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Exova has invested a six figure sum in NDT at its Droitwich laboratory.

Exova has invested a six figure sum in NDT at its Droitwich laboratory.

NDT Solutions, Inc (NDTS) and ETher NDE have reached a long-term distribution and marketing agreement. This agreement gives NDTS rights to the complete line of ETher NDE eddy current instruments, including the ETi and Vantage flaw detectors and the SigmaCheck conductivity meter.

NDT Solutions, Inc (NDTS) and ETher NDE have reached a long-term distribution and marketing agreement. This agreement gives NDTS rights to the complete line of ETher NDE eddy current instruments, including the ETi and Vantage flaw detectors and the SigmaCheck conductivity meter.

Thirteen small and medium-sized businesses are to share Government funding of around £1 million for innovative feasibility studies that aim to accelerate the development and introduction of new technologies likely to enhance production and asset reliability within the oil & gas sector.

“The successful launch of the highly portable and rugged TD Handy-Scan Rx phased array system, the specifically designed TD Pipe-runner for the girth weld inspection market and our world-leading TOFD system, the highly popular TD Pocket-Scan, which is now available with Ethernet connection in the guise of the TD PS45 Pocket-Scan, means that 2012 has been a great year for Technology Design and the business has gone from strength to strength.” So says Jackie Berry, Sales & Marketing Manager of Technology Design Ltd.

Usually regarded as the most economical way to join two or more metal components, in terms of fabrication costs and materials usage, welding technology is central to many engineering and manufacturing processes, from producing wings and fuselages in the aerospace industry and platforms and pipelines in the energy and petrochemicals sector, to automotive and rail components, white goods and metal furniture. Since these welded joints are subject to various loads and fatigue during their service life, possibly giving rise to safety and quality issues, it is vital that rigorous testing and inspection procedures are applied, to examine the structure of completed welds and their conformation to specification, as well as determining the skill levels of the welding operators.

In response to escalating demand for industrial endoscopes and videoscopes, instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology has added the latest Olympus models to its fleet. As a consequence, Marketing Manager Stewart Curtis believes that Ashtead Technology now has the largest stock of rental videoprobes and borescopes anywhere in Europe.

QinetiQ, one of the UK’s leading technology solutions and services providers, is extending its apprenticeship scheme as part of its commitment to ‘inspiring a generation’ of young engineers, scientists and technologists.