Shipping Company Adopts AI Coating App

Chemical shipping company Hafnia announced that it will be using an artificial intelligence-assisted application from paint maintenance company SteelCorr on 57 of its ships to help improve p...

New Infrastructure Tool Assesses Contract Prices

A researcher at the University of Texas at Arlington is reportedly working to develop a price estimation and visualization tool for the Texas Department of Transportation to assess and price...

AkzoNobel Funds Drone Inspection Startup

Global coatings company AkzoNobel’s Aerospace Coatings segment has announced that it has acquired a stake in aircraft maintenance and inspection company Donecle, for the use of its drone ins...

Coating Condition Surveys: An Overview, Part 2

by Lee Wilson

A great deal of the coating condition survey is visual in nature, and for this reason...

Coating Condition Surveys: An Overview, Part 1

by Lee Wilson

I have always expressed my concerns in regard to the health and safety of offshore wo...

The National Energy Technology Laboratory has announced a new development in advanced sensors for the detection and prediction of corrosion in what?

What are workers on the Gordie Howe International Bridge using to prevent birds from nesting on the new bridge?

Researchers at the University of Houston are developing an autonomous robot, meant to identify potential pipeline leaks and structural failures during subsea inspections. Do you believe current autonomous technology should be used to conduct structural inspections?

An update provided on the Surfside, Florida, tower collapse indicated that the swimming pool deck failed to comply with building codes and led to severe strength deficiency. Should more rigorous inspection processes be implemented in residential towers to prevent another collapse?

What causes bubbles in an ablative antifouling coating?

Which DFT statistics should be recorded in a daily inspection report, and why are they relevant to a good coating QC record?

What You Need To Know: Are You a Quality Control Inspector? By Whose Definition?

from JPCL, August 2019 ; by Troy Fraebel, ABKaelin, LLC

Aerial Robotic Systems: A Novel Approach to Safe Coating Inspection at Heights

from JPCL, July 2018 ; by Jamie Branch, Apellix

Aerial robotic technology offers a novel approach to obtaining coating inspection dat...

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