Versa Integrity Group Acquires Southern Inspection Services
Southern Inspection Services (SIS) has announced it has been acquired by Versa Integrity Group, a...
Versa Integrity’s advanced services offer various advanced technologies. These may be referred to as specialty inspections and consist of phased array UT, corrosion mapping, positive material identification, guided wave ultrasonics and tubular inspections (eddy current, remote field and IRIS).
Phased array UT can be used for nozzle inspections and in-service examinations, as well as an alternative to radiography for weld inspection. It produces digital real-time results that are code compliant and suitable for archiving, and provides real-time control of focal length, focal spot and beam angles to customize and increase the speed of the examinations.
Benefits of using phased array UT include:
TOFD is the most accurate ultrasonic method of measuring through wall extents and is highly adaptable to defect monitoring activities.
Advantages of TOFD include:
Automated ultrasonic testing-corrosion mapping provides accurate thickness measurements, coupled with precise reading locations. Ideal for use on ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic materials, it can be easily adapted to corrosion monitoring programs on piping and vessels and has the capacity to inspect coated and non-coated items.
Guided wave is primarily used to inspect difficult to access piping systems in the oil and gas refining, petrochemical, storage, offshore and pipeline transportation industries, such as:
Surface eddy-current testing is suitable for finding surface breaking flaws in weldments and base material, as it is faster than MT and PT methods. It is highly portable, battery operated and produces more accurate measurements and readings than conventional surface eddy current processes.
Benefits of surface eddy-current testing include:
In comparison, tubular testing can inspect locations that are difficult to access, as it can detect various forms of internal and external damage such as cracking, corrosion erosion, pitting, fretting and gradual wall. Array probes can be used to find the axial location of a defect surface laser mapping, producing a ‘digital pit gauge’ that creates a corrosion map of the surface scanned.
Southern Inspection Services (SIS) has announced it has been acquired by Versa Integrity Group, a...