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Carestream NDT Signs Baugh & Weedon as New Representative Covering UK and Ireland

August 15, 2017

New relationship provides enhanced technical support and improved customer service.

Olympus Ultra-Portable EPOCH 6LT Flaw Detector

August 1, 2017

Optimized for single-handed operation, the EPOCH 6LT flaw detector combines a leading-edge ergo-nomic design with powerful ultrasonic functionality in an instrument built specifically for rope access and high portability applications.

Figure 1. Cutaway view of a piston. Source: Criterion NDT

Perfecting Your Manufacturing Eddy Current Test

How to specify a proper eddy current test and develop a prototype to validate your test assumptions.

Dan DeVries

June 1, 2017

We test our products to ensure that they ship without defects. This helps reduce our scrap and warranty costs, and above all, create and deliver products that meet our customers’ needs.

Optical Metrology Sees More

No other measuring method is capable of evaluating so many data points as quickly and as precisely as optical systems can.

Chris Vroman

May 1, 2017

The current trends in manufacturing can be summed up pretty much as they always have been: more for less. In other words, manufacturers always want to be able to do more with less.

Eddy Current Testing System

April 1, 2016

In keeping with its mission to continuously improve non-destructive testing technologies, UniWest has introduced the new EVi eddy current testing system. Developed in response to industry demand for a portable, high precision, operator-friendly eddy current system, the EVi augments UniWest’s best-in-class signal to noise ratio technology with real-time imaging of the surface under inspection.

Flaw Detection Tutorial: Quantifying and Qualifying Flaws

Setting up flaw detection is not without its challenges.

Christopher Chalifoux

November 5, 2015

Flaw detection is one of the most fundamental machine vision tasks.

Nondestructive Flaw Detection in Metallic Components

A closer look at liquid penetrant and magnetic particle inspection, ultrasonic testing and eddy current testing.

Dan DeVries

August 4, 2015

As a quality manager, it’s your worst nightmare. One of your best customers comes for a visit and brings a box of cracked parts that came from your plant. He wants to know how it happened, and how you are going to ensure it won’t happen again.

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Flaw Detectors

April 9, 2015

Sonatest announced the release of the latest range of the Sitescan and Masterscan series of flaw detectors.

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Ultrasonic Bond Testing as a Quality Tool

With the growth in the use of adhesive bonding and composites, bond testing is seeing its second wind.

Dr. Matt Crompton

July 9, 2014

The use of adhesive bonding to join metals, composites, plastics and other materials is increasing across many industries.

Improved Flaw Detection

Technological advancements in distance gain sizing result in greater inspection accuracy and reliability.

February 3, 2014

For more than 50 years, Distance Gain Size (DGS) inspections have been performed for the code compliant flaw detection and sizing of welds across oil and gas, power generation and general fabrication applications. They are also used to inspect tubes, pipes, pressure vessels, containers and pumps.