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 ...

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 ...

It’s a long-awaited rulemaking: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Aug. 28 submitted to the Federal Register its “Final Rule on Rail Integrity Amendments & Track Safety Standards,” which the ...

Nondestructive testing (NDT) refers to the inspection of materials to ensure their integrity and serviceability without damaging the components in the process. There are various NDT methods used by ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HUVR, Inc. (HUVR), a leader in digitizing inspection workflows, announced the addition of a new HUVR InspectFlow+ Inspection Module that enables ultrasonic testing (UT) ...

Ultrasonic testing, or UT as it is commonly called, is the procedure of introducing a high frequency sound wave into one exterior side of a material, and reflecting the sound wave from its interior ...

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 ...

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 ...

ESPOO, Finland, June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) was for the first time used to evaluate data in a qualified ultrasonic inspection during outage at ...