News
19/05/2016 Pexa invests for growth in France
For several years, Pexa has provided services to the aerospace industry in France. Pexa supplies surface coatings and treatments to aerospace, defence and other high-tech industries, including oil & gas and electronics. The company has expanded its team in France with the recruitment of Christophe Mondou to represent its business and to provide technical services and support to customers in the southern half of the country. Christophe has many years’ experience in technical sales roles and has an excellent track record in supplying the aerospace manufacturing sector.
18/05/2016 Online PCN Level 3 enrolment available
NDT professionals looking to develop their careers are now able to study towards their PCN Level 3 online with IMechE Engineering Training Solutions.
Enrolment is now open and access to the online training programme for Parts A and B is available to students to begin studying from 9 May 2016. For those that require Part C, further face-to-face training will be required before they can take their examination. Part C is due to be launched online from late summer 2016. Students looking for clarification of their individual requirements for studying online PCN Level 3 (Basic) are asked to contact the enquiries team at IMechE Engineering Training Solutions.
17/05/2016 Increased demand for XRF analyser hire
Steve Drake, NDT Market Manager at Ashtead Technology, believes that XRF is one of the most important technologies in the company’s fleet of NDT and environmental testing instruments. “With a small amount of training, almost anyone can implement detailed inspections in a wide variety of applications, and with most instruments being lightweight and robust, XRF analysers are among the most popular rental items,” he said. “We have therefore invested in a selection of the leading XRF equipment so that customers are able to choose the instrument and mode that best suits their application.”
16/05/2016 Eddyfi inaugurates Middle East office in Abu Dhabi
Eddyfi has inaugurated its new United Arab Emirates (UAE) facility in Abu Dhabi, which marks the creation of Eddyfi International LLC, a new and fully-owned subsidiary of Eddyfi NDT Inc.
13/05/2016 Success for workshop on NDT and SHM requirements for aerospace composites
On 9-10 February 2016, the Aerospace and Composites Groups of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) held a workshop on the non-destructive testing (NDT) and structural health monitoring (SHM) requirements for aerospace composites, which took place at the National Composites Centre (NCC) in Bristol, UK.
12/05/2016 Silverwing exhibits at StocExpo 2016 in Antwerp
The 2016 StocExpo Tank Storage Exhibition returned to Antwerp, Belgium, and the Silverwing booth was extremely busy with experts from the tank storage industry dropping in and catching up with the company’s latest developments.
11/05/2016 Spring and summer course programme confirmed
In recent years, the thermal imaging camera has revolutionised how electromechanical and building faults are discovered. The technology has become significantly more flexible and easily affordable, resulting in applications for thermal imaging inspection growing substantially.
09/05/2016 Global NDT Equipment Market Analysis 2016 – Forecast to 2022
A new report on the global NDT market, produced by Research and Markets, is said to be one of the most accurate studies performed using the combinational analytical tools. The report contains up-to-date financial data derived from varied research sources to present unique and reliable analysis.
06/05/2016 Oceanscan invests in latest technologies from Eddyfi
Continuing Oceanscan’s commitment to provide the very latest technology, substantial investments have recently been made in the latest offering from Eddyfi, including the new Lyft pulsed eddy current (PEC) system.
05/05/2016 TSC Inspection Systems wins ‘Best Innovative Product’ Award
TSC Inspection Systems has announced that the ACFM® MagCrawler™ has won the award for ‘Best Innovative Product 2016’ at the recent NDT Level 4 Conference, hosted in Abu Dhabi.
