Advanced Technology Center

Building on the AIS foundation and high demand for quality, the Advanced Technology Center (ATC) located in Charlotte, North Carolina, provides research, processes, and technologies to improve the flexibility, reliability, performance, and efficiency to existing and novel NDT technologies and techniques. 

The ATC’s goal is to develop cost-effective technologies, technical guidance, and knowledge transfer from the research lab to the field in an effort to increase our client’s awareness of available technologies and industry issues to add value to and mitigate negative effects on their assets. Building on the AIS foundation and high demand for quality, the ATC branch will exceed our clients’ expectations with technological innovations, thought leadership, and technical expertise.  Custom and advanced training with over 100 manufactured and service removed samples in-house to meet all the training needs of our clients.

WHAT WE DO 

• Technique Development 
• Technology Validation 
• Procedure Development 
• Field deployment of novel technologies 
• Creating preemptive NDE solutions for clients’ assets  

TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITIES 

• Multi-frequency Microwave 
• Pulsed Eddy Current (PEC)
• TFM/FMC 
• Acoustic Emissions 
• Scale Oxide Thickness 
• EMAT 
• CreaForm 3D Scanning
• 3D Printing   
• Drone Inspections