Tube inspection with

The MultiScan MS5800

The MS5800 can be used for carrying out the

following tube inspections
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Eddy Current
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Magnetic Flux Leakage
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Remote Field
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Near Field
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IRIS Ultrasound
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Tube Inspection with Eddy Current Testing (ECT)
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Condensers Tube Inspection with Internal Rotating Inspection
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Feedwater heaters System (IRIS) for Ferrous and Nonferrous
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Heat exchangers Materials
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Air conditioners t
Boilers
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Feedwater heaters
Eddy current testing is a non-contact method used to t
Air coolers
inspect non ferromagnetic tubing. This technique is t
Heat exchangers
suitable for detecting and sizing metal discontinuities
such as corrosion, erosion, wear, pitting, baffle cuts, The ultrasonic IRIS option is used to inspect a wide
wall loss, and cracks in nonferrous materials. range of materials including ferrous, nonferrous,
and nonmetallic tubing. This technique detects and
sizes wall loss resulting from corrosion, erosion, wear,
pitting, cracking, and baffle cuts. Olympus digital IRIS
inspection technology is used extensively as a prove-
up technique for remote field testing, magnetic flux
leakage, and eddy current inspections.

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Tube Inspection with Remote Field Testing (RFT)
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Boilers
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Feedwater heaters
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Carbon steel heat exchangers
Remote field testing (RFT) is being used to
successfully inspect ferromagnetic tubing such as
carbon steel or ferritic stainless steel. This technology
offers good sensitivity when detecting and
measuring volumetric defects resulting from erosion,
corrosion, wear, and baffle cuts.
Tube Inspection with Near Field Testing (NFT)
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Air coolers
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Carbon steel heat exchangers
The near field testing (NFT) technology is a rapid and
inexpensive solution intended specifically for fin-fan
carbon-steel tubing inspection. This new technology
relies on a simple driver-pickup eddy current probe
design providing very simple signal analysis.
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Tube Inspection with Magnetic Flux Leakage
(MFL)
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Feedwater heaters
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Air coolers
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Carbon steel heat exchangers
Magnetic flux leakage (MFL) is a fast inspection
technique, suitable for measuring wall loss and
detecting sharp defects such as pitting, grooving,
and circumferential cracks. MFL is effective for
aluminum-finned carbon steel tubes because the
magnetic field is almost completely unaffected by
the presence of such fins.
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