NDE and Inspection (Page 3)

To date, part fabricators have not adopted vision-based inspection technology – mostly due to the perception that it is 1) expensive, and 2) hard to implement. That perception is becoming outdated. In Integrating a Collaborative Robot and a CMM Arm for Automated 3D Scanning, automation engineer Reed Truax describes an automated, easy-to-use metrology system developed...

The ability to make repairs to ships at sea and easily evaluate the results while in service is a potential game-changer for the U.S. Navy. Recently, EWI tested two new technologies at sea during the NCMS Repair Technology Engagement Exercise (REPTX). The demonstrations aboard the Navy’s Self-Defense Test Ship verified the ease and effectiveness of...

Errors that occur during large-scale additive manufacturing (AM) builds can be prohibitively expensive for manufacturers. Current in-line inspection methods are inefficient, but damaged and distorted end products waste too much time, material, and money. How can in-process inspection be optimized to improve productivity and ensure quality? EWI investigated this question using the laser-blown powder DED...