Quest TruTec's proprietary technology, FTIS™, is an intelligent pig capable of rapid automated UT (ultrasonic) inspection of convection and radiant furnace tubes as well as difficult-to-inspect piping/pipelines up to 5 miles (8 kilometers) in length. Standard reporting capabilities range from standard line plots and tables to graphical 3-Dimensional (3D) pipe layouts (as seen to the right) allowing for accurate and timely risk-based decisions for resource management.
FTIS™ Case Studies
Features
- Capable of inspecting 4" to 8” diameter piping / tubing
- Pipe / tube wall thicknesses up to 0.8” (20 mm)
- Simultaneously measures wall thickness, average wall thickness, pit depth, inside radius, average radius, and axial position
Benefits
- Capable of detecting pipe / tube wall loss
- Corrosion (internal / external)
- Erosion (internal / external)
- Pitting (internal / external)
- Mechanical damage (internal / external)
- Capable of detecting deformation
- Bulging (i.e. flame impingement)
- Swelling (i.e. creep strain)
- Denting
- Ovality
- Proprietary 3-Dimensional (3D) reports allow for improved resource management as well as operational analysis
- Performs non-contact in-situ measurements
- Survives harsh hydraulic inspection environments
- Inspects both convection and radiant section or entire pipe length at
2 feet (61 cm) per second
- Negotiates unlimited short radius (1D) return bends
- No scaffolding required
- Engineering analysis available through LifeQuest™
Applications
- Fired / Process Heaters
- Numerous furnace types (Platformers, CCR, vacuum, coker,
crude, can, cabin, etc.)
- Various coil configurations (vertical, horizontal, u-shape, etc.)
- Changing piping diameters throughout coil's length (4”, 5”, 6”, and 8”)
- Non-piggable furnaces in some cases (i.e. common headers)
- Pipelines
- Underground / buried / road crossings
- Insulated (i.e. asbestos)
- Overhead (i.e. congested pipe racks)
- In plant / between plants / wharf Lines
- 4-8” diameter pipelines – under 5 miles (8 kilometers) in length
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