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 February 2010 - ASM Technical Dinner Meeting on Advancements in RFT.

Ankit will introduce RFT, and explain how it differs from Eddy Current and Magnetic Flux Leakage testing. Ankit will present conventional RFT probes and their applications before introducing advanced array probes. Ankit also will discuss the future of RFT, including the integration of robotics and recent developments in the field.

 
 February 2010 - Ankit presents paper on RFT at AWS.

At the 2010 American Welding Society (AWS) Dinner, Ankit introduced RFT, and explain how it differs from Eddy Current and Magnetic Flux Leakage testing.

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 October 2009 - ASNT Fall Conference

Vincent Shen, Ankit Vajpayee and Ed Brain attended the ASNT fall conference in October 20-22, 2009. Our booth featured the Sonotron UPA-Scope (Ultrasonic Phased Array) which drew much attention.
We presented several technical papers and participated in the Electromagnetics Committee meting.

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 Sept 2009 - 24" tool demo in Louisville, KY.

In early September Russell demonstrated our new 24” RFT Tool in Louisville, KY. The 24” cast iron pipeline was over 2000 feet in length with a wall thickness of ¾”. Inside the pipe was a cement mortar lining.

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 July 2009 - Launch of Russell Technologies India Pvt.

We are pleased to announce the launch of newly formed Russell Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., that offers all the services and products being offered by the parent company, on seamless basis.

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 April 2009 - Boiler Water Wall Inspections

“Since February, Russell NDE has performed Boiler Water Wall Inspection for four customers:

1)
TECO Guatemala; We inspected the San Jose Boiler #1 water wall tubes. Customer TECO were impressed enough to invite us back again in July for a larger shutdown.
2)
Trans Canada Pipelines Ravenswood plant: We inspected three water walls from swing stages in Unit 20 boiler located in Long Island City, New York. Ravenswood burns a mixture of coal and Bunker Coil.
3)
Tampa Electric: we inspected Tampa Electric’s Big Bend Unit #1 (two walls) using swing stages. Big Bend burns coal and is a unique “Riley-Stoker” design.
4)
BC Hydro, Burrard station (4 walls). This is the 5th boiler that we have inspected for BC Hydro, which burns natural gas.

 
 February 2009 - Russell attends IPEIA tradeshow

Its February again and like always Russell NDE Systems Inc. participated both as exhibitors and speakers at the IPEIA 2009, Banff. In the morning session of conference Ankit Vajpayee conducted a work shop on the topic
“Use of Material Compensation to enhance the accuracy of RFT Inspections”.

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 November 2008 - Russell NDE employment opportunity

Russell NDE is seeking an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer to join it's R&D team and an In-Line Inspection Tool Operator to its growing field pipeline inspection business.

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 August 2008 - Russell appointed Silverwing Service Centre
  Russell NDE Systems appointed as Approved Service Centre to service the needs of Silverwing customers within North America.

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 July 2008 - Visitors from Chile received
  Felipe Eduardo Montecinos Giordano, Preventive Maintenance Manager - Planta Arauco and Eduardo Eric Cretier Peña, Operations Manager,ECP Technology.Chile accompanied Isabel Beehoo, ECP Technologies, Toronto on a visit to Russell’s Edmonton office.

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 June 2008 - Ankit conducts a RFT training course for Syrian Delegates.
  The Russell Team was pleased to welcome 3 delegates from Syria. The objective of their visit was “Training on Remote Field Technology”. This training course was conducted by Ankit Vajpayee of Russell NDE Systems Inc.

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 May 2008 - Ankit conducts a RFT training course for Thermax Limited.
  A Professional Training Course conducted by Mr. Ankit Vajpayee on Remote Field Technology at Thermax Limited, Pune, India.

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 April 20, 2008 - Russell completes three boiler inspection jobs in Sweden!
  The Russell team of Dave Russell and Patrick Lake broke all records last week when they inspected three boilers using the VertiScan System within 10 days in Sweden. Repeat customer, Claes Goransson of Inspecta AB, expressed his delight with the way the TubeCAT crawler worked flawlessly on the jobs. Read more
 

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