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| Magnetec Inspection, Inc. |
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| Magnetec Inspection, Inc. |
| Magnetec Inspection, Inc. |
| The process side of the exchanger shows all areas including the baffle with excessive material loss. |
| A ruptured exchanger tube was discovered after a hydro test. It appears the tube failed due to thinning of the tube wall. |
| Shell-side inspections with remote video tools such as videoscopes are used to verify the condition of the tubes and shell and the extent of shell-side fouling in an exchanger. |
| Shell-side corrosion and fouling can be identified and evaluated using remote video camera systems such as small-diameter, articulating videoscopes. |
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| Exchanger Tube Bacterial Corrosion |
| This bacterial corrosion was caused by an ineffective cooling water treatment program.A videoscope was used to determine the extent of the corrosion throughout the facility. Non-contact measurement software was used to quantify the pitting. |
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| Magnetec Inspection, Inc. |
| Exchanger Tube Fouling and Pitting |
| Video scopes are excellent tools for determining the internal conditions of exchanger tubes. Techniques such as eddy current only supply numbers for supposed wall loss. Remote video can differentiate conditions such as fouling, scale, corrosion, and pitting before using software to accurately measure features. |
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| Tube Walls Thinned and Blown Out |
| Vibration may have be associated with the tube failure where the tube has completely broken off. |
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| Exchanger Tube Broke off at Baffle |
| Many of our clients have used videoscopes to locate and determine the cause of failures in tubes. |
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| Tube Walls Thinned and Failed |
| A hole is clearly visible with pitting indications. |
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| Tube Walls Thinned and Pitted |
| Aluminum had deposited and built up in this tube over time. The presence and thickness of this build-up was verified using a remote camera system and non-contact measurement software. |
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| Blown Exchanger Tube |
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| Aluminum Build-up in Tube |
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| Cooling Water Side Conditions |
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| Corrosion on Tube OD |
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| This video shows corrosion at the start of a tube near the tube sheet. |
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| Corrosion Near Tubesheet |
| This video shows corrosion at the rolled area of the tube. |
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| Corrosion at Rolled Area of Tube |
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| Leak at Row 4 Tube 13 |
| This video shows tube corrosion and wall loss. |
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| Corrosion and Wall Loss |
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| A videoscope was used to inspect this tube for fouling. Debris was also noted in this tube. |
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| Condenser Tube Fouled & Foreign Object |
| This foreign object was noted during a tube side inspection of an exchanger |
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| Fin Fan Tube Scale & Foreign Object |
| This image shows fouling on the inside diameter of an exchanger tube pass. |
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| Exhcnager Tube Fouled Pass |
| Corrosion is clearly visible in this video of the inside diameter of a heat exchanger tube. |
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| Internal Corrosion of Heat Exchanger Tube |
| This image shows cluster pitting on the inside diameter of tubes in a sales exchanger. Using non-contact measurement software, Maverick is able to provide size measurements of features such as pitting. |
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| Cluster Pitting Due to Sour Glycol in Sales Exchanger |
| This video shows random tubes of the Exchanger with excessive scale fouling. |
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| Magnetec Inspection, Inc. |
| Initial Pre-Cleaning Inspection of Exchanger Tube Bundle for Preparation Prior to Chemical Cleaning |
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