Inspection Trends / Summer 2013 9 visits a year at the Lewistown site, a number expected to increase with the expanded facility. The CSC also contains a large testing area to which customers can bring components and the company can simulate real-life inspection situations. The facility is also the North American hub for GE’s Inspection Academy, which trains both GE employees and customers on the company’s latest nondestructive testing instruments. The academy offers both traditional and on-line classes. “The Inspection Academy is GE’s response to the brain drain in NDE,” explained Peter Park, services growth leader, Training & Development, GE Measurement & Control. By “brain drain,” Park was referring to the fact that more workers in the NDE field are retiring than there are new workers entering the profession. The CSC was designed to be energy efficient with an open floor plan that could be easily reconfigured, and for all cabling and wiring to be out of the way so it can be walked through easily. All of the firms hired to design and build the facility are located in the central Pennsylvania area. Anderson said GE’s philosophy is to work with local companies wherever it has new construction — Mary Ruth Johnsen, editor. Laboratory Testing Offers New Radiography Services Laboratory Testing, Inc. (LTI), Hatfield, Pa., has expanded its services available for radiographic testing. The company’s Nondestructive Testing Dept. now performs computed radiography with a Carestream Industrex HPX-1 digital system as well as conventional film radiography. It is offering digital radiography to customers as an alternative to film-based X-ray inspection at no additional charge. Laboratory Testing is a full-service materials testing, nondestructive examination, and metrology lab. In other news, the company has launched a new Web site at www.labtesting.com. The updated site includes new A view of part of the CSC’s demonstration area. During the grand opening festivities, customers were able to see demonstrations of the equipment, speak with GE officials, and attend a variety of presentations and panel discussions on inspection-related topics. For info go to www.aws.org/ad-index For info go to www.aws.org/ad-index
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