Lucid Software Limited(Lucid) is a Knowledge Organization accelerating the development of Advanced Non Destructive Testing (NDT) Technologies through a commitment to Partnership and Research. Lucid is an ISO 9001:2000 Certified provider of leading edge Software products and services to the global NDT and material sciences industry. Established in 2000, Lucid is managed by a group of highly qualified professionals, committed to providing quality solutions in NDT Software. Lucid Software is actively involved in Research and Development with leading scientific and educational institutions.

Lucid Software is headquartered in Chennai, India where our state of the art Development Centre is located. We have offices in Singapore and the US.

Our Partners and Customers have come to rely upon our commitment to Quality and our extensive Support Services. Lucid Software is committed to keeping pace with emerging technologies so that our customers can maintain a competitive edge through cooperation and mutually beneficial partnerships.

Krishna Mohan Reddy - CEO

Krishna Mohan is currently a Doctoral Candidate from University of Saarbrücken, Germany and has a Master’s degree in Mechanical Design from IIT Roorkee. He has over 15 years of experience in NDT and NDT Software. Krishna Mohan currently holds 6 software and NDT related patents. He is also a co founder of QNET.

C P Madhusudan – Head (Sales and Marketing)

Madhu has a B Tech degree in Metallurgy from IIT Madras and a PGDM from IIM Bangalore. Madhu has 15 years of experience in scaling up businesses in India and Europe. Before joining Lucid, Madhu was based in London as Director of European Sales for Future Soft. Madhu previously has stints with Lucent Technologies and the Eicher Group.

Products

Solutions that reduce time to market and deliver superior return on investment is what we offer. NDT industry worldwide relies upon Lucid product. We provide the best of breed, tried and tested and a fail-safe, base software platform. The product has been developed to acquire the information from an NDT system in a usable form for processing before storing and archiving, either online or offline. In addition, the platform incorporates advanced visualization techniques for easy viewing of results. It is based on modular, scalable architecture, which enables its compatibility with any hardware and any NDT technology such as Ultra-Sound including Phased Array (PA) and Sampling Phased Array (SPA) methods, Impact Echo (IE), Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Radiography (X-Ray), Eddy Current, Thermography.

Services

Our services are tailored to the objectives of the customers which result in:

• A faster path from data to decisions.
• Quicker response to changes in the market.
• Reliable, standardized and high performance platform.
• Platform and feature flexibility.
• higher profitability and ROI and future proof investment.

Links

Fraunhofer-Institute Nondestructive Testing (IZFP) in Saarbrucken, Germany

BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing

American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung e.V. (DGZfP)

Indian Society for Nondestructive Testing (ISNT)

NDT Database & e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing

Articles

Singapore fund Mercatus investment

Lucid Article in ET

Papers

Kröning, M.; Reddy, K.M.; Bulavinov, A.; Bernus, L. von; Joneit, D.; Jager, W.: Sampling Phased Array: A New Method of Signal Processing and Image Reconstruction in Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing. In: Indian Institute of Metals: International Conference & Exhibition on Pressure Vessels and Piping 2006. Kalpakam : Indian Institute of Metals, 2006, B7-1, 14 pages.

Nikiforenko G., Bulavinov A., Kroening M., Jager W., Reddy K.M.: Inspection systems with phase-controlled EMAT-Antennas for the ultrasonic long range inspection. In: Indian Institute of Metals: International Conference & Exhibition on Pressure Vessels and Piping 2006. Kalpakam : Indian Institute of Metals, 2006, B7-1, 12 pages.

Bernus L. von, Bulavinov A., Dalichow M., Joneit D., Kröning M., Reddy K.M.: Sampling Phased Array A New Technique for Signal Processing and Ultrasonic Imaging In: European Conference for Non-destructive Testing, Berlin, September 2006.

L. von Bernus, A. Bulavinov, D. Joneit, M. Kröning, K. M. Reddy: Der getaktete Gruppenstrahler – ein neues Verfahren zur Signalverarbeitung und Bildrekonstruktion in der zerstörungsfreien Ultraschallprüfung. In: ZfP-Zeitung 102, Dezember 2006.

Bulavinov A., Joneit D., Kosov S., Kröning M., Pinchuk R., Pudovikov S., Ramanan S.V., Reddy K.M., Yastrebova O., Zhantlessov Y.: Die Getaktete Gruppenstrahlertechnik und ihre Anwendungen. In: Seminar„Moderne Systemtechnik bei Prüfungen mit Ultraschall“ des Fachausschusses „Ultraschall“ der DGZfP, Wuppertal, 12. – 13. November 2007.

A. Bulavinov, M. Kröning, K. Reddy, J. Ribeiro: Real-Time Quantitative Ultrasonic Inspection In: 4th Pan American Conference for NDT - October 2007 - Buenos Aires, Argentina.

A. Bulavinov, M. Kröning, F. Walte, J. Liu, K. Reddy, J. Ribeiro: Ultrasonic Inspection of Austenitic and Dissimilar Welds. In: 4th Pan American Conference for NDT - October 2007 - Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Words with the director

The Hindu Business Line

Case Studies

Software for UT-Inspection of Weld Seam

Software for Mechanical Testing Company

Contact us

Corporate Office and India Development Center

Lucid Software Limited 104-105 NSIC - Software Technology Parks Complex, Sector B-24, Guindy Industrial Estate, Ekkaduthangal, Chennai 600032.

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