NDT Film Digitizing

Professional Outsourced NDT Film Digitization Services

Even today, a lot of companies are receiving analog film when they perform non-destructive tests (NDT) on large equipment, tanks, and machinery. These tests are typically X-rays performed on the existing equipment, and the only way to print an X-ray is on analog film (just like an X-ray of a broken bone).

However, analog film is incredibly difficult to use and share with other people. This means that you’ll get the results of your NDT, but then you’ll have no way of using the results.

This is where our professional outsourced NDT film digitization services come on. We’ll turn every physical piece of film into a high-quality image you can open on your computer, laptop, or phone.

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What Are NDT Film Digitization Services?

NDT film digitization services will take your physical analog film and put it through a professional scanning machine, converting the file into a digital copy that you can open on your computer. The process works just like photocopying an old Mylar engineering drawing, but with some additional huge complications.

For one, X-ray film is really sensitive to the wrong kind of light. Flashing a bright light on the film too many times could make the X-ray unreadable. Instead, we have to use specifically-designed machines that scan each piece of film with the required sensitivity.

When you choose CAD/CAM Services for our NDT film digitization services, you’ll exchange your analog film for fully-optimized virtual copies of each image.

Why NDT Film Digitization Services Matters

As we mentioned, analog film is really difficult to work with and handle. An inexperienced company can easily damage, destroy, or misplace your film. This means low-quality scans or pictures that are completely missing. This will waste a ton of your time and money, and your sensitive test results can wind up in the wrong hands.

Instead, trust our professionals at CAD/CAM Services. We’ve been doing this for over 35 years, and we have digitized countless pieces of film during our time.

With our help, you can get more functionality out of your NDT results. Instead of holding a piece of film up to a light and trying to decipher it, you can quickly open the image on your computer, zoom in, and see more details in each image.

Why NDT Film Digitization Services Matters

Benefits of NDT Film Digitization Services from CAD/CAM Services

When you pick our high-quality team for your NDT film digitization project, you’ll notice a lot of huge benefits:

Better resolution in each scan. We take the time required to professionally scan each piece of film, using cutting-edge technology. This leaves you with better resolution and quality in each image.
Publish, share, and edit your test results easily. These digital files can be shared, changed, and stored with much less effort than analog images.
Faster turnarounds. Our team works around the clock to ensure you get the fastest results possible.
Avoid pitfalls associated with aging and improper storage. Storing analog film can be a nightmare, and the quality of your test results can degrade over time. Digital files, on the other hand, don’t have the same problems.
Archive your NDT results. It’s important to archive the results of your NDT so you can establish a paper trail. Through our NDT film digitization services, you can do exactly that.

What Goes into NDT Film Digitization Services from CAD/CAM Services?

Our NDT film digitization services will begin with a quick conversation between us. You can tell us how many pieces of film you have, and how quickly you need them to be digitized. We’ll let you know if we can meet the demands of your project, and we’ll be honest about our capabilities.

Most of the time, we can handle the biggest and most complicated NDT film digitization projects without even breaking a sweat.

Once we’re all in agreement, our team will get started. Typically, one of our staff members will go to your site to pick up your analog film and bring it back to our home office. This is so much easier than shipping your film, since you never know when things are going to get lost in transit.

Once we have your film in-house, we’ll start delicately digitization each piece. We’ll structure the digital files so they’re easy to find, and sort them so you know exactly what to expect before opening a file.

When everything is done, we’ll go through a round of quality assurance — our team will open every image, inspect the quality, and re-take any scans as needed. We’ll share every digital file with you through a DoD-trusted filesharing service, and ask you to review the images.

If you like everything, we’ll properly destroy the analog film to keep your company secrets private.

What Goes into NDT Film Digitization Services from CAD/CAM Services?

Our NDT Film Digitization Services Include:

Film Digitization
NDT Film Digitization
Film Preservation
And Much More (Including Custom Services)

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No matter how many pieces of analog film you have, our team can digitize them all. We’re here to save you time and money, while avoiding needless headaches associated with dealing with analog film. Turn your obsolete pieces of film into high-quality digital images that can be opened, shared, and edited in a matter of seconds. Work with CAD/CAM Services to get the best NDT film digitization results, today.

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FAQ's

Digitizing FAQs

What is the average raster to vector (R2V) 2-D conversion price?

The typical AEC D & E size sheet is $135. There are possible discounts depending on the job size. The more you convert the less you pay. The bulk of the files we produce are for AutoCAD.

Creating models and drawings over scanned analog documents seem so easy – why such a low price?

In order to make an accurate representation, you have to calibrate the original drawing, which may have deformed during its storage period. Non-dimensioned mediums need to be thoroughly calibrated before digitizing.

Parts of scanned data may be lost due to time and other factors. Because it is important to recreate the design intent, we need to recreate lost data.

You ONLY receive Cad Perfect™ files – as if you had drawn these by hand.

Do you support BIM modeling?

Using Revit, yes we do. Think of BIM as an intelligent 3D model of your building. We know exactly where all of the HVAC is, IT cabling, electrical, the cost of doors and windows, when mechanical systems need to be serviced, all the way to a room number with a phone number and IP in that room. In addition to our Ray Tracing technology to support some very life-like photo renderings.

What is DHS – Critical Infrastructure Products

The Department of Homeland Security protocol PPD-21 requirement has deemed that sixteen (16) industries and services are critical to our US Nations security.

These industries require additional security protocols when creating CAD files. CAD / CAM Services follows all of these requirements. Think of industries and info structures such as power, water, along with fourteen (14) other industries. For a full list please see Critical Infrastructure Products.

What is a “Calibrated” Mylar image?

Mylar films can be stored in climate-controlled facilities. However, films get skewed and change sizes over time – ironically not linear. So what changes on one end, does not apply to what is in the middle, or the other end. We have seen ‘J’ size Aerospace Mylars (about 48×180”), vary by a full inch.

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CAD/CAM Services utilizes a proprietary process to make Mylar raster images dead on a 5” or 10” grid. Our process was developed in conjunction with, and approved by Boeing engineers.

General CAD Questions

How do I send a sample, in order to get a quote?

Fill out our quote form, attach your files, or simply send us an email. Tell everything about your project, like the model purpose.

For smaller files < 15 MB you can simply email them to us. For something larger, just drop them in any number of drop boxes like Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive and others. Or if you would like, just contact us for a private, hardened link.

It is fine to use most any time of compression such as *.zip, *.rar, *.tar, *.7z, *.arc, *.LBR, and even *.iso images.

A direct email is [email protected]

We also use a hardened OwnCloud web file sharing platform for unlimited file transfers. We provide unique and very private Web Storage Portals, this also supports file syncing for extreme convenience for you. Because so much of our work is DOD or weapons design work, Security – and confidentiality is very important to us.

Will CAD / CAM Services Sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)?

Yes. NDAs are a common part of our business. All data is yours – not ours, and treated as proprietary data and not for public consumption or use. Probably 70% of our work is under NDA agreements. We can generally get these signed within the day.

What is the estimated delivery time?

It depends on the scope of work:

2D drawings – small quantity, normally 48 hours. We have several customers where they contract to us, keeping 4-8 drafters busy full time.
3D models – complexity dependent, but smaller jobs in 2-3 days. Some models we have spent months on. Again, we have several customers where they contract to us, keeping 6-10 3D CAD designers busy full time.

Simple jobs have a lead time of 48 hours. Larger projects are delivered and invoiced weekly.

Did you really own the trademark Cad Perfect™, Cad Perfect CAD Conversions™ and Cad / Cam Services™?

Yes, we did back in 2008. We started using Cad Perfect™ back in the early 1990s because all of our customers wanted only real Cad Perfect™ work. Back then the buzz words were terms like machine ready, or DXF Traceover and others.

The problem is, nobody wanted that. They all wanted drawings and models that they did not have to touch. Everybody wanted drawings just as if they hand redrew the work themselves.

Thus, Cad / Cam Services™ was the first company to start offering ONLY Cad Perfect™ work.

Do you support the PPD-21 Directive?

Yes we do, and have now for several years. In addition, we also support the industry specific plans as well.