TPi March 2016

4-8 April 2016

Phased array ultrasonic test system to launch at Düsseldorf

wall thickness. The system, which also features MAC’s wireless transmission of test signals, can ensure compliance with industry standards at throughput speeds up to 1m/s. The 500mm transverse and longitudinal Rotoflux ® flux leakage testers, combined with the ultrasonic test, provide a more comprehensive test, especially for OCTG material. The addition of the UT rotary to the magnetic flux leakage testers provides complete all-direction test capability and gives the user full flexibility to optimise the pipe inspection process. The two flux leakage units can test to 5 per cent OD and ID notch levels in up to approximately 12mm wall thickness, and 10 per cent OD and ID levels for thickness up to 15mm. The result of the combined test technologies is a system that is compliant with API 5CT and 5L, ASTM E570 and other standards, including those that require ultrasonic testing as the first method and a second method at the discretion of the pipe producer. MAC’s experienced engineers will be present at the stand to discuss the company’s full range of ultrasonic phased array, rotary and full body test systems for tube and pipe, as well as the new compact Minimac ® 55 eddy current tester, which features all the capabilities of MAC’s Multimac ® software in a single channel instrument.

The focus of the element can be located at more than one depth. This allows one phased array multi-element probe to be used for working at different angles of incidence and different depths, instead of requiring several single element probes with different focal distances as would be the case with traditional UT. With these capabilities it is possible to test a range of sizes, or fine-tune incidence angles, without having tomake physical adjustments to transducer positions. With this introduction, MAC states that it will become one of the few companies that can offer either rotary or phased array solutions, ensuring that the customer gets the best tester for their application. In addition to the new phased array system, MAC’s 500mm test systems utilising rotary ultrasonic and flux leakage technology will be featured. The rotary test technique spins large numbers of transducers around the pipe as it passes through an enclosed rotary test chamber continuously supplied with pressurised water couplant. This design offers higher throughput speeds, quicker reconfiguration of transducers for different diameter material, repeatable test results and 100 per cent coverage. The 500mm UT tester can detect longitudinal and transverse crack type defects on OD and ID pipe surfaces, and throughout the product’s cross section, as well as lamination type defects, meeting standards that require finding artificial notches at a 5 or 10 per cent level of the wall in pipe with any

Magnetic Analysis Corp (MAC) will be launching the Echomac ® PA, its first ultrasonic phased array test system, at Tube 2016. Complementing MAC’s existing broad range of rotary ultrasonic testers, a phased array test system designed to inspect up to 180mm diameter material has been supplied to a European customer. A second similar PA system, designed to inspect up to 100mm material, will be supplied later this year. Rotary ultrasonic testers can provide higher speed testing when multiple defect types are involved. However, phased array technology has evolved to the point where there are now some applications that can benefit from its uniquecapabilities.MAC’snewEchomac PA system is capable of generating normal incidence as well as clockwise and anticlockwise shear waves electronically from linear transducer arrays, providing defect detection and wall thickness measurement.

Test head for MAC’s new Echomac PA phased array test system

Magnetic Analysis Corp – USA info@mac-ndt.com www.mac-ndt.com

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Tees and crosses BTH Elstar Sp zoo, founded in 1995, is a trader and producer of a wide range of stainless steel products for various branches of industry. The company produces tees according to standards EN 10253-3 and DIN 11852, crosses and collectors from stainless steel within the size range DN20-DN400, and pipe clamps in the size range DN10 to DN250, with or without support.

The company’s main goal is to deliver comprehensive service, including technical support and delivery of fittings for the food industry, threaded fittings, welded fittings, industrial valves and pipes.

Elstar’s leading product is the tee of the EN 10253-3 standard. The company recently improved production and introduced a passivation process. Its factory in Elblag in the north of Poland is able to produce stainless steel tees and crosses, as well as non-typical pipeline elements such as collectors, according to individual needs and designs.

BTH Elstar Sp zoo – Poland bth@elstar.com.pl www.elstar.com.pl

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