Inspecting Tube Ends

Description

All NDT test methods have some limitation in regard to testing to the very end of a tube. These “untested ends” must be cut off, resulting in a substantial loss of product and revenue, or the manufacturer needs to develop a method to test these ends to meet the tube integrity requirement. Some industries require that the end be tested to a higher level of integrity because it is being expanded, threaded, or welded in the field, and end integrity is critical to the tube performance. MAC’s new UT End Tester provides a solution to this problem.

MAC’s Echomac FD-5 electronics provide the critical software for controlling the transducers and receiving, adjusting, analyzing, and reporting the test results.

The Echomac® UT End Tester consists of two independent, identical test stations designed to inspect the untested portion of a tube end. Generally this portion would range between 250 and 500mm from the tube end, depending on the

Feature

• Fulfills API 5CT & 5L
• Detects ID & OD longitudinal and transverse notches down to 5% of the tube wall
• Detects lamination 6.2mm FBH
• Measures wall thickness
• Innovative Automated Pitch Control
• Unique end plug cone follows unstraight tube ends

Spesification

Fulfills API 5CT & 5L
Detects ID & OD longitudinal and transverse notches down to 5% of the tube wall
Detects lamination 6.2mm FBH
Measures wall thickness
Innovative Automated Pitch Control
Unique end plug cone follows unstraight tube ends