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 Association. In the article, Beyond … [Read more...] about UTComp featured in ACMA’s Composites Manufacturing publication
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. … [Read more...] about Proud to be named “One to Watch” 2018
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 evaluation of an FRP column. The … [Read more...] about Non-intrusive FRP Inspection for Avoiding Premature Asset Retirement
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 waste treatment, oil and gas, … [Read more...] about UTComp announces licensing agreement with Tank Inspections Ltd
Damage mechanisms in FRP
Preventing failures and optimizing the service life of any structure is the result of a balance between the service loads applied and the actual capacity of the structure. This is the basis of Fitness for Service or Suitability for Service evaluation. Failure modes relate only to the way that … [Read more...] about Damage mechanisms in FRP
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 information, call us at … [Read more...] about Getting Houston Back on Track After Harvey
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 methods. I smile when I … [Read more...] about Ultrasonic Testing of FRP Thickness
Defining Fitness-for-Service of FRP
One cannot manage change. One can only be ahead of it. — Peter Drucker Peter Drucker is famous as a management consultant, but his words ring true in the chemical industry. When industrial equipment is exposed to operating conditions like corrosion, mechanical damage, pressures and other forces, … [Read more...] about Defining Fitness-for-Service of FRP