With the aim of enabling NDT service providers to deliver high value-added services and industrial asset owners to make the best maintenance decisions, Creaform is launching a new, comprehensive NDT software platform that eliminates the need for a single point of contact.'interpretation of the equation.
Creaform, a business unit of Ametek, Inc. and a world leader in engineering services, today announced the launch of VXintegrity, an incredible 3D scanning solution for surface damage assessment. Designed specifically to meet the challenges faced by owners ofindustrial assets and NDT service providers, this new software platform contains four different modules, capable of tackling all types of surface analysis, as well as simple metrology applications.
By enabling measurements to be taken 80 times faster than manual measuring tools, the new VXintegrity software platform, combined with Creaform's 3D scanners, represents the ideal solution to the current shortage of experienced technicians and aging and/or damaged infrastructures. What's more, this user-independent technology requires little training and certification, which means technicians can get up and running faster than with other techniques.
This comprehensive NDT solution also enables industrial asset owners to have full confidence in the assessment results and make the best maintenance decisions, thanks to the best data available, since it can accurately measure thickness loss on complex, industrial and corroded geometries such as elbows, nozzles, pressure vessel heads, tank bottoms and valves. With this software platform, complete analysis of all surface types is now possible.
The VXintegrity software platform comprises four modules with different applications, specialized and optimized for specific industry challenges:
- Pipeline module (also known as Pipecheck) The most reliable NDT solution for pipeline integrity assessment, this module is designed to provide analyses of corrosion, dents (mechanical damage) and folds.
- Aerospace module (also known as SmartDent 3D) Ideal for aerospace and MRO companies, this versatile 3D scanning solution offers unrivalled speed, ease of use, reliability and repeatability. Hailstorm damage inspection, flap and spoiler maintenance, aviation incident analysis and scheduled regulatory maintenance: this module can do it all.
- New module for surface damage : Specially designed for owners in heavy industry and power generation, this module represents the only accurate and traceable NDT method for assessing surface damage on complex geometries of all shapes, sizes and compositions.
- New monitoring module With micron-level accuracy, this monitoring solution is a highly accurate, noise-free NDT method used for comparing damage progression over time, strain analysis and other simple metrology applications. With impressive reporting capabilities, this module is the best way to ensure infrastructure integrity and safety.
" The metrology-grade 3D data generated by this software platform can accurately identify small variations in thickness between inspections in order to compare damage progression over time, making it the best, and only, technique sensitive enough to achieve this on the market. "François Lachance, Product Manager at Creaform, insists. " What's more, these four industry-optimized modules are sure to create new business opportunities for NDT service providers. "