6 TUBE INSPECTION SOLUTIONS

TUBE INSPECTION SELECTION CHART

Material Tecnique Defect types Determines Cleanliness

type requirements

Pits, Pin holes,

Non
ET Cracks, Defect depth % Access
Ferrous Wall - loss

Pits, Pin holes,

FSEC Cracks, Defect depth % Access
Wall - loss

Pits, Cracks,
RFT Defect depth % Not critical
Wall - loss

Pits, Pin holes,

Ferrous PSEC Defect depth % Critical
Wall - loss

Pits, Pin Holes,

MFL Defect depth % Critical
Wall - loss

Internal
Internal
Diameter
HFEC diameter Access
enlargements
enla rgement %
(erosion)

Remaining wall
IRIS Pits, Wall - loss 100%
thickness
All
materials
Pits, Overall
Defect shape
RVI corrosion Critical
(internal only)
(internal only)
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Probability of Detection (POD)

Defects under
Axial cracks

support plate
Circ. cracks
Wall - loss
Main Advantages
and Disadvantages

Pits
• Fast (450 -700 tubes/6 meter/day)
• Hi gh sensitivity Good Good Poor Good Good
• Accurate sizing possible

• Fast (450 -700 tubes/6 meter/day)

• High sensitivity
Good Good Poor Good Good
• Accurate sizing possible
• Can only be used on slight permeable

• Good overall performance on

carbon steel
Fair Good Good Poor Fair
• Cleaning not critical
• Pits need to have some volume in order
• Sensitive to pits in carbon steel
• Phase information available
Good Fair Good Good Good
for internal sizing
• Can be used on finned tubes

• Sensitive to pit in carbons steel

• Can be used on finned tubes Good Fair Good Poor Good
• Sizing of defects very limited

• Fast
• Can only detect limited amount No Internal No No No
of defect types

• Accurate determination of wall thickness

• Provides information about defect
Good Good No No Good
geometry
• Slow (70 -100 tu bes/6 meter/day)

• Can be used on every material

• Visualization of defects possible Poor No Fair Fair No
• Only information of interior of tube