A noncontact ultrasonic platform for structural inspection [PDF]
, 2011 Miniature robotic vehicles are receiving increasing attention for use in nondestructive testing (NDE) due to their attractiveness in terms of cost, safety, and their accessibility to areas where manual inspection is not practical. Conventional ultrasonic
Dobie, Gordon +4 more
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How much does effective health facility inspection cost? An analysis of the economic costs of Kenya’s Joint Health Inspection innovations [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Abstract Background In most low- and middle-income countries, health facility regulation is fragmented, ineffective and under-resourced. The Kenyan Government piloted an innovative regulatory regime involving Joint Health Inspections (JHI) which synthesized requirements across multiple regulatory agencies; increased ...
Timothy Chege +6 more
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A System Deployment Model of Multi-CCD Automatic Optical Inspection for Economical Operations
IEEE Access, 2022 Overkill and leakage are common problems in automated optical inspection (AOI) systems that have harmed firms to devote in intensive manual reinspection and seek the best CCD setting, resulting in more costly and less effective AOI operations. This study
Kung-Jeng Wang, Yi-Cheng Qiu
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Autonomous systems thermographic NDT of composite structures [PDF]
, 2019 Transient thermography is a method used successfully in the evaluation of composite materials and aerospace structures. It has the capacity to deliver both qualitative and quantitative results about hidden defects or features in a composite structure ...
Avdelidis, N. P. +8 more
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Experimental Study on Low-Cost Sensor Sensitivity of Inspection Quadcopter’s Anti-Collision System [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThis manuscript presents the experimental study on low-cost sensor sensitivity of inspection quadcopter’s anti-collision system. This inspection quadcopter is designed to be operated in aerodrome or hanger for the inspection of wide body aircraft for ...
Chandran Navaneetha Krisnan +3 more
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Efficient completeness inspection using real-time 3D color reconstruction with a dual-laser triangulation system [PDF]
, 2015 In this chapter, we present the final system resulting from the European Project \u201d3DComplete\u201d aimed at creating a low-cost and flexible quality inspection system capable of capturing 2.5D color data for completeness inspection.
Edmond Wai Yan, So +3 more
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Do Inspection and Traceability Provide Incentives for Food Safety?
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2006 One of the goals of inspection and traceability is to motivate suppliers to deliver safer food. The ability of these policies to motivate suppliers depends on the accuracy of the inspection, the cost of failing inspection, the cost of causing a foodborne
S. Andrew Starbird, Vincent Amanor-Boadu
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Estimated incident cost savings in shipping due to inspections [PDF]
Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2011 The effectiveness of safety inspections of ships has been analysed from various angles, but until now, relatively little attention has been given to translate risk reduction into incident cost savings. This paper provides a monetary quantification of the cost savings that can be attributed to port state control inspections and industry vetting ...
Knapp, S., Bijwaard, G.E., Heij, C.
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Inspection scheduling based onreliability updating of gas turbinewelded structures [PDF]
, 2019 This article presents a novel methodology for the inspection scheduling of gas turbine welded structures, based on reliability calculations and overhaul findings.
Abasolo Bilbao, Mikel +3 more
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Acceptance sampling plan for multiple manufacturing lines using EWMA process capability index [PDF]
, 2017 The problem of developing a product acceptance determination procedure for multiple characteristics has attracted the quality assurance practitioners. Due to sufficient demands of consumers, it may not be possible to deliver the quantity ordered on time ...
Arif, O.H., Aslam, M., Jun, C.-H.
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