Recent Articles

Digital Radiography Replaces Film
by Brad Kraai
Quality Magazine, July 1, 2010
"The digital revolutiion has arrived. The two most commonly used types of digital radiography in NDT are computed radiography and digital detector array radiography.
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Back to Basics: Mastering Magnetic Particle Inspection
by Larry Redhage
NDT Magazine, October 1, 2009
“A study done in 1973, titled “An Investigation in the Effectiveness of Magnetic Particle Testing,” by Lee R. Gully Jr. reported on the failure to properly apply magnetic particle inspection methods. The study estimated that the 11 companies under scrutiny detected only 47% of the discontinuities present. Ten years later, another study by D.J. Hagemaier, titled “A Critical Commentary on Magnetic Particle Inspection,” found that little had changed.”
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Replace Film with Digital Radiography
by Lenny Liese
Quality Magazine, September 1, 2009
“Many industrial manufacturing and nondestructive testing (NDT) companies—mostly aerospace—have prospered by implementing NDT technologies, such as digital radiography, and applying continuous improvement. Such implementations often result in improved inspection efficiency, productivity and profit margins.”
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X-Ray Industries expanding through acquisitions, on-site training program
by Tom Henderson
Crain’s Detroit Business, November 27, 2007
Business is booming for X-Ray Industries Inc., a Troy-based company that tests critical parts for the aerospace, automotive and power-generation industries and finished products for food processors. In August, the family-owned business expanded into California through an acquisition. It hopes to make another acquisition before the end of the year.
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The Future of NDT: Radiography Meets Robotics
Quality Magazine, August, 2007
To increase productivity, reduce costs and compete in world markets, industry managers, including those in nondestructive testing, are using more robots each year. (Click here for the full article)

Should You Outsource Inspection?
Manufacturing Engineering, November, 2006
"Inspection plays a vital role in manufacturing quality control and plant maintenance. Given the hypercompetitive nature of today's global economy, managers are aware that managing the cost of these services is critical to economic success."
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