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Quest Integrity Group Introduces its Enhanced MANTIS™ Tube Crawler Inspection Technology for Steam Reformer Tubes
July 29, 2010 (SEATTLE) - Quest Integrity Group, LLC (www.QuestIntegrity.com) today announced the formal launch of its MANTIS™ tube crawler inspection technology for steam reformer tubes. The external tube crawler was recently upgraded with the addition of an innovative eddy current application. This enhancement adds crack detection and measurement capabilities for tube condition analyses to complement the outer dimension tube creep measurements already recorded. This eddy current probe design was developed for and proven within the nuclear industry and now represents the latest eddy current innovation available to the syngas industry.
One-hundred percent of the high quality inspection data captured by MANTIS feeds directly into LifeQuest™ Reformer, thereby providing remaining life assessment for each inspected tube in accordance with API 579 and ASME FFS-1/2007. Finite Element Analysis, utilizing the company’s proprietary materials database, assesses through-wall creep damage gradients and includes longitudinal and through-thickness stress gradients to accurately model current condition, historical stresses and predicted stresses. Erroneous test results caused by varying permeability properties along the tube lengths are virtually eliminated with this new eddy current methodology.
“This solution monitors tube life over the entire life cycle, while other techniques are often useful only at, or very near, end of tube life which is often too late for remnant life prediction or effective tube replacement management,” said Rich Roberts, Vice President, Inspection Division for Quest Integrity Group.
Quest Integrity Group provides highly accurate, technology-enabled inspection and assessment solutions that help companies in the process, pipeline and power industries increase profitability, reduce operational and safety risks, and improve operational planning. The company is headquartered in Seattle and has offices in Houston, Denver, Canada, The Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, Australia and New Zealand.
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