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research and development
Horton Levi - Research and Development
Projects
Horton Levi has been involved in numerous R&D
projects over the years for Government (domestic
and overseas), Military and Industry. Some of
the projects are sensitive and cannot be
publicised however a list of clients and some of
the projects are given below:
2000 to date:
EEC CRAFT project ROBAIR
An autonomously operated robot was developed
for carrying out the following inspections on
aircraft structures:Inspect along fastener
lines for:
- Cracks from fastener holes in both outer
skin and inner skin or structure.
- Corrosion between layers.
- Lack of bonding between layers.
Carry-out localised inspections on metallic
and composite structure for:
- Lack of bonding.
- Impact damage
Full details can be viewed:
www.robair.com
EEC CRAFT project NANOSCAN
Development of new and novel inspection systems
for composite aircraft non-destructive testing (NANOSCAN).
NANOSCAN
Development of new and novel inspection systems
for composite aircraft non-destructive testing.
- Air-coupled ultrasonics, laser
shearography, digital radiography, phased
array, thermography, resonance
- Testing for composite specific defects
such as delamination, bondline integrity, etc.
- Development of a suite of sensors to cope
with a range of aerospace applications
EEC CRAFT project POLYTEC
Polytec Systems
Development and validation of non-destructive
testing techniques for electrofusion joints in
polyethylene pipes.
- Ultrasonic phased array and thermography
- Determine limits of detection
- Produce prototype NDT equipment
AWARE – 2008
Department of Trade &
Industry (DTI) Project
Development of a novel thermography sensor
system and PASD
“NDT Inspection of
Inaccessible Electrical Wiring in
Ageing Aircraft”
DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food &
Rural Affairs)
Research incorporating thermography
MOD (Ministry of Defence)
Numerous projects using thermographic techniques
DERA (Defence Research)
Thermographic – Mechanical Sciences.
Internal Research
Aerial infrared filming of oil, gas and water
pipelines to develop techniques for detecting
leaks under various environmental conditions.
Government Canada – National Research Council
(R. Fitch)
A grant was awarded to develop an offshore Oil
Spill Detection System to be used from an aerial
platform incorporating Infrared and Ultraviolet
detectors and a computer system. The system was
engineered to calculate in real time the size of
a spill, heading and differentiate densities to
direct deployment of detergents. Software (VIPS)
was developed in conjunction with AWB Software
Inc, Calgary, Alberta.
Government Canada - Contracts
(R Fitch)
An airborne infrared system was developed to
‘map’ the extent of forest fires and new growth
areas. All development work was conducted with
prescribed burns.
Heat Loss Mapping of Cities, Towns and
Boroughs
An airborne infrared computerised system has
been developed to ‘map’ large urban areas
primarily to record building heat loss
information. The system is currently used for
the following:
- Heat loss from buildings
- Sub-surface combustion, tips, tyre dumps,
coal mines, etc.
- Buried trunk main water pipe leakage
(currently a significant part of our work)
All data can be geo-rectified to land line
data for GIS applications.
In the past four years Horton Levi has ‘mapped’
all of the City of London and most boroughs
within the M25. Many other cities in the UK have
also been thermally mapped.
We have also thermally mapped a significant
section of trunk main water pipes for major UK
water companies to detect leaks. All data is
geographically referenced, analysed and provided
in digital format.
For more information on this subject, to learn more about the company or to enquire about a quote, please visit our
corporate website at www.hortonlevi.co.uk
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