Brochure
Inspection Technologies
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Government Infrastructure & Public Safety
At the federal, state and local or municipal levels, we provide governments with technology and tools
to help maintain vast infrastructure and highly-specialized security needs. GE's Inspection Technologies
offers a wide spectrum of capabilities in the area of advanced nondestructive imaging to help
governments identify and quantify problems early. Our applications experience includes a wide range of
government assets from borders to buildings and bridges to bio-tech research.
Border crossing
Portable x-ray, modied low-frequency
ultrasound and remote visual equipment are
used routinely at border crossings and security
check-points to locate contraband or other
illegal smuggling. The war on drugs, money
laundering and terrorism is being fought using
these advanced imaging technologies.
Military hardware
Gun barrels, cannons and mortar tubes
are routinely inspected, both pre-service
and after repeated use in the eld,
using remote visual inspection, digital
X-ray, eddy current and phased-array
ultrasound. Other valuable military
weapon systems, including tanks, body
armor, artillery and weapons can be
inspected and analyzed for integrity and
tness for service. 2D and 3D micro-focus
X-ray is used to inspect high-reliability
electronics associated with space ight,
advanced weapons and targeting
systems.
Military Hardware
Border Security
Commercial
Airport
High-tech research
Our computed tomography delivers precise
information about the integrity, shape and
geometry of an object on both the surface and
internally. This technology reduces development
time during R & D and combines measurement
and inspection solutions within production.
Research Facility
Bridges
Port and airport security
Highly portable, fast and easy-to-use digital
X-ray equipment is used at airports to interrogate
suspect packages. RVI equipment can be used to
look into cavities and tankage on boats, ships and
packages at their port of entry for contraband
detection and other illegal/smuggling activities.
Nuclear waste storage and decommissioning
Cold-war legacy sites and nuclear fuel storage or
recycling facilities are dealing with a very wide range of
technical issues concerning structural health of assets
such as tanks, vessels, piping, heat exchangers and hot
cells. Our ultrasonics, 2D and 3-D radiographic, eddy
current and remote visual tools play a critical role in
condition assessment.
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Inspection Technologies
Highways, bridges and tunnels
Both for new construction and for aging
infrastructure, safety-critical structures,
monuments and signage can be eld inspected
for condition. Heat exchangers, chillers, boilers,
HVAC and back-up power generation are
inspected with ultrasound, eddy current, remote
visual and X-ray for integrity and reliability to
help meet government's 24X7 availability and
national security needs.
Security
For over 20 years now, our RVI equipment has been used by
federal and state governments including police, SWAT teams
and bomb squads to perform specialized inspections and
surveillance in hard-to-access areas. Our portable and easy-
to-use videoprobe equipment helps keep government ocials
safe, whether at home or when traveling around the world.
Similarly, intelligence agencies use our equipment to help collect
information necessary to prevent or prosecute criminal or
terrorist activity.
Tunnel
Government
Buildings
Nuclear Storage
Facility