WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new automated system detects cracks in the steel components of nuclear power plants and has been shown to be more accurate than other automated systems. “Periodic inspection ...

Other automated crack-detection systems under development are designed for processing single images, whereas the new method processes multiple video frames, providing more robust results.

Since 1993, Enbridge Pipelines Inc., Edmonton, has been conducting crack inspections with in-line tools on its liquids pipeline system. As part of its ongoing integrity- management ...

Inspection of critical systems such as nuclear reactors is complicated and time-consuming. Videos captured by an automatic crack detection system can easily misidentify small scratches or welds as ...

Maintaining wind turbines and identifying potential vulnerabilities is expensive and time-consuming, especially when they are ...

OTB Solar has ordered resonance ultrasonic vibrations crack detection equipment from RUV Systems for use with its automated turnkey solar-cell manufacturing production lines. The inspection gear ...

More information: Yong-chuan Zhou et al, A Rapid Crack Detection Technique Based on Attention for Intelligent M&O of Cross-Sea Bridge, China Ocean Engineering (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s13344-024-0068-0 ...

A Navy-sponsored diagnostic system designed to detect cracks on engine components as they develop is scheduled to begin testing next week at China Lake, Calif. The Real-Time Crack Detection System ...

GTRI researchers have developed a prototype automated pavement crack detection and sealing system. In road tests, the system was able to detect cracks smaller than one-eighth-inch wide and ...

Example of a pavement crack filled with GTRI’s prototype automated pavement crack detection and sealing system. [Credit: Jonathan Holmes] One downside to the system is that it operates at a ...

A new automated system detects cracks in the steel components of nuclear power plants and has been shown to be more accurate than other automated systems.