Geoff Clarkson, President and CEO of UTComp, is featured in an article about the "new possibilities" and potential applications for FRP and other composite materials in Composites Manufacturing, the official publication of the American Composites Manufacturers...
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Proud to be named “One to Watch” 2018
UTComp has been named one of Innovation Guelph's “Ones to Watch” for 2018, in the Perspective Guelph publication distributed in The Globe and Mail. The article cites our “game-changing ultrasound technology” for composite asset assurance. Read the full article.
Non-intrusive FRP Inspection for Avoiding Premature Asset Retirement
UTComp founder & CEO Geoff Clarkson had his article Non-intrusive FRP Inspection for Avoiding Premature Asset Retirement published in the November/December 2017 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. The article provides a case study of an actual inspection and...
UTComp announces licensing agreement with Tank Inspections Ltd
October 10, 2017 — UTComp is pleased to announce a licensing agreement with U.K.- based Tank Inspections Ltd., bringing the UltraAnalytix® inspection system for glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) composites to the company’s large client base in the chemical, water and...
Getting Houston Back on Track After Harvey
Update: UTComp is committed to helping businesses get back on track after natural disasters strike by offering one-week turnaround for UltraAnalytix® data reports to determine if structural damage has occurred to FRP assets (normal guarantee is three weeks). For more...
Ultrasonic Testing of FRP Thickness
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. — Abraham Maslow In 1966, Abraham Maslow called this the “Law of the Hammer”. He observed that people will depend on tools or methods that are familiar before they make the effort to get new tools or learn new...
Defining Fitness-for-Service of FRP
One cannot manage change. One can only be ahead of it. — Peter Drucker Evaluating fitness-for-service of FRP and composite assets Peter Drucker is famous as a management consultant, but his words ring true in the chemical industry. When industrial equipment is exposed...
UltraAnalytix® Featured in Inspectioneering Journal
UTComp’s UltraAnalytix® system for fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) inspection is discussed in an article, Novel Inspection System Aligns FRP and Metallic Asset Management Approaches, published in the May/June 2017 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. The article, by...
UTComp profiled by Innovation Guelph
Read about UTComp and its innovative ultrasound analysis technology, UltraAnalytix ®, in UTComp: Engineering firm gaining market clarity with help from Innovation Guelph.
Using Ultrasonic Technique to Determine Fitness for Service of FRP Equipment for Chemical Handling Applications
Presented at the Corrosion Conference & Expo, March 26-30, 2017. Authors: Pradip Khaladkar, PECT and Geoff Clarkson, UTComp Summary: Fiberglass reinforced plastic materials are well suited to a wide variety of chemical handling equipment where resistance to...