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By using a Phasor DM corrosion monitor and thickness meter from GE’s Inspection Technologies business, 2BTech, a well-established inspection company based near Poitiers in France, has demonstrated significant time savings in the required NDT examinations carried out prior to stopple fitting on a gas pipeline.

Phoenix Inspection Systems has supplied a scanning system to Taiwan for testing the integrity of welds at nuclear power plants.

A team of Westinghouse engineers has demonstrated a landmark technological achievement in the nuclear industry’s ability to take in-vessel measurements and track cycle-to-cycle degradation with the deployment of a nuclear underwater laser scanner, specifically designed to deliver precise measurements in underwater radiation environments typical of BWR and PWR vessel work.

After a comprehensive eighteen month appraisal of the relevant technology currently available, Monarch Aircraft Engineering Ltd (MAEL) has selected XL Go and XL Vu portable video borescopes from the Inspection Technologies business of GE Energy’s Measurement & Control Solutions to meet its future remote visual inspection (RVI) needs. The truly portable instruments will be widely used by MAEL for tasks ranging from on-wing inspection to engine health monitoring.

What a difference 25 years has made to thermal imaging, and FLIR Systems’ Kevin Ellis has witnessed it every step of the way. Now Distribution Area Manager for the North of England, Scotland and Ireland, Kevin has just celebrated his quarter century in the business, a time span that has seen both the technology and its scope of application change beyond all recognition.

The 11th COTEQ (Conference on Equipment Technology) took place at the Enotel Resort & Spa Porto de Galinhas from 10 to 13 May 2011.

The UK organisation RoSPA (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) has recently presented its Order of Distinction to Applus RTD UK Ltd in its prestigious Occupational Health and Safety Awards scheme for 2011. This Order recognises the 15 consecutive Gold Awards (five of which were President’s Awards) which have been presented to Applus RTD UK over the last 16 years.

Magnaflux, the leading global player in the supply of magnetic particle and dye penetrant inspection equipment and associated chemical products used for non-destructive testing (NDT), is poised to implement the next stage of its growth strategy.

ETher NDE, a UK-based manufacturer of eddy current products, has introduced the Veescan ET wheel inspection system. The Veescan is ETher’s first wheel inspection system and is available in two different models: Veescan H for maximum flexibility and Veescan R for optimised productivity.

RIKEN and the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) have successfully produced their first beam of X-ray laser light with a wavelength of 1.2 Angstroms. This light was created using SACLA, a cutting-edge X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) facility unveiled by RIKEN in February 2011 in Harima, Japan. SACLA (Spring-8 Angstrom Compact free electron LAser) opens a window into the structure of atoms and molecules at a level of detail never seen before.