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Technology News
38 March 2013
Free testing guide app
OLYMPUS NDT has introduced the
Industrial Tech Guide App for Android
smartphones. Available for download on
Google Play, the free mobile application
contains two knowledge-based sections
designed for technicians performing
ultrasonic flaw detection and X-ray
fluorescence (XRF) inspections.
The easy-to-use Tech Guide App is a
helpful tool for inspectors by providing
fast and accurate calculations for their
applications. In addition, the application
contains descriptions of all Olympus
industrial instruments with quick links for
detailed product information or to obtain
a request for quotation.
For the non-destructive testing (NDT)
inspector, the Ultrasonic Tech Guide
lists the acoustic properties (longitudinal
wave velocity, shear wave velocity and
acoustic impedance) of many common
materials. It also includes a calculator for
common beam parameters (wavelength,
nearfield length and beam diameter)
used in test setup and interpretation.
For the individual working with an
array of metal alloys, the XRF Tech
Guide includes an alloy materials guide
that provides a quick and easy look-up of
the chemistry specifications for common
alloy grades using trade names or alloy
families. With these specifications in
hand, many individuals such as XRF
and PMI inspectors, scrap sorters,
material handlers, NDT contractors and
QA/QC managers can become more
productive in the field.
The Olympus NDT Industrial Tech
Guide App is also available for the
iPhone, via the iTunes App Store.
Olympus NDT manufactures non-
destructive testing instruments that
are used in industrial and research
applications ranging from aerospace,
power generation, petrochemical,
civil infrastructure and automotive to
consumer products.Testing technologies
include ultrasound, ultrasound phased
array, eddy current, eddy current array
and X-ray fluorescence. The company’s
product portfolio includes flaw detectors,
thickness gauges, in-line systems,
automated systems, industrial scanners,
pulser-receivers, probes, transducers
and various accessories.
Olympus NDT – USA
Fax: +1 781 419 3980
Website:
Induction equipment
for tube and pipe
AMBRELL is a leading manufacturer
of induction heating equipment. It has
experience manufacturing equipment
for an array of tube and pipe heating
applications including tube and pipe
coating curing, pre- and post-weld
heating, hot pipe bending, drill pipe heat
treatment and brazing inserts onto oil
and gas well drill bits.
Induction’s benefits include rapid
heating that saves time, precise control
that evenly heats tubes, a clean,
non-contact process that minimises
the introduction of heat into the local
environment and energy efficiency.
Ambrell offers systems over a broad
power and frequency range. It has
expanded its line of systems to include
high power, low frequency systems.
Recently, a company producing
oil pipes came to Ambrell with a pipe
coating curing application. Pipes ranged
from 152mm to 610mm in diameter.
They needed to run 1m per minute
at the smaller diameter and 0.5m per
minute at the larger diameter. Based
on these needs, Ambrell provided free
laboratory testing along with a system
recommendation. The client purchased
an EKOHEAT 250kW/10 kHz system
with a workhead and multiple coils,
and the system was successfully
implemented.
Another recent application involved
preheating drill bits to temperature to
enable the brazing of the cutter inserts
into the drill bits. The client leveraged
laboratory testing, and successfully
raised the drill bit temperature to 600°C.
Ambrell – USA
Website:
Menu screen
from the new
Android app
FIND OUT MORE ON
Hydraulic Hose & Tubing
Processing Equipment
Stopflex Retention System is designed to arrest the tra-
jectory of flexible hose, thus avoid the energy contained
inside may trigger a frightening “whip effect”.
As a matter of fact, thanks to the Stopflex System,
the hose is secured to the plant by means of a ca-
ble protecting both the operators and components.
RETENTION SYSTEM FOR PRESSURE HOSEs