Today’s NDT technologies, based on CT or X-ray scans, are costly and extremely difficult to use. But one company, Theta Technologies is changing all this by introducing a new NDT system based on nonlinear acoustic technology. How does it work and what will this mean for today’s and tomorrow’s digital additive manufacturing production workflows?

Today we have the opportunity to ask this to the Chief Executive Officer of Theta Technologies, Steve Butler. He is a private investor in Theta Technologies and has been a non-executive director since December 2012.

An aeronautical engineer by education, he has over 30 years of experience in the commercial and defense aerospace markets. Before moving into general management, he majored in international commercial negotiations both up and down the supply chain. He has led a number of SMEs including Claverham (sold to UTC in 2004) and more recently Sogeclair Aerospace UK.