- Client
- Malaysian Nuclear Agency
- Product
- Automatic Remote-Control Winder Machine (prototype)
- Recognition
- Gold Award and Best Invention Medal, 2020
The problem
Industrial radiography uses gamma sources or X-ray machines to find hidden flaws in welds, pipelines and other structures. With a conventional manual winder, the radiographer winds the radioactive source out and in by hand, which makes radiographers among the workers who receive the highest occupational radiation doses.
The solution
Our winder moves the source in and out by remote control, so the operator no longer handles the control unit next to the source. This reduces the risk of radiation exposure.
The prototype won the Gold Award at the 19th International Expo on Inventions and Innovations (Malaysia Technology Expo 2020, Kuala Lumpur, 20 to 22 February 2020) and the Best Invention Medal from the International Federation of Inventors' Associations (IFIA).
Recognition
