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3D CIVA Modeling
SNI combines two unique capabilities to help customers with difficult flaw detection and sizing inspections in heavy-wall forgings: CIVA 3D modeling + high-element-count 2D arrays.
microPIMS® I.S. Goes Global!
What is microPIMS Intrinsically Safe? MicroPIMS “I.S.” is a non-intrusive, fully wireless 900MHz / LoRaWAN ultrasonic-based corrosion/erosion and temperature monitoring sensors. Due to the extremely
Looking Deep – Remote Visual Inspection in Mining
The Hi-Def PTZx is a remote visual inspection camera that is designed to solve inspection requirements in the industrial industry. This Pan Tilt Zoom camera features LED lights to inspect dark areas like those found at mining facilities.
Jeff Anderson: Houston – We Have a Problem
In 2010, the largest offshore oil spill in marine history occurred along the Gulf of Mexico. The economic and ecological costs were devastating. Before becoming the general manager at SNI, Jeff played a critical role in developing a transducer to scan the cracked pipe that caused the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
Jim Shimp: Flying Towards a Safer Future
For a second time, the fan blade on a commercial airplane had disconnected because of a failure in the dovetail. Jim Shimp relied on his decades of experience to design and build a transducer to inspect all of the dovetails for these commercial airplanes.
Jim Barshinger: A Diamond is a Ph.D.’s Best Friend
With the high value of certain gemstones, they are prone to be stolen and counterfeited. By being fingerprinted, expensive gems can be identified and distinguished from fakes. Jim Barshinger took a standard transducer and turned it into an ultrasonic gem fingerprinting system.