TesTex Inc has published an article in Russia concerning our magnetic non-destructive testing. Specifically our Low Frequency Magnetic Technique (LFET) inspection of Pipe lines. You can view the article here in PDF form. [2 MB]… Read the rest
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Magnetite article published in the Power Plant Chemistry Journal
We recently published an article with the Power Plant Chemistry Journal regarding our work in the magnetite detection field. Shawn Gowatski, and Gary Miner coauthored the article, which will be in the September 2011 issue. We have been given permission to distribute a copy of this article on our site in its unaltered form. You can download it here in PDF form(10MB).… Read the rest
Falcon 2000 MK II Tank Floor Scanner shows flaw under .120″ epoxy
On June 29th, TesTex conducted a tank floor inspection of tank No. 616 for XXXXXXX in Montreal, Canada. Tank No. 616 was the seventh tank at this site in which TesTex has conducted a tank floor scan with the Falcon 2000 Mk II Tank Floor Inspection System. The floor of tank No. 616 was of carbon steel material, 70 ft. in diameter, and lined with an epoxy coating with a nominal thickness of 0.120 in. 34 reportable indications … Read the rest
New Corrosion Fatigue Cracking Test Module
TesTex Inc. recently acquired a mud drum test module to assist in development of probes designed to go through moderate bends from the mud drum and test for corrosion fatigue cracking. This Module simulates all the bend types coming from a real mud drum of an existing client. The testing requires a special newly developed BFET (Balanced Field Electromagnetic Technique) probe. The main issue was to prevent breaking BFET probes as they went through the bends and more accurately detect … Read the rest
TesTex hosts the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Boiler Reliability Interest Group (BRIG) site-visit on June 7, 8, and 9, 2011
The annual 2011 EPRI BRIG meeting is in Pittsburgh, PA. this year, and TesTex has been selected to host the vendor site-visit portion of the meeting. Approximately (70)+ fossil power professionals will spend a half day in TesTex’s Head Quarters. During the visit, they will see hands-on demonstrations of:
1. Boiler Waterwall Scanning for ID flaw mechanisms such as Corrosion Cells/Hydrogen Damage and Caustic/Phosphate Gouging
2. Ultra High Speed Condenser Tube Inspection
3. Magnetite Detection in Stainless Steel Superheater Tubes
4. … Read the rest
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