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It’s Here!
We’ve known it’s been coming and we may have even shared a demonstration with you, but now we are pleased to say it is finally here. Following a thorough review from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, the JME PXB7.5M Portable X-Ray Betatron has been approved for sale in the Canadian market. And we are pleased to say it’s available at IR.
Continue reading Now in Canada: JME PXB7.5M Portable X-ray Betatron
Great news for all Sentinel 680 or 741 projector owners:
For a limited time you can receive a disposition of your old projector at NO CHARGE when you purchase a new Sentinel Sentry Cobalt-60 Projector at IR Supplies and Services. That’s a savings of up to $10,188 Canadian.
Continue reading Attention Sentinel 680 or 741 Projector Owners
Margie Vinkle-Morano was born and raised in Orillia, a small waterfront city in Central Ontario that she still calls home. Margie always had a fond interest in art for as far back as she can remember. In high school her teacher and mentor Jose Salas, helped her to realize her potential and true talent.
Since then, and over the years, she has had a number of pieces to her credit including wall murals as well as commissions of animals and people. To her delight she has had a few portraits of her favourite county music artists signed by celebrities such as Tim McGraw, Johnny Reid and Sugarland.
At an early age, Margie’s main medium was oil. As time passed she switched to acrylic. Today she still has fun with acrylic and enjoys creating what she calls her “mugshot” pet portraits on small wooden plaques. They are a wonderful tribute to beloved pets, particularly those who have crossed the rainbow bridge.
Although Margie has experimented with both oil and acrylic paints, she finds pencil to be the greatest challenge and loves bringing life to its gray tones. Our commission, an original pencil on paper drawing entitled Dragline Pins, depicts a technician performing phased array NDT. This true-to-life drawing is available for purchase through silent auction, with the proceeds to go to the Kidney Foundation of Canada. Limited edition prints are also available.
Margie can be contacted by phone at 705-326-5002, or by email at margie1055@hotmail.com. A portfolio of her other pieces can be seen on her Facebook page: Pencil & Paint by Margie.
Oh Canada, the land of the strong and the free. Being free is immensely important to Canadians, but are we? Recent political changes have us wondering just how free we are. Long-standing conservative strongholds have moved to the other extreme and we now have a sharp movement to the left. Small minority groups have more say it seems than the larger Canadian populations, and some provinces seem to be holding others hostage in a confederation that seems to be eroding at the edges, as minority local interests override national ones.
Burlington, Ontario—IR is spreading its reach, across Canada that is. In addition to its offices and showroom in Western Canada—Edmonton, Alberta to be specific–IR will now have an eastern presence. The change takes place with the opening of their new location in Burlington, Ontario.
As a reseller of products and as a sales person, or business development person as they are called today, it is easy to sell products that you believe are as good as any out there. Or perhaps, if not as high quality are a good bang for your buck. However in the NDT industry quality is everything. Our business demands quality. When your job is to ensure quality you better exhibit it or sooner or later someone’s going to question your work.
I was recently lent a book by a friend of mine. He is a follower of my blogs and picked up on my leanings towards geography as the reason for most of the politics around the world. The book is called Prisoners of Geography written by Tim Marshall, a former foreign correspondent for British Sky News. It is an excellent book and an easy read and though I haven’t finished it yet, I would recommend it to anyone who wants to understand how geography and history shaped and continues to shape, what happens in our world today.
In 2004 IR started out in the retail NDT business. Our main focus was Industrial Radiography Supplies and Services and so that was also chosen to be our name. We thought the name said everything and our business plan was to become the best at what we knew, we knew the most about. There was a lot going on in radiography back then: supply problems, new security initiatives, lab issues, and us, IR.
The interesting thing about geopolitics is not so much how geography dictates the imperatives of the nation state but how those imperatives have led to the relationships with neighbours and even far away nations that may impact their interest in some way. I also find it interesting how the pursuit of the interests of a nation may look to their people to be shallow or callous, even when they are absolutely necessary.
In this second instalment of IR’s vendor profile series, in which I share our reasons for offering their products, I will be introducing you to Carestream NDT. I hope you enjoy these short essays as much as I enjoy reminiscing about some of my experiences with the vendors we have selected.
LC NDT FV-2009 PRO Film Viewer
USD $727.86
SciAps Z-902-C Analyzer
Magnaflux SKL-WP2 Water Washable Visible Dye Penetrant
USD $18.92 – USD $5,834.55
