Our monthly learning initiative embraces various industrial topics to be discussed first-hand. This has enabled our staff to be engaged and updated with the ever-changing technology changes within our industry.
As is often the case, our technical staff are familiar with the products and services. Yet, our support staff, who are key to our service delivery, only hear about our inspection services without fully understanding what we offer.
Our Lunch and Learns go a long way to ensure we all are educated on the services we offer to our clients.
Kicking off our monthly Lunch and Learn for 2021 was a well-informed presentation on the advances of Digital & Computed Radiography within the NDT and inspection industry.
Not only did our technical staff attend, but more importantly, our support staff embraced the opportunity to learn about a service they only hear about when they carry out project planning or when the invoicing is due.
Rather than film, computed radiography uses image plates that retain the latent image. A reader scans the plate using a laser beam, which encodes the digital image for transfer to a laptop computer for post-inspection, interpretation, and enhancement.
The advantages of computed radiography are that it’s highly portable, images are available on the spot, exposure time is reduced, and there is no film processing, leading to no chemicals and environmental waste disposal.
Applications include detecting corrosion under insulation, inspecting small-bore valves and fittings, and inspecting welds and pipelines.
Vertech has always taken pride in putting its people first. Our staff are engaged and motivated in their daily work through ongoing education and knowledge transfer.
A large group attending our January Lunch and Learn is testimony to Vertech’s positive attitude and approach to our daily work.
By Craig Davies
