Advanced NDE

  • Automated Digital Ultrasonic Corrosion Mapping tool (ADUM)
    • internal and external corrosion mapping capabilities directly integrated to Rstreng/KAPA calculations.
    • Utilized for internal or external corrosion mapping where speed and accuracy are both paramount concerns.
    • Removal of technician bias.
    • SCC Sizing capabilities
      • utilizing the NSDS brand of sizing transducers
      • patented ADUM scanning lense apparatus to size SCC in corroded areas and outside corroded colony boundaries
  • Long Range Ultrasonic Guided Wave Technology (Teletest, Mach II)
    • utilized to effectively screen corrosion areas in pipe under coatings or insulation, buried or above ground.
    • This system provided screening criteria for subsequent examination methods and assessment/ repair mitigation.
    • Capabilities from 2” to 48” utilizing Longitudinal or Torsional probes
    • An average of 30 meters or 100'
      • (depending upon coating, soils, product and wall thickness etc.) of 100% coverage
      • to screen corrosion areas above 9% circumferential volumetric wall loss.
    • Suited for locating corrosion within casing/ road crossings, under supports and a myriad of other applications.
    • New generation tool utilizing 8 Channels and phased array technology providing greater anomaly size/ orientation accuracy.
  • Laser Scan technology (SmartScan Laser) for external corrosion mapping - Rstreng compliant
    • Capabilities from 6” to 42”
    • Fast and reliable, for mapping and assessing external corrosion areas
    • Assessment and profiling of dents, excessive ovality
  • Advanced Shearwave defect detection and sizing
    • Precise defect sizing using a multitude of advanced sizing probes and;
    • techniques to enhance grinding repairs, crack growth monitoring and weld examination.
      • NSDS SCC Sizing Methods
      • Tip diffraction/ Time of Flight methods
      • ID and OD Creeping Wave methods
      • Bimodal (Dual Element ID Creeping Wave) Methods
      • Refracted Longitudinal
  • Level III Services (ACCP and CGSB Professional Level III)
    • NDE Procedure/ Advanced NDE technique development, 3rd party auditing, project management, NDE training.
  • Pipeline Integrity/Direct Assessment/Construction and Turnkey Services
    • Direct Assessment Classroom Training (NDE)
    • Site Assessment and Project Management
    • On site pipeline mitigation services
    • Above Ground Survey Examinations (CIS, DCVG, GIS, Site Selection)
    • Years experience with SCC programs
    • Turnkey Construction services from construction through to Pipeline Maintenance Programs
    • Services from Above Ground Surveys - to dig programs - rehabilitation and final backfill/reclamation.
Advanced NDE
Pipleline Integrity, Pipeline Direct Assessment

Advanced NDE, Pipleline Integrity, Pipeline Direct Assessment