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Improving NDE 4.0 by Networking, Advanced Sensors, Smartphones, and Tablets

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Smartphones, tablets, and wearables play a major role in the development of consumer and industrial technology. This chapter will show the potential of using a connected mobile device with the increase in versatility, the enhancement in productivity levels, and the ability to make the latest technology for NDE affordable. It begins with a critical review of the NDE industry and the risks and dangers of standing still while technology advances. The chapter will then analyze current innovations in the consumer market and show how, with simple adaptations, these innovations can be brought to improve the NDE industry, throughout the value chain, and to increase the acceptance and worth of NDE overall and opens the door for new business cases.

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  1. Voliro AG / Proceq SA, Zurich, Switzerland

    Chris Udell

  2. Proceq SA, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland

    Marco Maggioni

  3. Universitaet Mageburg, Mageburg, Germany

    Gerhard Mook

  4. University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA

    Norbert Meyendorf

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA

    Norbert Meyendorf

  2. The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA

    Nathan Ida

  3. Inspiring Next, Cromwell, CT, USA

    Ripi Singh

  4. Vrana GmbH, München, Germany

    Johannes Vrana

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  1. Chemical Materials and Bio Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA

    Norbert Meyendorf

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA

    Nathan Ida

  3. Inspiring Next, Plus4Pi LLC, Cromwell, CT, USA

    Ripi Singh

  4. Vrana GmbH, Rimsting, Deutschland, Deutschland

    Johannes Vrana

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Udell, C., Maggioni, M., Mook, G., Meyendorf, N. (2021). Improving NDE 4.0 by Networking, Advanced Sensors, Smartphones, and Tablets. In: Meyendorf, N., Ida, N., Singh, R., Vrana, J. (eds) Handbook of Nondestructive Evaluation 4.0. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48200-8_53-1

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