Customer needed precision alignment of tiny parts on a routine basis. Strong magnification was needed to make small parts visible for most accurate alignment. Instrument would have to look straight...

The Water Division of a major city contracted with a commercial diving company to repair a malfunctioning valve some 700 feet underwater. Careful inspection of the valve's condition was needed prior...

Critical surface inspection under high magnification is needed to assess the quality of edge preparation of individual rotor straps. These straps are later stacked to make "strap packs", whose...

Working coal mines need continuous monitoring to protect miners from the dangers of falling rock. In particular, tunnel roofs must be inspected frequently to assess their strength; roof collapses can...

Combustion Engineering designed a system to remotely repair coolant tubes in heat exchangers. The process called for inserting new liner tubes into old corroded tubes and to weld the top and bottom of...

Some of the most exciting views in auto racing are those taken from inside the fast moving cars. However, NASCAR officials found that previous roof- mounted cameras gave a slight aerodynamic advantage...

The customer required observation of a slender rod of extruded material as it passed between closely spaced processing stations. Space constraints were furthered by an enclosure surrounding the...

Design a carriage and slide to translate and rotate rocket case. Drives for both motions to be air-motors for explosive prevention. Include fiber optics illumination into both probes with high...

Customer's needs were to view a reaction at the surface of crude oil within a narrow vessel. A thick walled glass tube, sealed at one end, was submerged in the oil, creating a passage for a viewing...

Inspect the entire front air intake section of a GE 404 engine, buried deep inside a new single engine aircraft being manufactured by Volvo. Only available port enables viewing from approximately...

Certain sections of a high temperature glass-forming mill required remote monitoring via video. The customer wanted to re-use existing borescope cooling shrouds, but no offthe- shelf scope of the...

Inspect fuel elements within nuclear energy bundles located 10 meters under water. Probe size to be 8mm diameter with working length of 500mm. Probe must be capable of 90° scan from forward to right...