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Pipeline integrity assessment solution
CREAFORM, a specialist in portable
3D measurement and engineering
services, has announced its latest
release of the Pipecheck 3.3 NDT
pipeline integrity assessment solution.
The comprehensive, easy-to-use tool
is designed to enable NDT service
companies and pipeline operators to
strike a balance between the need to
fulfil mounting demands for energy and
guaranteeing the public’s safety.
Pipecheck puts accurate
assessments into the hands of users in
order to quickly detect and characterise
pipe defects (internal and external),
such as corrosion and mechanical
damage. With reliable, traceable results
and code compliance (ASME B31G/
ASME B31.8), Pipecheck automatically
provides critical inspection data to
determine the level of integrity and
remaining service life of an operator’s
most valuable assets.
Creaform gathered requests from its
pipeline operator clients and developed
new Pipecheck features to address the
challenges they face. Enhancements in
the latest version include:
• A new method for dent size
calculations: More precise dent
calculations that replicate repeatable
and user-independent on-field
measurements more accurately
will enable users to better evaluate
mechanical damage.
• Strain-based assessments 2.0: This
new approach introduces advanced
strain calculations, according to
ASME B31.8, along the pipe, as well
as visualisation tools for strain-based
assessments. Users will be able to more
efficiently interpret results, facilitating
decision making with respect to the
repair actions to take.
• A new feature for corrosion
classifications: Based on standards
issued from the Pipeline Operators
Forum, Pipecheck now further
characterises the type of corrosions on
a pipeline, such as pitting, generalised
corrosion, and axial and circumferential
grooving.
• Automatic anomaly vs cluster
classifications: Pipecheck can now
automatically distinguish and identify
clusters from anomalies, helping
operators pinpoint critical issues on
a pipeline. This feature also helps to
evaluate the performance of a pig
as it detects anomalies and clusters.
This in turn optimises where priority
excavations must be performed.
“Pipecheck 3.3 is an operator’s
go-to solution to ensure public and
environmental safety, meet regulatory
requirements, prove compliance,
decrease maintenance and repair
costs, and streamline risk manage-
ment procedures,” explained Jérôme-
Alexandre Lavoie, product manager at
Creaform.
Creaform Inc – Canada
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