WAYGATE TECHNOLOGIES
Arungalai Anbarasu tells us about Waygate Technologies ' industrial inspections solutions and discusses the importance of diversity in STEM
Arungalai Anbarasu is the Chief Technology & Strategy Officer at Waygate Technologies ( WT ), a world leader in industrial inspection solutions and non-destructive testing ( NDT ). Headquartered in Germany , it is a subsidiary of Baker Hughes , one of the largest energy technology companies globally .
Anbarasu calls their line of work " healthcare for the industry ". Everyone has an experience or has met someone who had an X-ray scan for a broken bone or an ultrasound to see if the baby in the womb is growing fine . " Being the healthcare of the industrial space essentially means that our patients are all things that don ’ t breathe " she says . " Industrial inspection spans products from cell phones and circuit boards to wind turbines and aircraft engines , helping to make these products safe before they go to market . Yet as a consumer , you have probably never heard of us or of all the industrial inspection that goes into the car you drove this morning , or the smartphone you carry in your pocket . That is the way we want it - the most successful inspections are the ones you don ’ t hear about ."
As global market leader , Waygate Technologies has a very broad portfolio of solutions covering industrial X-ray and CT systems , ultrasonic testing devices as well as borescopes – visual inspection solutions that are just a few millimetres in diameter but are capable of going into a jet engine on the
Arungalai Anbarasu
Chief Technology & Strategy
Officer , Waygate Technologies
90 October 2021