Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Ultrasonic testing of above ground tanks and vessels

Conference ·
OSTI ID:287825
 [1]
  1. Visual Inspection Technologies, Inc., Flanders, NJ (United States)
To address the increased demand in the above ground tank inspection marketplace, a remotely operated magnetic-wheeled crawler was developed to accurately and safely acquire ultrasonic thickness data. The system incorporates a magnetically attached delivery device, portable digital flaw detector and PC-based data acquisition software to gather and analyze information. In addition, custom software performs instant American Petroleum Institute`s (API) Standard 653 calculations with on-site reporting.
OSTI ID:
287825
Report Number(s):
CONF-960154--; ISBN 0-9648731-8-4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English