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Defect detection Contrôle Mesure Systèmes (CMS) designs, develops and manufactures a complete range of NDT products in eddy current and ultrasonic testing methods, which consist of high performance instruments and systems, probes and transducers, accessories, and complete turnkey machines with associated mechanics. For high quality tubes from 6 to 250mm diameter, welded or not, in stainless steel, titanium, zirconium or carbon steel, CMS produces the RotoUTscan range of ultrasonic rotating heads. Several UT transducers (up to 12), with different angles in accordance with the NDT standards, move around the tube at high speed (up to 6,000 rpm), for longitudinal defect detection, transversal defect detection, and measurement of thickness, OD, ID and ovalisation. RotoUTscan is driven by a fast electronic UTR, which is a high accuracy ultrasonic inspection system, for in-line high-speed flaw detection and dimensional measurements of ID, OD and thickness. Employing PCI architecture, instrument operation is made fast and easy via Windows-based inspection screens and intuitive dialogue boxes for ultrasonic setup. RotoUTscan can be combined with other CMS equipment, such as EC rotating heads (RotoETscan) or magnetising units with coil installed together in a strong control bench including centring devices. Probus supervision software, to collect information provided by NDT equipment, allows the display of combined signals (UT/ET) and creates inspection reports that can be used as control evidence for quality services and customers. Data stored can be recalled for analysis and quality treatment.

Contrôle Mesure Systèmes – France www.cmseddyscan.com Field inspection

InspecTech Analygas Group, Canada, has manufactured customised NDT solutions for the tube and pipe industries for over 30 years. The company is always exploring new technologies and innovative ways to meet customers’ ever- evolving NDT requirements. Recently, a portable ultrasonic ‘crab’ inspection system was manufactured and commissioned for Tejas Tubular Products Inc’s casing facility located in Houston Texas. The crab was made to inspect the weld-lines of finished tubes used for oilfield casings and line pipes, inspecting to API-5L and API- 5CT standards. In this crab application the tubes being inspected were walked upon, and the portable crab required provisions to be a ‘walking crab’ versus a more traditional handheld design.

InspecTech Analygas Group – Canada sales@inspectech.ca www.inspectech.ca

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