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There orethree commonly occepted mechonisms thotleodtothecondition known os . SupDortsollindustry$ondord metollosspressure codecokulotions.
locolizedhord spots withinosection ofpipe. . SynchronizedwithLinoView@ ProfoolsoviewyourpipelinedotoinoGIS fromework.
. Locol quenching - coused inthepipemillwhere locolized
oreos ofheoted steel
intheoustenitic orequenched
stote byuncontrolled coolingwoter otonocceleroted linoView@ ProIntegrityMonogement Softwore
roteversusthesunounding plote steel
inthesome stoleforming locolizedregions
of AnINSmodule conberunonmost lools.
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rounding proces bypressure fromtheexponding mochine mondrel, duringtheformo- o lheco$benefit ofINSforsurpossestroditionol
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orereolized
byestoblishing 0noccurote
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ond
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metol.As0consequence, ollorereodilydetecied bythehord spotinspectionlool. c0sTs.
APIspecificotion5Lsection 9.10.ódefines orepoiroble hordspotosonoreo greoterthon . Allindusfry stondord dotoformotsondsfuctures oresupported
forimport/export.
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inspection designof thetools,ollowingbosicmodules
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toblesprovideon overviewof fheovoilcbleconfigurofions.
tionof theenvironment complionce.
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Themojorpurpose of performing is lo obioin
o pipeine inspection Doiocollected loolsis nolgothered
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quolityin orderlo becomeusefulinformoiion. monoge-
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A Word on Resolution
Thereis no clecr-cut in thepipelineinspeclion
definition industry
on whoftheterm "resolution"
or "high reollymeons.
resolution" A
further is thefocttholresolution
complicolion iso three'dimensionol
phenomenon,
e.g. lherespeclive
resolufions
in lherodiol,cxiolond
circumferentiol
directions
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slotemenls o "highresolufion"
regording inlineinspection
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r¡0 )ao 300 400 s00 óo0 o.
Length, mm
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to fheelectronlc
copcbiliiies
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toolsccn cchievec rodiolresolufion
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The processfrom inspectingthe pipe ine to providingon inspection wlthwhichfeotures con be meosured in thecxioldirectionof the
' e p o l o h o o p e o l o r e6 - s i . . 6 f . e r c r c d , l i - c l, e p . f o y c o n b ^ nine The
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doto is storedin o solid siotememorycrndretrievedofter the inspec- conochieveccrossitscircumference
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on thenumber
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depends
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resolution.
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resolulion
of opprox.4.0 mm,whilstthe
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o crnExeculiveSummoryhighlightingthemojorfindlngsof the
lnspection,
. OperolionolDetoilsof lhe nspection,
suchos speed,tempero Appendices
to thelnspection
Reportincludelhe inspecfion
tool
lure,pressure
cnd pendulum profiles, o n dd e f e . t, o e c icf o t i o ^ so o e s ci p l i o ^o r r h ed o o e v o l J oi o - p r o
. o Summoryof Results including
lhe reporting
threshold
cpplied, c e d u r eb, o c lg r o u n di n f o r m o l i o n t h eo p p l i c o t i oonf u i t r o s o u n d
ond feolureslolistics
shownin toblesond hlstogrcrms, technoogyond thelntegrily ossessment procedures opplled.
. on MAOPcolculotionbcrsedon lhe chosencssessment code for
melollosssurveys ond visuoiized through sentenced
pressure plots, Formqts ond Lqnguqges
. on opl¡onqlCrqckAssessmenl utilizingdeterministic
or probobi- Thelnspection
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l i * c o s s o . . m ^ - . t onUels formot.Feofure
reloiedinformotion
con be modeovoiloblein o
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lncluding
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. o comprehensivePipeTollythotlistscll pipe ioints. :^nr,lfor GIS sr¡stcms
n. SOI dotoboses.
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. Inspection
Reports
o so incude DetoiledFeolureDescriptions By defoult,ihe Inspection
Reportis preporedin eiiherGermonor
(digsheels)
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of theC-sccnond B-scon
of English.French,ltolioncnd other longucrgeversionsore optionolly
onomolies
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disployed on the right hond side.

Visuolizing Informqtion vvifh NDfs Inspecfion lnnovqlive Functionqlities, Advqnced Ergonom¡cs

Dqfq Moncrgemenl Softwqre Our softwore
designersputspeciolccre in mokingthehondlingof
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with selectond filter{unctionolity)

A-sconModule* A-sconwith meosuringobility

OverlopC-scon
SensormodeC-scon

AssessmenlModule* Assessment methodsthol con

be implemenied:
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RSTRENG S ,H E L L 9 2 ,
D N V R PF 1 0 1 ,M A O Pu s i n g
riverbofiomprofile,bosedon
RSTRENG, DNV complex
shope
o Olher stondordson request

RunComporisonModule' Runcomporisonfunctionolity
(viewingonly)
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C-sconsond two lislviewsof fwo C-scon representalion of an exlernol metal loss
differentruns The n-^lalloss lndicclion is vi.slb/--ln lhe fop window. ln lhe lower winclow o c/oss sec¡lo,
lBscan) of the wo// ¡hlcknessdat'a and the slondoff datois drsp/oyed for o select'ecl oriento
RunDofo ExportModule* Rundolo exportio CSVfiles iion lfe Bscon.sare used for precisedept'hsrztng o{ nefol loss indical¡ans.

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five ¡nspecf¡on runs. The river bollom profile or lhe individuol sensorsignols
of o pipelinemustbe ossured
Theinlegrily ot oll limes.Mointenonce of fhe coros¡on defecfs con be compored in deloil.

proceduresmustensure ond regulotory

thesofe!, ovoilobility compli-
onceof o pipeline,slorogefocilityor wholenetwork.In odditiono
on osselthci mustbe protected.
o moiorinvestment,
pipelineconstitutes
inspection
In-1ine informotion
toolsprovidethenecessory regording lnregrify Assessmentqnd Fitness'For-Purpose
of onomolies
ond locotions
thegeometries or flowsin thepipesteei is definedcs o quontitctive
investigotion
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evoluotion demonstrote of on in-
integrily
thestructurol
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porometers,
ond operotionol usedin orderto cssess whethero o flow or domoge.Twomointypes
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ossessment). con be distinauished:
of cssessment

integrity
Pipeline involves
ossessment of:
oll ospects ¡ lmmedioteIntegrityAssessment
. design, lheossessment
Thisimplies to their
deiectedin relotion
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' operotlon, significonce of thepipelineof theiimeof inspection,
to theintegrily
. inspeciion, the"os is" situoiion.
NDTSystems AG offerso ronge
& Services
o FFPossessment, of ossessment bosedon published
procedures, codes.Belowis on
r riskossessment, overview of typicolcooesor lsed.
procedures
¡ m o l n t e n o noc n
ed
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of corrosion
thesignificonce
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NDT Systems & ServicesAG offerso rongeof integrilyservices
com- feotures to ihefutureiniegrily
in relotion Theevoluotion
of o pipeline.
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services, how exiernoJ
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ond
speciolexpertise experience dotc
to in-ine inspecfion
reloting integrily
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ociivities
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of services
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pipe. The reol confour of fhe corosion defect, nof iusf fhe overoll length ond
depfh, is used os inpuf for fhe ossessmenf.When conducting on RSIRFNG
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growthrotes,ldeollycolculoted
fromon inspection
runcomporison. plpelinesthottronsporlbotchedproductsore susceptible
to fotigue
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repoirdotes,repoirpriorilies
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initioting
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is thecolculotion
of theremoining
fotigue
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mointenonce
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strot- l¡feof the pipe offectedby the reportedcrock-like
defects.
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lo understond
how thepipelinecon:
ditionw¡lldeteriorole.
Accurote
ond highlyconfident
corrosion
growth o RemoiningLifeAssessment
rotesore essentiol
inpuisintoony futureintegrilyossessment
ond cor- Thisossessmentdetermines
theremoining
lifefor o pipelinebosed
rosionmonogement. on inlineinspeclion
dotoond knownloodingconditions.Thedoto
ovoiloblecon olsobe usedfor fhedeterminotion
of serviceintervols.
NDT comporesinline insoection
doto fromconsecutive
runsin order
fo determine
ony chongesin depthond to identifynew corrosionsites NDTSystems& Services
AG offerso wide rongeof iniegrilyservices.
or othernewfeoturessuchos dentscousedby thlrdpor! domoge. Furlher
odvoncedintegrilyossessment
servicescon be offeredin co-
A corrosiongrowihstudyis performedto investigofe
ihe exiernolond operotionwith strotegicportners.
internol
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methods con be in-
cludedto conside¡for exomple,iheeffectof toolloleronces.

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 Theengineers ond physicists
ot NDTSystems & Services,
leoding
pipelineinspeciion,
experls1nthefieldof ultrosonic hovedesigned
o rongeof intelligent thelotestodvonces
toolsincorporoting in non-
testingtechnology,electronicond mechonicol
destructive
design The developmentteom, inc{udingsome of the
mnsrexncrieneednrnfcssionnls in the field .f
"' n
r n"line
r""'
inspection,hos creoledo uniquedesignphilosophy
for the LineExplorer
ronge.

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, LtNEExPLap.ep@ uE

Pipelines o highlyefficient
constitute lorge
ond sofemeonsto tronsport
quonrities or gos overlcrgedislonces.
of oil, products Altholgh
designed,builtond operotedwithgreotest core,pipelines
ond their Configurotion Mission

integrily
ore conslontlyunderthreot- externolond internol
domoge LineExplorer
UM Toolespeciollyconfiguredfor metollossinspeclionond
con occur.Pipelines o highlyvoluobleossetfor iheir
olsoconstitute quontitotive meosurement.
woll thickness lt detecfs,

ownersond operotors.Thisinvesiment ils

musibe protected, sizesond locolesmetollossfeoturessuchos corrosion
ond gouging.Toolis olsocopobleof detectingond
operotionmusfbe ensured. hosprovenitselfto be
ln lineinspection
sizingmid-wolldefectssuchos lominotions,
inclusions
ond efficieni
on effecfive instrumenlwithintheovercllmointenonce ond hydrogen-induced
crocking.
processin securing
pipelineintegrlly, efficiency
operotionol ond
complionce.
stotulory LineExplorer
UC Toolespeciollyconfiguredfor crockinspection
opplicotion.Defection,sizingond locotionof oxiol
crocksond crocklikefeoturessuchos fotiguecrocks,
rongeof in-lineinspection
TheLineExplorer toolsdesignedond
stresscorrosioncrocking(SCC)or weld crocks.
operotedby NDTSystems & Servicesoppliestheprecisionof
technology
ultrosound in orderto detect,sizeond occtemetolloss LineExplorer
UCM Combinesthe inspectioncopobilitiesof LineExplorer
ond crockfeotures
in thepipewoll with unsurpossed occurocyond UM ond UC: speciolconfigurotionunitesmetolloss
ond crockdetection,ovoiloblefor pipelinesizes20"
reliobility.
ono oDove.

Inlineinspectiontoolsopplyingultrosound
fechnology werefirst LineExplorer
UCc for the detection,sizing
Speciolcrockconfigurotion
inlroduced morket
intothepipelineintegrily in theeorlyl9BOs.Since crocksin the pipe
ond locotionof circumferentiol

then,dromcticimprovements in ihedesigncnd copobilities of woll or girth weld zone.

e l e c t r o n i cpsr.o c e s s oo' sn d s o r o g ed e v i c eus s e do s w e ' lo s m o j o r

of modernnetworking
developments hovetoken
technologies
intoiheodvoncedrongeof
poce ond hovebeenincorporoted
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Avo i labl e lool configu rol ions
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of ullrosonic toos is bcsedon o
in-lineinspection Advontoges
modulordesig".coveringtfe eosycdcptctionfor oll requiredpipe- o Greoterronge:depending
on thetoolconfigurotion,
linesof
linediometers
ond incorporoting
iheobilityto performo vorief of severolhundredkilometers
con be inspected
in o singlerunwith
tosksusingthesomebosemodule.LineExplorer
inspection tools fullcircumfereniicl
covercge.
fo. thespeclic opplicol'on
ore configu,ed requiredby ll-ecuslomer. ¡ New toolond sensor
corrierdesignsresultin shorter
toollength:
includemetollossond quontifotive
Configurotions woll thickness l"r* ."o.] lo mod [r, cvist;nn Inune.er. nnd .eccirrg¡5.

mecsurement,
oxiolcrockdetection,
circumferenliol
crockdetection, ¡ New electronics
enoblehighergoin:ímproved
dotoquolity,less
mode,combinedmetollossond crockinspection.
bi-directionol In susceptibility
to deposits,
debrisor wox in lhe line.
s o v o i l o b l ien c l u d i nhgi g h
o d d i t i o ns,p e c i ocl o n f i g u r o f i ocnr e o New sensorccrrierdesígn:improveddotc quolityin bendsond
remperoture
ond highpressure
options. betterbypossflushing
to ensureclecnprobesduringsurvey.
¡ Powerfulelectronics
enoblecombinedmetollossonc crccr
Thedevelopment
of theLineExplorer
toolsolsoincluded
scientists
ond inspection.
engineers fromtherenownedFrounhofer Group{Germony}, moinly
the lzfP{lnslitute
for Non'destructive
Testing, ond the
Soorbrücken) Committed ro Quolity
TEG{Technology
Developrrent
Group,Stuttgorl). NDTSystems
& Services
is committed
to quolity.lt is ourgool to build
up long-term
relotionships
ond to be thepreferred for our
portner
t t , . r .
LineExplorer toolsutilizeultrosound technology for fhedefection ond customers. In short:o portnership builton trustwhichoddsvoluefor
l e o t u r e s
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s i z i n go f m e l o l o s so n d c r o c L " ' " oioeline
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of ulnosound
tec[nology
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ond reliobleservices
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ond operctedby
. highestlevelof occurocyi ourcompony.
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levelof confidence,
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. copobleof defecting
ond sizingmetollossond crockfeotures. NDTServices
is chorocterized
by sensitivily
to therequirements
of our
clients.
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theinspection
requirements
of ourcustomers
os
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monogers,
teommembers
os well os dotoond integrily
onolysts.
lineExplorer: Advonced lnspection Technology
TheLineE'plorer;nspec'ion
loolsprovidehigl''erinsoeclon 5peedsof
up lo 2.4 m/slorthe metollossconfigurotion to
ond up 1.5 m/s for
'-: crockinspection All toolsusesolidstctememory
configurotion. LineExplorer Advonfoges:
' ' :ge devices,increcsing tenperoture
relioblit'yond enduroble
Feofure Advontoge
'-:e Theulirosound electronics
ore speedfiggeredensuring thot
' = -:cl will olwoysoperoteot optimum oll thewoy
cxiolreso-lution Higherinspectionspeed --*). Minimizedlossof production
: ': :hemoximum inspection
speed.A furtherdromoticimprovement a:,-^r^. .^^^^ --+ Fewerrunsto coverlengthof line
is thereolizeddcto formotting,
ollowingimmediotedotooccessofter ---*
Shoner bo) )ength M inin ized hap nodificati ons
on inspecfionrun.Thislotter the
feotureenobles teomfo view
Crockond metolloss¡nspection _-> Sovingof mob/demobcosts
inspection
results
on sifeond provides to identify
thepossibility ony
Improvedresolution ---> Betterdoto quolity
crit¡colindicotions
in thepipewoll shortly
ofterthecompletedrun.
.eporrs lmprovedoccurocy .--> lmprovedIntegrityAssessment
doto
Fino ir o rongeof choices¡¡6lulingprinted
con be de'ivered
ond digitolformots.
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PixusC lmproveddoto processing + Fosterreporting

softworepockogeis ovoiloblefor dotoviewing,dofoorchiving

cnd
mcncgemenicnd o vcrielyof integrily tosks,including
ossessment run
comporisons
ond corrosion growlhossessment.
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of thepipewoll con decreose

Theoctuolwoll thickness overtime, T h ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ + ; ^ ^ ^ . ; ^ .-;,^yl,^- ^- ,{ l h e u l ' r o s o n i c i . r s p e c l i o ^ - o o l i s b o s e d u p o n
'.,,
by corrosion
lhrectened importonce
or gouging.lt is of greolesf to themeosurementof thetlme-of-flight signolsreflected
of ultrosonic from
woll present
theocluolremoining
be oblelo meosure in orderto theinternol
ond externol of theoioewo l. On thebosis
surfoces of
iis remoining
ossess ond therebythemoximum
strenglh ollowoble theknownsoundvelocilyof theultrosound in thecouplng medium
Flowsond onomoles in thepipewo I con
so{eoperolingpressure. (e.g.oil)cnd ln thepipelinewoll (e.g.stee), thetime-of-flight
of the
thelnsideor evenfromwithin.Theycon first
growfromtheoutside, signol(t,Jis tronsformed
firstreflected intothed¡stonce beiween
or oterduringthe
ond construction
oppeorduringmonufocluring sensorond internolsurfoce of thepipewoll (stond-off).
Stcrtingof this
l¡feof thepipellne.Theenvironment
operoiionol of the pipeine,the point,thetimeofflightof thesecondreflected signol(tr)is usedto
mediumtronsported,thelpe ond sloteof ony cooting,theeffec- determine (seeFigure2).
thewollthickness
os well os theoperotioncl
of thecothodicprofection
liveness poro-
metersoll plcy on importoni of o given
roleregcrdingtheintegrily
s i n g l el i n eo r p i p e l i n sey s t e m .

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Figure 2: Woll th¡cknessmeosuremenf principle

Polenfed sensor corier design
for high dota quoliy,

Key Tool Specificotions:L¡neExplorerUM

Avoilobletool sizes 6" ¡o 56"

Recommended
velocityfor stondordconfigurotion <2.4 n/s
Temperotureronge - ' 1 0- + 5 0 ' C r r
Moximumpressure 12 0 b o r r
M i n i m u mb e n dr o d i u s 1.5D/9O"
Numberof sensors from 80 {for ó"}
Figure1 showso schemoiic drowingol ¡he24" LineExplorer
UM
to 640 (for 5ó")
vessels
tool.All toolsore mcdeup of pressure housingpowersupply, Axiol somplingdistonce(ot v s 2.4 m/ sl opprox.3 mm 2)
ond recording
elecfonics devicesond o troilingsensor
ccrrier.The Circumferentiol
sensorspocing
. sfondordconfigurotion opprox.8 mm
indiv¡duol
modules of thetooltroinore linkedby universcl
ioints {UM)
. high-resolution
configurotion(UMh) opprox.5.5 mm
whichhovebeendesignedto enoblethetoolto negotiote
oll bend
. pittingconfigurotion(UMp) opprox.4 mm
geometries
lypicollyfoundin o pipeline. Defectlocotion occurqcy:
. oxiol, from neorestgirfhweld t0.l m
Thesensorcorrieris for oll sizesequippedwitho sufficient
number . circumferentiol fo¡ A < 20" t l0'

to ensurelO0 % coverogeof thepipewcll.

of sensors hr A <20' r5'

'l Speciolconfigurotions high pressure,

for high temperoture,
Thesensors ore connectedto the pressure-tight
dotor/eleclronics multi-diometer
ond bi-directionol
ovoilobleuponrequest.
2)Axiol somplingof L5 mm ovoilobleuponrequest.
vessel.Th¡svesselhouses
the ultrosonic
electronicsond thedoto
n e n r i c i l i n n e l e el r n ^ i es . . w e l l a s l h e d o l o s l o r c r o ed e v i c e s . l h e Key Defect Specificotions
doto for longsections
copoclfyis cdequcteto storeinspection of . without depth sizing:
Detectionof metolloss
pipeline,up to severolhundredkilometers.
Furthermore,
thedoto/
minimumdiometer
vesselconloins
electronics theouxilioryeleclronics
suchos pendulum,
(stondord/high-res/pitfing
conf.)
l e r r n e r c r l r r e . r . d n . - o s srrr e m e o s u t e m e . l .
minimumdepth
. with deFh sizing:
Thebofteryvesseloccommodotesthe powersupplyfor thetool.
minimumdiomeler
Depending bosedon the lengthof line
on the powerconsumption,
(stondord/high-res/pittingconf.) 2 O / 1 5 / l Qn n
to be inspectedond overogeinspection
velocily,one or morebottery
minimumdepth 0.4 mm*
vessels
con be used.
Discriminotionint./ext. yes

Depfhsizing resoluiionof woll thicknessmeosurement 0.0ó mm

Oppositeyou will findon overviewof stondord toolspecificotions
(nominolt < 50 mm) occurocyof woll thicknessmeosuremenl t 0.2 mm*
os well os o tobleof defectspecificctions
for themetollossconfigu-
Mid-wollfeotures lominotions
ond inclusions
min.diomerer l 0 m m
rotionof theLineExplorer.
Further
technicol
informotion
con be
<rnnliari ,,nnn ran ,act * lower threshold,
e.g. for thinwolls,on requesl
 adomet'er wheels
supply d¡sfonce
informafion

Tool launch

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S.hemot,ed,ow,ng o[ the )/ liqel-'plo,e, UC

Crqcks qnd Mqteriol Seporotion

Croclsond otherlypesof moteriol seporotions in thepipewoll orienloted (olongthepipeoxis).Theseore
in on oxio direction
con hoveo seriouseffecton the integrilyof o line.Different
lypes themostcriticclcrockgeometries,
generolly ot
os theyore orientoted
of crockscon be detected, fotiguecrocksdueto cn
for instonce rightonglesto lhe octinghoopstresses of the
A speciolconfigurolion
oppliedcyclicloodingor stress crocking(SCC)due to
corrosion designed
UCc, is olsoovoiicblespecificoly
tool,LineExplorer for the
environment,
o corrosive ond susceptible
crilicolstress moteriol. r'lctcetionsizinonnd loeqfig¡ of crocksorienlotedorouno rne
fectures
Crocksond crock-like con oppeorduringmonufocturing rirr.r.nfe.cnrenf thc
, , ' | "nine
, Y ' . , /T'rnienl
Y ' " " , " . -era'nnles
' ' | - ' - " " ' " "of
' ' ' s.rchcrockswould

of thepipe,constructionof thepipelineor duringoperotionollife. offectthegirthweld

to detectond locote
of itsorigin,it is of greotimportonce
lrrespective
o c r o c L [ ^ , e f o r ei t c o n o r o \ / I n r o n r h n m n t e r , a l - s n e . i f i c c r i t c o l s z e TheLineExplorer UC operotes in o liquidenvironment suchos crude
ofterwhichthepipelinewill foil Truecrockinspectiontools,suchos for
e ¡ le r p r o d u c - p i p e l i n el ^se. l i q u ds e r v eoss t h ec o u p nl g m e d i u m
theLineE*plorerUC ronge,provideon effective meonsto deieci,size ihe ultrosoric pulses.lhe toolscon olsobe uredin o gos p peline by
ond locoiecrocksin ihe pipewoll or theweld zone.Thestondord opplyingo suitoble
liquidbotch.
of theLineExplorer
configurotion UC is primorily
designedfor crocLs
 Time-of-flight

Crock defeclion operafing principle

Key Tool Specificotions:L¡neExplorerUC

Avoilobletool sizes 6" ¡o 56"

Recommended velociiyronge@ fullspecificolions< 1 . 5 m / s r l
Temperoture
ronge - ' 1 0- + 5 0 " C r r
Moximumpressure I20 borr)
M i n i m u mb e n dr o d i u s 3D/9O" 4
Numberof crockdeteclionsensors from ]80 {foró") to 89ó {forsó")
Axiol somplingdistonce opprox.3 mm
Circumferentiol
sensorspocing o p p r o x .l 0 m m
Defectlocotionoccurocy:
¡ oxiol, from neorestgirth weld t0.l m
LineExplorerUC: Operoting Principle . circumferentiol Io¡ @ < 2O" t 10"
i snp e r r o r n e d^ t h ep u l s e e c hm
C r o c fi n s p s 6 - ¡ o o o d eu s i n gs l ' e c r Íor @ >20' +5'
woveswilh o propogotion onge of approx.45' in thepipewoll.
rl Speciolconfigurotions higherpressure
for higherspeed,highertemperoture,
Duelo itsreliobility ond occurocy, thistechnique iswell knownin non- multi-diometerond bi'directionol
useuoonreouest.
'zl1 5 D ovoilobleupon fequest
testing
destructive lechnique
os c stondcrd of ulfosonrc
crock
in Figure3
Theprincipleusedis illusfoted
inspeclion.
Key Defect Specificotions:L¡neExplorerUG
Thesensor numberof lronsducers
corrieris equippedwifho sufficient
Defecttype oxiol crocksond crocklikeoxiol defects
thctthepipewoLlis covered1OO% duringinspeciion.
io ensure
(e.9.SCC,fotiguecrocks,crock-like
weld defects)
ForIhe24" tool,for exomple,thisresulis
in lhe useof 3ó0 crock
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