The Bloodhound SuperSonic Car (SSC) is on course to become the world's fastest and most advanced land vehicle and is the product of eight years of research, design and manufacturing, involving over 350 companies and universities. On Friday 25 September 2015, the Bloodhound SSC made its world debut in London's Canary Wharf, with 8000 visitors attending what turned out to be one of the STEM events of the year.
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Baugh & Weedon and ETher NDE have announced
that they are welcoming Martin Sutton to the Sales Team as Area Sales
Manager and European Sales Manager.
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NDT Resources Ltd, a newcomer to the NDT
recruitment market, has announced that Paul Morgan has been appointed as
Technical Director. Paul brings a wealth of experience in the field of
non-destructive testing.
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The Infrared Training Centre (ITC) has just
confirmed its course schedule through to the end of the year and it
introduces several customer-led modifications and enhancements.
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BINDT member Martin Mienczakowski, Research Associate in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) of Composites at the University of Bristol, is planning an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the furthest distance travelled on a space hopper in 24 hours, to raise awareness and vital funds for the Stroke Association.
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Formula Student is Europe’s most established
educational motorsport competition, run by the Institute of Mechanical
Engineers (IMechE). The competition gives students real-world
engineering experience as they conceive, design, build, cost, present
and compete in static and dynamic events with their single-seat racing
cars.
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Creaform, a worldwide leader in portable 3D
measurement solutions and 3D engineering services, has announced the
opening of its US-based corporation and offices in Costa Mesa,
California, as well as offices in South Korea, thanks to the facilities
of its parent company AMETEK Inc.
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After 15 months of negotiation, Enkon, a
Turkish-based NDT contractor, has recently purchased two Silverwing RMS
systems to aid with securing contracts in both Turkey and Iraq. Enkon is
planning a campaign of non-intrusive corrosion mapping of pressure
vessels and oil storage tanks, which will enable the field operations to
manage this risk and provide reliable data for repair or replacement of
plant during planned shutdowns.
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Oceanscan, GE Inspection Technologies’ channel
partner in Aberdeen, recently held two customer workshops focusing on
the inspection value of GE’s Mentor EM and Mentor Create for rope access
weld inspection.
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TWI has announced an opportunity for its
Industrial Member companies and industry partners to visit its new
buildings and facilities in Cambridge on Wednesday 21 October 2015. The
TWI Technical Open Day will be held in conjunction with the European
Welding Federation WeldCup.
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Lavender International has announced that it
has developed an association with Ultramag in Southampton to deliver PCN
training and exams.
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GE Measurement & Control and Labquip NDT
Limited of Sussex have signed a distributor agreement for the GE
Inspection Technologies product line. Erik Jansen, the North Europe
Channel Manager for GE Inspection Technologies, said: “We are happy that
the experienced and customer-focused team at Labquip will now offer
GE’s Inspection Technologies NDT solutions to customers in the southern
UK.”
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The government has approved two new welding
apprenticeship standards developed by a group of companies, including
The Welding Institute.
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Carestream NDT has launched Industrex v4.2 Sp1,
its most powerful imaging software, designed to enhance the
award-winning HPX-PRO and HPX-1 CR systems with improved image
management, increased productivity and its latest Lite customer viewing
software.
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Mistras Group Limited has successfully
completed the design, manufacture, installation and first year’s
operation of structural health monitoring systems on 32 offshore wind
turbines in the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm. This customised
solution was developed by Mistras engineers located in both the UK and
the USA to confirm the structural integrity of the subsea monopile on
each of the 32 turbines. The contract was awarded following the
development and subsequent trial of monitoring systems on an initial
five turbines over an 18-month period.
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GE’s Inspection Technologies business is to
open a technology solutions centre in the UK, to provide customers with a
facility to test GE’s non-destructive testing technologies and solve
their specific inspection problems. The new Technical Solutions Centre
(TSC), the first in the UK, will be located in Ratby, near Leicester,
just 1.5 miles from the Groby manufacturing site of GE Measurement &
Control.
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