Emerson Uses DÜRR NDT's HD-CR 35 NDT to Ensure Product Integrity of Measuring Instruments

BIETIGHEIM-BISSINGEN, Germany - Oct. 2, 2025 - PRLog -- Emerson was founded in 1890 in St. Louis, Missouri, as a manufacturer of electric motors and fans. Over the past 100-plus years, they have grown from a regional manufacturer into a global technology solutions powerhouse. Emerson has many subsidiaries including Emerson Automation Solutions which was founded in 2015.

Welding is a core competency at Emerson and nearly all the measurement instruments Tecnologías de Flujo manufactures have pressure retaining welds that require non-destructive testing. The diameter of the welds range from 3 mm (.120") to 914 mm (36") with wall thicknesses ranging from 0.2 mm (0.008") to 38.4 mm (1.5"). In the past FR Tecnologías de Flujo utilized analog film to perform their radiographic inspection. In 2010 Emerson Automation Solutions started to investigate alternatives to film radiography and, during their investigation, they came across the versatile HD-CR 35 from Dürr NDT.

The HD-CR 35 is the most flexible and advanced CR scanner on the market today, with the ability to provide the highest resolution images in the industrial radiography industry. In addition, because of its unique TreFoc technology which offers an adjustable laser spot size, it can also provide high-contrast images when necessary. On top of this, the HD-CR 35 boasts the smallest footprint of any CR scanner currently available on the market, which makes it completely portable.

A demonstration of its capabilities was requested, and it was found that digital radiographs acquired on the Dürr HD-CR 35, using the powerful image acquisition software D-Tect, produced images with better contrast sensitivity, which allowed to see greater variances in material thickness because digital radiography has a much higher dynamic range as compared to film. They also noticed that exposure times decreased, and it took much less time to scan an imaging plate than it took to process film. Based on the results of the demonstration and input from other Emerson locations, who had already been using the HD-CR 35, FR Tecnologías de Flujo decided to purchase a scanner and software. Since making the transition from film to CR, FR Tecnologías de Flujo noticed immediate improvements to throughput times and the evaluation process.

They are very happy with the quality of the digital images they acquire from their HD-CR 35 scanners but on top of that they have high praise for the customer support they always receive when they face difficulties.

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