A team researchers is investigating a new method to monitor underground gas pipelines with high-tech sensors that can make it easier to find weaknesses, discrepancies and even a diversion in ...
An ultrasonic microrobot achieves bidirectional high-speed locomotion (81 cm s −1) in micro-pipes via frequency modulation. MEMS-fabricated ultrathin piezoelectric composite film enables rapid ...
Dublin, Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Ultrasonic Testing Market by Phased Array, Time-of-flight Diffraction, Immersion Testing, Guided Wave Testing, Acoustography, Flaw Detectors, Thickness ...
In summer 1998, TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., Calgary, inspected two sections of a 914-mm (36 in.) OD gas transmission pipeline (predominantly 9.14 mm WT) using an ultrasonic liquid-coupled, crack ...
Nondestructive testing (NDT) refers to the inspection of materials to ensure their integrity and serviceability without damaging the components in the process. There are various NDT methods used by ...
A few weeks ago British Petroleum, administrator and partial owner of Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay oil field, announced that recent tests had revealed corrosion in the pipeline system and shut down production ...
In September 1997, Enbridge Pipelines Inc. initiated a crack-detection program on the 283 km, Cromer-to-Gretna, Man., section of Enbridge's Line 3. Its purpose was to assess the integrity of this ...
As part of its ongoing strategic investment program Interpipe today announced the the realization of the project aimed at the increase of non-destructive testing (NDT) facilities, based in ...