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NDT & Inspection Tank Inspection Applus RTD can inspect the following elements (required according to EEMUA 159): • Tank floor; • tank shell; • tank roof; • pressure-vacuum outlets, outlets, bolts; • stairs, platforms, etc. • valves; • equipment and security • grounding and foundation • production pipelines. Before a test or inspection,a visual assessment can be performed by a certified inspector. Tank inspections are carried out to determine the integrity of storage tanks to safeguard your operations. Lack of integrity can cause serious accidents which can be a risk for people and environment. Our inspection results can be used to determine whether or not repairs or replacement is necessary and, if desired, to determine a risk based inspection interval. Besides tank inspections for existing tanks in the maintenance phase, we can inspect new construction tanks and provide consultancy for engineering and development. Furthermore we can perform certifications on pressure equipment. Applus RTD’s services can be called in at any time from vendor inspection to inspection during construction.Projects are coordinated and supervised from Ato Z and are carried out according to the necessary code(s).
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NDT & Inspection
Tank Inspection
Applus RTD can inspect the following elements (required according to EEMUA 159):
• Tankfloor;
• tankshell;
• tankroof;
• pressure-vacuumoutlets,outlets,bolts;
• stairs,platforms,etc.
• valves;
• equipmentandsecurity
• groundingandfoundation
• productionpipelines.
Beforeatestorinspection,avisualassessmentcanbeperformedbyacertifiedinspector.
Tankinspectionsarecarriedouttodeterminetheintegrityofstoragetankstosafeguardyouroperations.Lackofintegrity
cancauseseriousaccidentswhichcanbeariskforpeopleandenvironment.Ourinspectionresultscanbeusedtodetermine
whetherornotrepairsorreplacementisnecessaryand,ifdesired,todetermineariskbasedinspectioninterval.Besidestank
inspectionsforexistingtanksinthemaintenancephase,wecaninspectnewconstructiontanksandprovideconsultancyfor
engineeringanddevelopment.Furthermorewecanperformcertificationsonpressureequipment.
ApplusRTD’sservicescanbecalledinatanytimefromvendorinspectiontoinspectionduringconstruction.Projectsare
coordinatedandsupervisedfromAtoZandarecarriedoutaccordingtothenecessarycode(s).
Tank floorThetankfloorwillbeinspectedinternallyandexternally.
Nexttoourstandardmethods(visualinspection,magnetic
crackdetectionandultrasonictesting)wecanuseavariety
ofadvancedtechniqueswhichallowustoinspectthetank
bottomefficientlyandaccurate.
SLOFECTMFloorscanner
ThecorrosioninspectiontechnologySLOFEC™(SaturationLOwFrequencyEddyCurrent)hasbeendevelopedasanewandsuperioralternativefortheinspectionofstoragetankfloors,pipesandvessels.Duetoitsuniqueproperties,itcaninspectthroughcoatingsofupto10mmthickness,copewithwall-thicknessesofupto30-35mmanddistinguishtopfrombottomcorrosion.Pittingonthetopsidedoesnotpreventthedetectionofcorrosiononthebottomside.InadditiontobeingasuperioralternativetoMFLinspectiontools,thesystemiscapableofcompletemappingofthetankfloor-,pipe-orvesselcondition.
LoRUS(LongRangeUltrasonics)
TheLoRUSmethodwasdevelopedinordertobeabletoscreentheannularplatesoftankfloors,usingamanipulator.Thiswillallowuserstodetecton-streamhiddencorrosionintime.TheLoRUSequipmentusesamanipulatortomovetheprobesandrecordthepositionandscandirection.Theultrasonicsignalsareprojectedaccordingtotheprobedirectionsandindicationsfromtheobjectunderexaminationarecolorcodedandpresentedina2Dtopview.
Tank shellThetankwallwillbeinspectedinternallyandexternally.
Determiningthestateofthecoatingiskey.Nexttoour
standardmethods(visualinspectionandultrasonictesting)
wecanuseadvancedtechniqueswhichallowustoinspect
thetankwallefficientlyandaccurate.
RTDINCOTESTforisolatedcomponents
RTDINCOTESTisthefast,accurateandreliablewayofsurveyingcomponentthroughtheirthermalinsulation.Inoperation,itdoesnotdisturbinsulationorcoatingsandprovidesaccurateresultsthroughaluminium,stainlessorgalvanizedsteelcladdings.WithRTDINCOTEST,insulationmaybehotorcold,wet,roughorencrusted,irregularorheterogeneousorevenwithwiremesh.Becauseofitsexcellentrepeatability,RTDINCOTESTisideallysuitedforbaselineandperiodicmonitoringsurveys.Withacrewoftwoanddependentonaccessibility,RTDINCOTESTcansurveyandstoreupto1,000pointsperday.Itmonitorsthedecayofaneddycurrentpulsewithinasteelwall,computingtheaveragemetalthicknessbycomparingthetransienttime(echo)ofselectedsignalfeatureswithsimilarcalibrationtests.
Beetlecrawler
Beetleinspectionisanon-streammethodforcarryingoutwallthicknessmeasurements.Wallthicknessinspectionsarecarriedoutregularly,inordertocomplywiththerequirements.TheBeetleisacrawlerwithfourpowerfulmagnetwheels,withanultrasonicprobeontheundersideofthesmallcarrier.Thesmallcarrier‘sticks’tothetankwallandcrawlsstraightupwardsalongtheoutsideofthetank.Paintlayersorweldingseamsarenoobstacle.Withaspeedof12metersperminute,itcrawlsupwardsandautomaticallymeasureswitha5mmdistanceinterval.
Tank roof
ThetankroofwillbeinspectedvisuallyandwithNDTtechniques.Dependingonthetypeofroof,ultrasonicwallthicknessinspectionisrequired,nexttodetailedvisualinspection.ApplusRTDoffersintelligentsolutionsfortheinspectionoftankroofstoensureintegrityandsafeguardyouroperations.
Digitalroofphotography
Highresolutionphotographycanbeatoolforourinspectorstodeterminetheintegrityofatankroofandtrusses.Thepicturescanbemadefromthebottomofthetank,eliminatingtheneedforscaffoldingwhichwillresultininstantcostsavings,andareductionofturnaroundtime.Dependentonthetankdiameter,asingleshotcangiveacompleteimageofthetankroof.Ifdesired,detailedclose-upshotscanbetakenaswell.
Applus RTDApplusRTDprovidesthefollowingservicesasindividualpackagesorcombinedtoprovideatotalAssetIntegrityManagementprogram.
• Advanced(non-intrusive)InspectionServices• Sub-seaInspectionServices• EngineeringDesignSolutions• RiskBasedInspectionPlanning• InspectionManagementServices• InServiceInspection• PlantLifeManagement• MetallurgicalServices.
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