Nondestructive testing (NDT) or nondestructive evaluation (NDE) encompasses a wide group of analysis techniques to evaluate the properties of a material, component or system without causing any damage to the original material. Many industries, such as the oil & gas and petrochemical sectors benefit from having project materials, like stainless steel and corrosion resistant alloys (CRAs), undergo nondestructive evaluations to

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s, drones) can aid pressure vessel, tank and furnace inspections. If you are interested in this topic please attend the workshop “IMPROVING INSPECTION EFFICIENCY THROUGH UAV (UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE) INSPECTIONS IN CONFINED SPACES” at 11 A.M. on Wednesday March 01st. Sky-Futures is cohosting this workshop with IRISNDT during the 2017 IPEIA Conference in Banff from MARCH 01

The robot shown in Figure 1 entered a pressure container and scanned the confined space as shown in Figure 2. It performed an API 510 visual inspection without a human having entered the confined space. The robot obtained quality images of its inspection such as that shown in Figure 3. If you’re interested in this topic, please attend ERIC SJERVE’s

Dr. Eric Sjerve from IRISNDT is chairing Sprint Robotics North America (SRNA), a group with the goal of speeding up the implementation of robotic inspection and maintenance solutions for capital intensive industries. This end-user based group is now testing robotic inspection and maintenance solutions in real-world conditions. The group chose the Disaster City test facility in College Station, Texas; this

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