The rotating tube inspection system (RTIS) is a turnkey solution that uses phased array probes integrated into a fully automated testing system to meet stringent requirements for volume and surface inspections. Key benefits include:
- Minimize your dependency on operator skill with automatic calibration
- Detect defects at production speed with calibration check
- Familiar to major oil companies
- Detects oblique defects to meet current and pending industry standards
- Get the most out of the system with 2D mapping and end-of-tube inspection capabilities
Designed to be an easy-to-use solution for helping ensure the quality of seamless and electric resistance welded tubes, the system includes:
- Dedicated project management
- Instruments, probes, and mechanical equipment
- Water management system
- Software
- Commissioning, training, and after-sales support
Full Body Tube Inspection
Inspect for longitudinal, transverse, oblique, and lamination defects, and measure wall thickness.
- Novel water wedge enables many degrees of freedom to accommodate pipe movement and provide excellent coupling
- Design leaves only small untested tube ends
- Automatic calibration for repeatable results
- High sensitivity on small reference defects with a signal-to-noise ratio greater than 12 dB
- Can be used to fulfill testing regulations (API-5CT and API-5L)
 Longitudinal |
 Transverse |
 Oblique |
Maximize Your Productivity
The system is adaptable and can be configured to suit different types of inspections.
- The number of inspection heads or electronics can be adapted to meet the required productivity level
- Up to four apertures per phased array probe can be fired simultaneously
- Large mechanical scan overlap covering up to 120 mm/r
Automatic Calibration
To achieve a thorough inspection, each phased array probe must be calibrated. During calibration, the apertures of each probe pass over a known defect, and the probe’s gain level is automatically adjusted. This feature enables users to easily perform and validate a precise calibration of each focal law, saving time without relying on the user’s skill.
- All probes can be calibrated in a single automatic sequence
- Calibration check performed under normal production conditions
- Each reference defect is validated to help ensure they’re detected above the alarm level
- Results are displayed in an easy-to-interpret strip chart and weld mapping view
