Citation
(2012), "Web sites", Assembly Automation, Vol. 32 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/aa.2012.03332caa.004
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2012, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Web sites
Article Type: Web sites From: Assembly Automation, Volume 32, Issue 3
Acoustic Eye
The homepage of Acoustic Eye, a pioneer in Acoustic pulse reflectometry (APR) technology for use in non-destructive testing, highlights its flagship product, Dolphin G3, a technology brief, and its latest news.
The rest of Acoustic Eye’s informative web site further expounds on the Dolphin G3 product solution for the inspection of boilers and other heat exchangers, delineating its: key features, industries served, an animated demo, case studies, and downloads.
The technology link includes an overview, optimizing APR technology, the tube inspection process, and advantages over current technologies.
Center for Nondestructive Evaluation
Iowa State’s Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE) is the premier US research organization for the development and application of inspection and sensing technologies. An interdisciplinary group of scientists, support staff, and students work closely with industry, totaling nearly 100 companies since CNDE’s inception in 1984, to advance the field of nondestructive evaluation, and utilize state-of-the-art research and commercial instrumentation.
CNDE’s comprehensive web site provides the visitor with detailed information on CNDE – how it evolved, its facilities, and what CNDE does. The programs link outlines nine different collaborations the CNDE is involved with.
The extensive research tab covers in-depth: capacitive NDE, eddy current NDE, FPI, ground penetrating radar, microwave NDE, terahertz imaging, thermography, ultrasonics, and X-ray; applied to flaw detection, flaw characterization, material characterization, and process monitoring for a variety of industrial sectors including aerospace, energy, infrastructure, and petro-chemical.
TWI
Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, TWI is a global research and consultancy organisation with expertise in solving problems in all aspects of manufacturing, fabrication and whole-life integrity management technologies.
TWI’s well-designed and easy-to-navigate web site contains a wealth of information on its technologies which include the inspection and non-destructive testing (NDT) of fabricated structures. The inspection link further divides into pages on: conventional NDT, advanced NDT, condition monitoring, structural health monitoring, and simulation and modelling of NDT techniques.
TWI serves almost every industry sector from offshore oil and gas, civil engineering and nuclear power, to electronics, advanced aircraft, medical equipment and solar power; and the industries portal comprises a dozen markets, including case studies, and industry updates.
Additional links on TWI’s site focus on its services, membership, and news and events.
Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering
The Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) at the University of Maryland, staffed by over 100, is the largest electronic products and systems research center and is recognized as a founder and driving force behind the development and implementation of physics-of-failure (PoF) approaches to reliability.
CALCE’s extremely resourceful web site provides a knowledge base to support the development of competitive electronic components, products, and systems. It details, each with many webpages, CALCE’s Electronic Products and System Consortium (EPSC), a forum for defining fundamental research needs, conducting research, and sharing research findings among participating organizations; and the Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Consortium.
There are also links to CALCE’s Test Services and Failure Analysis (TSFA) Laboratory; a dozen areas of expertise, publications, education and training, software and awards, and opportunities.
Sensor Systems and Nondestructive Evaluation Technology
www.swri.org/4org/d14/NDEDept/home.htm
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is an independent, nonprofit applied research and development organization headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The Sensor Systems and Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Technology is one of five departments under the mechanical engineering division, one of SwRI’s 11 technical divisions.
The portal to the well-presented NDE section consists of an overview of the department, division publications, a video, and a link to nondestructive evaluation. The nondestructive evaluation page lists new methods such as ultrasonics, electromagnetics, and magnetostrictive sensor-based guided waves, devised for materials, components, and environments. Also delineated are specialized systems including: enhanced data acquisition system, magnetostrictive sensor, autogrid system, graphitic corrosion detection, cladding thickness measurement, and remote-field eddy current.
Vibrant NDT
Vibrant NDT is a partnership formed between Johnson and Allen Ltd and Vibrant Corp. to promote the use of process compensated resonance testing (PCRT) in the aerospace, power generation and other industries.
Vibrant NDT’s homepage offers an introduction to PCRT, a novel non-destructive testing technique initially developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and showcases two videos and the latest news. The rest of the site is divided into four main sections: our “green” inspection technology; our services; our products, the reconfigurable PCRT nest; and our company.
Associations and organizations: European Working Group on Acoustic Emission (EWGAE)
Development and Optimisation of THz NDT on Aeronautics Composite of Multi-layered Structures (DOTNAC)