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Phasedarrayadvancedflawdetectionservices

Operatorsofpowerstationsandothermajorplantcanfaceexpensiveconsequencesifacriticalcomponentfailsleadingtoanunplannedplantoutage.Inadditiontolostproduction,othercomponentscanbedamagedaddingcostsanddelays.Understandingtheextentandprogressofcomponentflawsisvitalindeterminingthemostefficientresponse.hrl:offersstate-of-the-artultrasonicflawdetectionservices–usingphasedarraytechnology–thatprovidesignificantadvantageswhencomparedwithtraditionalultrasonictechnologies.

Challenges

Operatorsfaceseveralchallengesinmaximisingtheefficiencyoftheirplant–includingmaximisingavailability,minimisingplanneddowntimeandundertakingonlyneededmaintenanceandcomponentreplacement.Specificchallengesrelateto:• unexpectedcomponentfailure• costlyrepairsasaprecaution• determiningfitnessforservice• usingconventionalultrasonictechnologywithlimitations

including:-limitedabilitytoproviderecordstosupportmonitoringandoutageplanning-onlyareal-timedisplaythatisopentooperatorinterpretation-oftenbeingconfusedbycomplexgeometries.

Solutionshrl:phasedarrayservicesoffersignificantadvantagesovertraditionalultrasonictechnologies,including:• greaterconfidenceindeterminingtheneedforcostly

repairs• graphicinspectionresultsthatprovidepermanent

records• allowingflawdetectioninmorecomplexgeometries

andbetterunderstandingofcomplexflaws.Wheregreaterconfidenceintheresultsisrequired,hrl:engineersemployadvanceddefectresponsesimulationsoftware.hrl:engineerscanusedefectresponsesimulationsoftwaretoestablishthebestphasedarrayscanprogramtooptimisecoverage,detectminimum-sizeddefectsandreducefalsecalls.

hrl:engineerperformingphasedarrayultrasonictesting

Scanplanbeamvisualisationthroughtheinspectionsite

Benefits Clientsoperatingplantwithhigh-energypiping,pressurevesselsandsimilarcriticalcomponentsandstructurescanbenefitfromhrl:phasedarrayultrasonicflawdetectionservicesthroughmoreinformedrun/repair/replacedecisionsthatresultin:• greaterplantavailability• reducedmaintenanceandrepaircosts• greaterconfidenceinflawdetectionresultsthrough

permanent,verifiable,records• improvedprobabilitytodetectandcharacterise

defects• greaterversatilitybyapplyingthetestingtechnologyto

manytypesofcriticalcomponentsacrossawiderangeofindustries.

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CaseStudy

Savingtimeandmoneybyreducingoutagetime

OperatorsoftheLoyYangPowerStationneededafast,non-destructive,waytocharacterisecrackingobservedinthebranchweldofamainsteamstrainer. hrl:usedphasedarrayultrasonictesting,ratherthantime-consumingexploratorygrinding,togaintheinformationrequiredtodevelopacost-effectiverepairstrategy.Thestrategyreducedplantoutagebyanestimatedtwodays,andthepotentialoutagecostbyuptotwomilliondollars.RichardElkington,anexecutivegeneralmanagerwithLoyYangPower,notedthatthephased-arrayprojectdemonstratedhow‘organisationscanadvanceleading-edgetechnologiesforapplicationtoassistindustrysolverealproblems’.

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