UltraPIPE Inspection Data Management

UltraPIPE Benefits

• Comprehensive Inspection Planning: WHAT and WHEN equipment is due for inspection?
• Predictive Life Analysis
• Risk-Based Analysis
• Total Inspection Data Management
• Increased safety through knowledge of equipment conditions (High Corrosion, Low Remaining Life)
• Increase efficiency – Reduce Costs

UltraPIPE Capabilities

• Manage inspection data for Fixed Equipment, including Piping, Pressure Vessels, Atmospheric Tanks, Power Boilers, and Relief Valves
• Corrosion Monitoring / UT Inspection Scheduling
• General Inspection Scheduling (Externals, Internals, Visuals)
• Predictive Life Analysis based on General Thinning
• Risk-Based Inspection capabilities
• Comprehensive reporting and scheduling functions

Flawed Specimens for

• NDE Training
• NDE Qualifications
• NDE Performance Demonstrations

What are Flawed Specimens

Sonaspection's flawed specimens contain purposely induced real flaws which are accurately sized and located. Each specimen is supplied with documentation detailing flaw types, sizes and location.

NDE Training & Certification

NDE authorities around the world are striving to harmonise NDE training and certification by introducing and working to the new ISO standards.There is now more emphasis on the use of flawed specimens to give hands-on practical training and conduct more meaningful and representative certifications.

What are flawed specimens used for

As part of a quality training programme to make sure students are aware of flaws and how they can be detected, identified and sized using NDE. Flawed specimens can also be used to perform practical personnel qualification, procedure and equipment development.

Why Sonaspection

Sonaspection is the longest established manufacturer of flawed specimens starting in 1980, and is the pioneer on many well recognised ‘industry standard' flaw manufacture and implanting techniques. Sonaspection's flaw manufacturing procedures have, without doubt, been proven as the ‘industry standard' for consistently able to meet the most exacting tolerances

Sonaspection have been involved with NDE training and qualification for many years and from experience we have developed this range of products which are suitable for all major training and NDE certification programs.

NDE Educational Kits

Introduction to flaws - A set of miniature welds, macro sections and photo-radiographs to demonstrate the principles of flaw detection, flaw interpretation and basic sizing.

For Level I training and qualification ie ASNT-TC-lA, PCN, EN473 and others

Flawed Specimen Sets

Introduction to basic flaw evaluation - A set of small welds with simple weld geometry's to demonstrate basic flaw detection, sizing and interpretation.

For Level I & II training and qualification ie ASNT-TC-lA, PCN, EN473 and others

Standard Flawed Specimens

Advanced flaw evaluation - Realistic size welds in most common geometry's available either individually or in sets for advanced training/practice and qualification.

For Level II Training, practice and qualification ie ACCP, ASNT-TC-lA, PCN, EN473, API and others

Custom Specimens

Full size mock-ups / component simulations containing accurately located and sized flaws, simple or complex weld geometry's, exotic materials.

For specific NDE training, procedure development, personnel training and qualification, specialists training and performance demonstration, for example ASME XI Appendix VII training and ASME XI Appendix VIII.

Custom Calibration Blocks

We offer these reflector types:

• EDM
• Slots
• Notches
• Side Drilled Holes
• Flat Bottom Holes

DM Handheld Telemetry Device Telemetry Device Range Overview

The JCM range of telemetry devices allow data acquisition and control over a radio link. Devices can talk to each other as well as special dedicated function devices such as a hand held reader or a PC interface.

Although no one can guarantee perfect radio communications our three-stage error detection protocol will ensure that if data is received it is correct and readings and values can be relied upon.

Low power sleep modes ensure that battery life is maximized for applications where only occasional communications is required and where devices are placed in hard to access locations.

The devices use a text based communications protocol so you can communicate just as easily using a serial terminal program (such as HyperTerminal) as when integrating the supplied driver into your own applications.

Devices are available in a choice of European 868MHz or USA 915MHz frequencies.

TDM Overview

The TDM offers a handheld display of data from the telemetry device range. This battery powered handheld device makes remote monitoring simple. The ability to display peak, trough and a frozen reading adds to the usefulness. The TDM is also capable of calibrating remote devices that support it.

Holding up to twenty device IDs in memory makes switching between multiple remote devices a breeze.

The TDM does not expose itself to the radio interface. I.e. other devices cannot talk to the TDM.

• Store up to 20 device IDs for quick selection of different devices.
• Read back the Gross value from a device in either primary or secondary engineering units. (The secondary unit scaling can be programmed from the TDM)
• Select from 3 update rates: 3 per second, 1 per second or 1 every 3 seconds.
• Perform various functions on the reading such as Hold, Peak Hold, Trough Hold, Peak/trough Reset, Gross/Net.
• Send a device to sleep (low power mode) or wake a device.
• Operate remote Shunt Cal output (If supported by the remote device).
• Calibrate a remote device using Manual, Automatic or Table driven methods.
• Display remote error indication and remote battery low indication.
• Retrieve the remote Error Status from a device and optionally reset the errors.

Communications Overview

The telemetry devices each have a unique device ID which must be used for all communications either with a master or other devices within the system. The ID is fixed at production and is referred to in hexadecimal format. The range covered is from 000001 to FFFFFF which gives an address range of 1 to 16777215 decimal. With 16 million addresses it can be guaranteed that no two devices will have the same ID.