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Inspection, Measuring, Testing & Marking
104 March/April 2007
To ensure compliance with the new
requirements of the AMS 2750 specification,
Datapaq has carried out a comprehensive
review of their thermocouples, data loggers
and analysis software.
The company’s thermocouples and loggers
already exceed the accuracy requirements,
but changes to the calibration were
necessary and all equipment is now
supplied with a certificate that satisfies AMS
2750D requirements.
Datapaq has updated its Furnace Insight
Survey analysis software to comply with the
new revision, with inclusion of extra features
for ease-of-use. These features include
user alert supervision of the Temperature
Uniformity Survey (TUS), and data inclusion
and calculation of all thermocouple and
logger correction factors. The TUS report
can be automatically configured to include
all the requirements of AMS 2750D.
Additional software features include
automatic calculation of furnace class from
raw survey data, instant thermocouple
mapping of the hottest and coldest spots,
and fast input of correction factors using
the TUS Wizard.
Many heat treatment plants, large and
small, are already using Datapaq systems
to monitor surveys from within the furnace
saving unnecessary downtime and reducing
costs.
Datapaq Ltd – UK
Fax: +44 1223 423306
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Pipe mill inspection equipment
in significant demand
Pipe inspection equipment of all technology
and sources is in great demand as the
international markets continue to push pipe
mills to their manufacturing capacity. Scan
Systems, USA, manufactures a wide range of
inspection equipment, spares, and supplies,
with a number of operational divisions.
Scan’s Pipe Inspection Technologies
(PITCO) Division manufactures inspection
equipment for plant operations as well as
mobile units for field inspections. PITCO
also re-manufactures, repairs and supplies
spares and operation of NDT inspection
equipment.
PITCO’s speciality is digital electromagnet
inspection (EMI) equipment designed to
operate at high speeds for mill production
runs. From its Houston, Texas facility
PITCO sells new and used equipment
and components. The company also
has the ability to work with ultrasonic
inspection (UT) manufacturers to help
customers design their complete inspection
requirements.
The company’s proprietary inspection
equipment is highly advanced. During the
inspection process, the signal created by
magnetic flux leakage is digitized at the
source of contact with the sensor.
This response is quickly processed and
analyzed for potential flaws by PITCO’s
Digi-Tech software and presented in
user-friendly computer screen format and
reports.
Furnace surveying system meets
new AMS 2750D spec