Specialised Imaging Ltd has recently supplied a dual-channel 450 kV flash X-ray system to the UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL). The system was fully containerised to allow the flexibility of moving it to different locations. Details of the target applications were not disclosed.

The Schaeffler Group has extended its long-standing relationship with SETE (Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel) by providing additional services for the company that operates Paris’s greatest landmark.

12 months ago, Lavender International took office space at the Advanced Manufacturing Park Technology Centre near Sheffield. The plan was to run additional courses and provide office and meeting space for staff and associated groups. The plan, however, was so successful that the Directors of Lavender International have agreed that the space currently rented is not sufficient for the courses planned for the coming months.

Lavender International NDT has announced the opening of its Australia Branch at the Vertech Group Training Facility based in Malaga, Perth WA. With effect from 1 July 2011 this very well respected international NDT training and examination company will be offering courses in various NDT methods to both the PCN (EN 473/ISO 9712) and SNT certification schemes.

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.