TPi September 2019

Tube inspection & testing technology

Tube inspection & testing technology

What would constitute a strong challenge to these techniques? A likely candidate might be the making of on-line corrections to a machine imposing multiple and complex bends in a tube intended for long, hard use in a hostile environment. Information supplied would need to be accurate not only about the bend points but as to the entire complex tube contour.

The workpiece would at all times require direct comparison with a master tube or a CAD model, with super-sensitive alerts. Correlation, conformation, correction: all would be to standards well beyond the norm and very little short of absolute ideal. In fact, to the professionals whose products and services are reviewed here, this is not a counsel of perfection.