French technology-based tracking solutions company Beweis has developed an RFID-enabled system for verifying that pipes have been properly welded at nuclear power plants and petrochemical facilities, ...

Film radiography is often used for welding inspection in offshore and onshore pipe laying, and for checking the reliability of defect detection using ultrasonic testing. However, it can be slow and ...

Although many aspects of the automobile manufacturing process are now automated, the inspection of welds is still typically performed by humans. A new robotic system, being developed in Germany, ...

During manufacture and assembly of products, there is a wide range of testing and inspection carried out to ensure the materials and items satisfy their specifications or are fit for the required ...

Federal inspectors plan by week’s end to remove pieces of steel in the new Bay Bridge to test if welds are safe by pouring acid on the samples in a lab. Inspectors began visually and magnetically ...

Federal inspectors plan to remove by weeks end pieces of steel in the new Bay Bridge to test if welds are safe by pouring acid on the samples in a lab. Inspectors began visually and magnetically ...

Thiruvananthapuram: The Southern Railway has begun rigorous testing of rails and welds by ultrasonic flaw detecting machines to locate the internal flaws in rails in Thiruvananthapuram and Palakkad ...

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