destructive testing (NDT) services for an international energy company specialising in alternative and renewable geothermal technologies.

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29/11/2021 Daniel Irving accepted to Royal Academy of Engineering’s Scale Up Accelerator programme

Daniel Irving, Novosound’s Executive Product Development Manager, has been awarded a place on the Royal Academy of Engineering’s prestigious Shott Scale Up Accelerator programme.

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26/11/2021 Gastops receives IDEaS funding

Gastops has been selected by Canada’s Department of National Defence to contribute to the ‘All Systems Go!’ challenge, an initiative of the government of Canada’s Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) programme.

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25/11/2021 ICR celebrates ten-year anniversary as growth in Norway continues

ICR Integrity (ICR), a leading global provider of specialist maintenance and integrity solutions with an operational hub in the Forus area of Stavanger, is celebrating continued growth in Norway on its ten-year anniversary.

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24/11/2021 Poseidon Systems deploys wear debris solution

Poseidon Systems has announced the deployment of its DM4500 wear debris condition monitoring solution across ten sites within the Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions wind turbine fleet.

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NDT news

23/11/2021 Engineering regulator enhances industry-wide security guidance

Security is a central consideration in all engineering practice. As the profession’s regulator, the Engineering Council has refreshed its security guidance resources, to reflect both current and future needs.

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22/11/2021 Banner Engineering links up with Amazon

US-based industrial automation equipment maker Banner Engineering has launched a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and expanded the range of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in the AWS marketplace by certifying multiple products to be compatible with AWS IoT Core.

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22/11/2021 Shell launches VitalyX

Shell has announced the launch of VitalyX, powered by Shell Remote Sense and Bently Nevada, a Baker Hughes business, as an intelligent, advanced analytics-based oil condition monitoring and machine health service for the marine sector.


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19/11/2021 Proposed revision to application procedures for consent to use radiation within the UK

On 7 October 2021, a meeting took place to discuss the current work being carried out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to revise the application procedures and associated costs for the granting of consent to use radiation (generators and radioactive isotopes/sources) within the UK.



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18/11/2021 Pulse Condition Monitoring launched

Canada-based screening, pelletising and crushing solutions provider Haver & Boecker Niagara has launched Pulse Condition Monitoring (Pulse CM), a new addition to its Pulse portfolio.

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NDT news

17/11/2021 Dürr NDT celebrates 15 years of excellence

Founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of Dürr Dental SE, Dürr NDT quickly became one of the market-leading manufacturers of imaging plate scanners for non-destructive testing (NDT) with the launch of its CR 35 models.


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16/11/2021 JFM upgrades to Mimic 5

James Fisher Mimic (JFM) has launched an upgrade to its condition monitoring technology to improve vessel reliability, increase uptime, enhance safety and reduce maintenance costs.


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15/11/2021 Jacobs to design key safety feature for ITER fusion project

Jacobs has been selected to design and deliver the first plasma radiological environmental monitoring system (REMS), a key safety system for ITER, the world’s largest fusion energy experiment.

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12/11/2021 Battery-free vibration sensors

Fluke Reliability has announced a battery-free wireless system for monitoring machine vibrations that can help to identify potential faults before breakdowns occur. The ‘set-and-forget’ Fluke 3562 Screening Vibration Sensor system can connect up to 1000 sensors to a single gateway and can operate continuously, even in hard-to-reach places.


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NDT news

11/11/2021 CAN keeps gas flowing to homes and businesses across the UK

CAN Group’s Advanced Non-Destructive Testing (ANDT) team recently completed a critical and challenging scope for a leading oil & gas operator, which kept gas flowing to homes and businesses across the UK.

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10/11/2021 Enel strikes agreement with KK Wind Solutions

Enel Green Power is to expand its use of condition monitoring technology within its wind turbine fleet, following an agreement with KK Wind Solutions.

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NDT news

09/11/2021 Nikon and Aeva collaborate in industrial automation and metrology

Nikon Corporation Japan, a global manufacturer and supplier of metrology and inspection equipment for the industrial automation and metrology market, has announced a strategic collaboration with US firm Aeva Technologies Inc for the use of frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) technology in industrial metrology and automation applications.

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08/11/2021 Allsalt’s new shock monitoring solutions

Allsalt Maritime has launched four new Kinetix models, each designed to provide easily assimilated guidance for maritime professionals to operate safely within designated shock and vibration exposure limits, reducing the risk of damage to vessels or injury to occupants.



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08/11/2021 Portable X-ray

Teledyne ICM has released a new 300 kV portable X-ray set with groundbreaking features. Available through Euroteck, this ruggedised constant potential X-ray set has what is claimed to be the best power-to-weight ratio of any portable in the world, with the tube weighing in at just 23 kg and the power box at just 8 kg.

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05/11/2021 ORCA Hub secures £2.5 million for robotic inspection

Progress is being made in using robots to make offshore infrastructure inspection and repair safer following the injection of £2.5 million of further funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

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04/11/2021 High-resolution compact detector

Carestream’s Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) group has launched the HPX-DR 2329 GK, a cutting-edge detector enabling superb resolution and defect detection.

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04/11/2021 High-energy X-ray system

North Star Imaging has introduced a new range of high-energy X-ray systems that are available in 3 million, 6 million and 9 million electron volts.

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04/11/2021 High-resolution compact detector

Carestream’s Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) group has launched the HPX-DR 2329 GK, a cutting-edge detector enabling superb resolution and defect detection.

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CM news

03/11/2021 ASTM International awards contract to Fraunhofer ILT

Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen, Germany, has been selected by ASTM International to develop guidelines on standardising and simplifying the maintenance and servicing of powder bed fusion – laser beam (PBF-LB) machines with ASTM support.


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03/11/2021 Cloud-based CM system

AVT Reliability Ltd has enhanced its cloud-based condition monitoring offering with the launch of Machine Sentry® 2.5.


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02/11/2021 High-resolution digital X-ray system

Vidisco Ltd, a leading portable digital radiography X-ray solution company, has launched the new VIDI 9 portable digital X-ray system for non-destructive testing (NDT) inspection, which has been specially designed for challenging weld applications.

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02/11/2021 Bilfinger set to create £400m engineering and maintenance business following UK merger

Global engineering and industrial services company Bilfinger is set to create a new €400 million (approximately £337 million) turnover business following the merger of its two core UK entities.

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01/11/2021 Mills CNC chooses laser triangulation sensor from Micro-Epsilon

Mills CNC, a machine tool supplier based in Leamington Spa, UK, has chosen to use a laser triangulation sensor from Micro-Epsilon in one of its bespoke machine tool automation cells (SYNERGi) with a primary focus on inspecting large hot-rolled steel railway fishplates.

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