Instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology has added the portable Olympus Delta DS2000 XRF hand-held metals analyser to its fleet of rental equipment.

Instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology has added the portable Olympus Delta DS2000 XRF hand-held metals analyser to its fleet of rental equipment.

The USM Vision portable ultrasonic (UT) weld inspection system from the Inspection Technologies business of GE Measurement & Control has provided impressive gains in productivity for Studio VM, the Italian technical services company. It has also allowed Studio VM to deploy technicians who are not experts in phased array (PA) and time-of-flight diffraction (TOFD) to meet the needs of an important customer who required accurate inspection using these advanced techniques.

The USM Vision portable ultrasonic (UT) weld inspection system from the Inspection Technologies business of GE Measurement & Control has provided impressive gains in productivity for Studio VM, the Italian technical services company. It has also allowed Studio VM to deploy technicians who are not experts in phased array (PA) and time-of-flight diffraction (TOFD) to meet the needs of an important customer who required accurate inspection using these advanced techniques.

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.