Data Collection Review

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 Pre-mobilisation Information

•Pipe Diameter & Wall Thickness?

•Coating / Insulation?
•Buried Line?
•Contents – Pressure & Temperature?
•Geometry – Bends / Supports / Clamps?
•Age / Environment?

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•Location – At Height / Confined Space?
 Tooling Checks

• Visual Check

• Longitudinal Ring Spacing?

• Capacitance Check

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 Tool Location

• Ideally minimum of 1m from any Pipe feature

• Flanges?
• 1/3 2/3 position on spool length
• Dead Zone?
• Thickness check at cardinal points
• Visual check – surface condition?

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 Surface Condition

• External Corrosion
• Loose Paint / Rust / Oil & Grease
• Polished / Buffed / Grit Blasted?

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• Consider re-locating the tool
 Datum Selection

• Why is a Datum important?

• What can we use for Datums?

• Datum Measuring

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• Explanation of Datum
 Normalisation

• Automatic or Manual?

• When might Manual be preferred?

• Unbalanced Tool Warning

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• Using ‘Unity’?
 Additional Tests

• What are they and when are they required?

•Focusing

•Extra frequencies

•Changing the pulse length

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•Frequency sweep
 Data Handling

• Why is Data Handling important?

• Save Data with unique file names

• Copy files to removable media before moving
to next location - .tt2 and .zip files
• Back up collected Data after every shift
including any photographs

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 Data Collection Review - Overview

•Pre-mobilisation Information
•Tooling Checks
•Tool Location
•Surface Condition
•Datum Selection
•Normalisation
•Additional Tests

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•Data Handling