TPi October 2012

products & developments

New range of thickness gauges and flaw detectors

All Elcometer NDT products are rugged and water resistant, and manufactured in the USA by Elcometer. Elcometer manufactures inspection equipment with specialised divisions dedicated to coatings inspection, concrete inspection and industrial metal detection.

As part of its continuing growth strategy Elcometer, a supplier of equipment for the corrosion inspection industry, has launched a comprehensive range of ultrasonic thickness gauges and flaw detectors. Under the Elcometer NDT brand name, the range includes both corrosion and precision thickness gauges plus handheld mini-flaw detectors, together with over 650 transducers and accessories to meet the exacting demands of the industry. Gottsberg Leak Detection, a family owned company specialising in non- destructive testing, has launched a new ultrasonic leak detection pig that makes pigging in pipelines easier. The new GLD 202 detector is a reliable and easy-to-use pipeline pig that can detect leaks from a (TÜV Nord GmbH certified) size of 6.8 l/h. The company states that this is less than 5 per cent of what online systems can normally detect, and better than most other leak detection pigs.

Elcometer NDT – UK sales@elcometer.com www.elcometerndt.com

Elcometer NDT products New generation of leak detection pigs

data with GLD 700 software can be carried out by the operator’s personnel, because its use is easy and mostly automated. A few days of training with Gottsberg’s experts will be enough to make reliable statements about the leak tightness of the inspected pipeline.

The Gottsberg detector is approved for ATEX Zone 0, which means that the handling with the machine and its use in pipelines does not affect operation, because no EX norms must be regarded concerning the use of the pig. During a run, normal pipeline operation can be maintained, because parameters such as speed or pressure can vary without influencing the electronic recording. When the run, which can last up to 2,000km at a flow rate of 2m/sec, is complete, the analysis of the recorded

Gottsberg Leak Detection GmbH & Co KG – Germany

info@leak-detection.de www.leak-detection.de

Your specialist in metallurgically clad pipes

BUTTING Germany · Belgium · Brazil · Canada · China Brigitte Blechinger Sales Oil and Gas Upstream Phone: +49 5834 50-230 brigitte.blechinger @ butting.de www.butting.com

For more than 230 years BUTTING has been supporting the customers with its skill and innovations. Since the mid-eighties we have been producing longitudinally welded, metallurgically clad pipes and have delivered more than 6 500 tons of these pipes to customers world-wide. We produce them in OD’s from 114.3 mm (4”) up to 1 219 mm (48”) in various material combinations. Progress by Tradition!

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