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Advantest brings terahertz material testing to commercial realm

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:32:45 -0600

For a long time, researchers have worked on techniques using the terahertz frequency range for material test applications. Japanese test system vendor Advantest now brings these waves to practical applications.

Digital X-ray Panel features 8 x 10 in. active area

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:31:26 -0600

Supporting x-ray energies up to 160 kVp, SkiaGraph10 EV enables medical radiologists and industrial inspectors to image proportionally larger subjects in field where images cannot be reduced by optical coupling. Digital CMOS x-ray camera, capable of real-time imaging at up to 1.4 fps (5.3 fps in binned mode), delivers 12- or 14-bit digital contrast resolution and 5 lp/mm spatial resolution. Graphite cover protects sensor from accidental damage as well as ambient light.

Y.HDR-Inspect delights customers

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:48:00 -0600

The new digital imaging procedure from YXLON for visual X-ray inspection, Y.HDR-Inspect, has been extremely well received by customers.

Development of an Underwater Radiography Inspection System for Inspection of Flexible Risers

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:46:52 -0600

Greek team produce prototype robot crawler for deployment of equipment for inspection of underwater structure. Zenon, a Robotics manufacturer and developer based in Athens, Greece, has developed a new prototype robot crawler for deployment of the inspection technology on man made underwater structure. Specifically the robot has been developed to crawl along the external surface of flexible risers. It moves along and around the riser using an inch-worm type motion.

Drop Test Fixture automates quality testing of small parts

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:45:07 -0600

Utilizing Resonant Acoustic Method, Model NDT-DTF automates quality testing of parts as small as ball bearings or small electronic connectors. Parts are automatically sorted via PLC-controlled stepper motor. No part preparation is needed for testing and no human interpretation is necessary. Offering speeds of 1 part/sec and providing pass/fail result, fixture automates with bowl feeders or vibratory tables and is instrumented with laboratory-grade force sensor, microphone, and DSP analyzer.

Pipeline inspection: quantitative wall thickness measurement for gas pipelines

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:15:51 -0600

NDT developed a new multi-technology tool in cooperation with the Institute of Non-Destructive Testing IZFP of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft in Germany that utilises a special sensor design incorporating three non-destructive testing technologies, electro acoustic emission (EMAT), magnetic flux leakage (MFL) and eddy current (EC)

X-ray camera uses VLA CMOS sensors

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:04:54 -0600

The portable SkiaGraph8 PT camera offers a rugged external housing for field use and supports x-ray energies of 10-160 kVp, appropriate for medical and veterinary applications as well as industrial inspection applications such as the nondestructive evaluation of up to 10 mm of steel or 25 mm of aluminum. The cameras build upon a tiled configuration of RadEye100 very large area (VLA) CMOS image sensors to achieve a total active sensing area of 8 x 8 in. (20 x 20 cm), which is sufficient to capture most objects of interest in a single frame yet small enough to maintain ease-of-use in setup and portability. Real-time imaging occurs at up to 1.4 frames/s (5.3 frames/s in binned mode). Pixel size is 96 µm (5 lp/mm spatial resolution), with more than 4 million pixels overall.

New Non-Destructive Tool for Measuring Photovoltaic Thin Film Thicknesses

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:00:55 -0600

The QDI 2010 Film instrument is designed to measure the thickness of thin films of photovoltaic cells rapidly and non-destructively. Able to analyze films of many materials on both transparent and opaque substrates, the QDI 2010 Film enables the user to determine thin film thickness of even microscopic sampling areas.

Ultrasonic test instrument for carbon composite aircraft structures

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:54:52 -0600

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies has announced the availability of a hand-held, ultrasonic test instrument for use while an aircraft is at the arrival/departure gate.

Power plant inspection

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:53:21 -0600

Simon Francouer of SGS explains the value of NDT in reactor safety inspections technology