Applied Inspection Limited

Non-destructive testing (NDT) is essential for ensuring and maintaining the integrity of structures and systems from aircraft to power stations. NDT operators are trained by practising on specimens with real or artificial flaws. These samples can be rare and/or expensive. For training at clients’ premises, NDT trainers must carry samples to the training l...

The goal is to achieve nondestructive inspection (NDI) of nuclear power generation and reprocessing plant pipework carrying cooling water or generator steam, along pipe runs that are embedded in concrete, buried underground and/or clad in protective coatings such as plastic or bitumen. Key examples are (i) primary coolant and steamline pipework passing re...

MarBN steels are the most promising approach to increasing the temperature capability of creep resistant martensitic steels to above 620 C. Previously, MarBN steel has been successfully developed in the TSB project, IMPACT (2010-2013) and showed significant improvements in creep strength (20-40%) compared to the current state-of-the-art steels, Grade 92 a...

Hull fouling is the largest contributor to excess fuel consumption and carbon emissions by ships, which can be up to 50% over a year. In spite of a global expenditure of some £6bn pa on fouling prevention and cleaning amongst the global merchant fleet, fouling still costs £8bn pa in additional fuel costs and produces 70m tonnes of additional carbon dioxid...

There are 29,000km of high voltage overhead transmission cables in the UK, operating in severe conditions of heat and cold, moisture, voltage stress, wind induced vibration, overloads and structural fatigue, all of which can cause catastrophic failure. The MOSAIC project aims to prototype a novel method of combined monitoring and enhancement of the struct...