RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2022 ISSUE: Welcome to “Timeout for Tech with Gary T. Fry, Ph.D., P.E.” Each month, we examine a technology topic that professionals in the railway industry have asked to learn more ...
Figure 1. Ultrasonic testing using pulse echo and through-transmission methods. Pulse echo (left and center) uses a transducer that sends and receives ultrasound energy, producing both A- and B-scan ...
RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2022 ISSUE: Since 2020, Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) has been conducting tests to evaluate the capability of electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) ...
InfraTec and Volkswagen Sachsen have been working together since 2007 on non-destructive methods for quality assurance in car ...
In most people’s minds, mass car production involves lines of robots armed with welding guns, rapidly assembling a car body. Spotwelding has been the main method of sheet metal joining in automotive ...
Ultrasound inspection is a non-destructive testing method that detects electrical emissions and mechanical conditions in equipment. Predictive and proactive inspection of rotating equipment is ...
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS, President Lee Ho Seong) has developed a detachable acoustic lens that allows for easy adjustment of the focal length in ultrasonic ...
A recent spike in battery-related fires has highlighted the difficulty of spotting flaws in their production. Rarely visible to the naked eye, these flaws can lead to serious battery malfunctions. The ...
US investigators have concluded that a manufacturing defect of a high-pressure turbine stage two disc caused the uncontained failure of a GE Aviation turbofan engine on an American Airlines Boeing 767 ...
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