Software modernises surface damage assessment

Empowering NDT service companies to provide high-value services and industrial assets owners to make optimal maintenance decisions, Creaform is launching a complete NDT software platform that removes interpretation from the equation. The company describes
VXintegrity as the ultimate 3D scanning solution for surface damage assessment. It contains four different modules, intended to tackle any surface analyses, as well as simple metrology applications.

Making it possible to measure up to 80 times faster than manual measuring tools, the new VXintegrity software platform, combined with Creaform’s 3D scanners, represents a good solution to the current shortage of experienced technicians and ageing and/or damaged infrastructures. Moreover, this user-independent technology requires little training and few certifications, which means that technicians can be up and running faster than with other techniques.

This complete NDT solution also enables industrial asset owners to have full confidence in evaluation results and make the best maintenance decisions with the best available data, as it can accurately measure thickness loss on corroded, industrial, complex geometry such as elbows, nozzles, pressure vessel heads, tank floors and valves. With this software platform, a complete analysis of all types of surfaces is now possible.

“The metrology-grade 3D data generated through this software platform can precisely identify small thickness variation between inspections to compare damage progression through time, making it the best, and only, technique sensitive enough to do so on the market,” insists François Lachance, product manager at Creaform. “In addition, the four industry-optimised modules are sure to open up new business opportunities for NDT service providers.”
For further information www.creaform3d.com

Growing AM competence

Hexagon is partnering with Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), a national research and development centre, to provide software that will help meet a Swedish initiative to advance the use of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies and accelerate the adoption of innovative and sustainable processes in European industry. The new application centre for AM will be overseen by a consortium of industry leaders and provide manufacturers with access to a host of AM technologies, including software solutions from Hexagon for AM and quality control.
For further information www.ri.se/en/am-center

SolidCAM UK seminar

CADCAM reseller SolidCAM UK has taken delivery of a new CV5-500 five-axis machining centre from machine tool partner Yamazaki Mazak UK at its technology centre in Barnsley, which visitors to its forthcoming live cutting seminar will be able to see in action. The company says that the high-accuracy model will allow potential customers to witness first-hand how the machine, combined with the right software, can increase the productivity and efficiency of any workshop. The company will showcase the machine for the first time during a SolidCAM UK live cutting seminar on 1 December.
For further information www.solidcamuk.com/events

Rapid manufacturing service set for Europe

Quickparts, a global specialist in on-demand custom prototype and production parts through 3D printing and traditional manufacturing, is launching a new service offering same-day shipping. The service is possible thanks to the adoption of new manufacturing technologies like Nexa3D’s LSPc (lubricant sub-layer photo-curing) 3D printing technology, and innovative CNC and injection moulding technology. Launching first in the US with Europe following in early 2023, the service is said to offer greater supply chain reliability, thanks to localised manufacturing on both continents.
For further information www.quickparts.com

Preliminary exhibitor list for EMO released

With the deadline just a few days away (1 December), more than 1000 exhibitors have already registered for the EMO Hannover 2023 exhibition (18-23 September), including a plethora of big-name companies from 36 countries. Some 64% of registered companies come from abroad. After Germany, other major exhibiting nations include Italy, Taiwan and Switzerland. The last show in 2019 attracted more than 2200 exhibitors and nearly 120,000 trade visitors from around 150 countries. A preliminary exhibitor list for the 2023 event is now available at the link below.
For further information www.emo-hannover.de/ausstellerverzeichnis