Omni NDE combines collaborative robots with novel sensors to deliver fast, contactless, automated non-destructive evaluation for advanced materials and complex assemblies. The company's technology enables detection and measurement of defects with imaging capabilities previously unavailable, addressing challenges like CFRP/metal assemblies, CMCs for hypersonics, and kissing bonds in CFRP joints. Their customizable configurations include robot CT laminography, achieving resolutions such as 30um on a motherboard.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional non-destructive evaluation (NDE) methods often struggle with complex, difficult-to-inspect parts and assemblies made from advanced materials like carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP), ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), and metal hybrids. These methods can be slow, require contact, and lack the resolution or imaging capability to detect and measure subtle defects such as kissing bonds, impact damage, or internal flaws in complex geometries.
Solution
Omni NDE combines collaborative robots (cobots) with novel sensors to enable fast, contactless, and automated NDE inspection. The company brings a unique blend of hardware, software, and imaging expertise, applying medical-grade imaging approaches to industrial challenges. Their technology enables not just detection but precise measurement of defects, offering imaging capabilities that have not previously existed for industrial applications. The systems are designed with customizable configurations to solve specific inspection challenges while keeping the NDT technician in mind, making advanced inspection accessible and practical.
Target Audience
Primary customers are manufacturers and quality assurance teams working with advanced materials and digital manufacturing processes, particularly those in aerospace, defense, and hypersonics industries who need to inspect complex CFRP and CMC assemblies.
Features
- Collaborative robot (cobot) integration for automated, contactless inspection workflows
- Novel sensor technology enabling detection and measurement of defects in advanced materials
- Robot CT laminography capability demonstrated at 30um resolution for detailed internal inspection
- Customizable system configurations tailored to specific inspection challenges and part geometries
- Imaging capabilities that bring medical-grade imaging approaches to industrial NDE
- Solutions for challenging applications including CFRP/metal assemblies, CMCs for hypersonics, and CFRP joints with kissing bond detection