Many businesses have advised employees to work from home and to limit travel. We don’t have that luxury and neither do most of our clients. We have communicated to our employees to follow recommended health practices, avoid gatherings of 25 people or more, and to maintain business as usual to the extent that is [...]
The European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology (ESWET), has released its Vision titled “Waste-to-Energy 2050: clean technologies for sustainable waste management”, to present the Waste-to-Energy plant of the future and to explore the role of Waste-to-Energy in future waste management systems in Europe and beyond. Recent World Bank’s predictions state that waste generation will [...]
Nowadays ship hull diagnostics are carried out in dry-docks or using divers. Both technologies are time consuming, labor and material resource demanding. Specialists from this country's university have developed a diagnostics system that allows the ship'shull inspection to be performed without using a dry-dock or divers. The system includes the following main elements: aremotely [...]
Mortars used in the two-color sgraffito, dating back to 17th century, were investigated to fully characterize the material and to evaluate the state of its preservation. The non-destructive tests carried out comprised thermal imaging and ground penetrating radar. These tests revealed the inner structure and mineralogical composition of the decoration. The results reveal the [...]
The best way to accomplish a SMART goal is to write it down and share it with others. I am sharing the 2017 Nova Data goals with our customers to let them know we are continually striving to be the best NDT company in the whole world. These are some of the SMART goals [...]
Hurricanes are becoming stronger; sea levels are rising and the damage they cause is catastrophic. In recent years Katrina, Sandy, and most recently Matthew have caused billions of dollars in damage to the US coastline. Meteorologists have realized that the potential storm surge does not account for the wave action accompanying the storm. This [...]
The discovery of an oil leak in a field off the coast of this country will test the country's judicial system and its oil industry regulatory process. The leak was discovered in the Roncador field which lies alongside Chevron's Frade field. This was the scene of two spills that occurred in the past few years [...]
These metals were known to the Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks and the Romans. Of the seven metals, five can be found in their native states - gold, silver, copper, iron (from meteors) and mercury. However these metals were not abundant, and the first two metals to be used widely were gold and copper. Gold, circa [...]
Most, if not all of our readers are familiar with welding. There is piping, boiler tubes, structural steel, and storage tank shell components to name a few. There is also weld overlay using stainless steels, Inconel, and other unusual materials. But there are certainly other types of welding on more exotic equipment. Perhaps one of [...]
Here are two great phases that have an important meaning to me. The first is Gung Ho. Now that is Chinese and it means working together. It’s also a mantra of the Drill Instructors at Parris Island South Carolina. Legend has it that the US Marines borrowed this word from the peasants who worked in [...]
