Magnetic inspection

Magnetic method of in-line inspection is based on registering stray magnetic fields, arising from magnetization of the wall of the pipeline. The essence of this method is that if there is any anomaly in the wall of the pipeline, a part of magnetic flow is dispersed on the anomaly, and this may be recorded by the sensor, located close to the pipeline surface.

Magnetizing the wall of the pipeline by ILI tools is provided through permanent magnets, placed on a cylindrical yoke, and through flexible metallic brushes, transferring magnetic flow from the magnets to the wall of the pipeline.

Magnetic inspection has the following advantages:

high sensitivity to metal loss features

high resolution capacity

high stability of monitoring results

visibility of monitoring results

minimum faulty actuation

high security and producibility of construction of ILI tools

Magnetic inspection is executed by a complex of ILI tools with a diameter from 219 mm (8”) to 1420 mm (56”), including:

Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL)

Transverse Field Inspection (TFI)

Introscope (MFL+)

MFL tools

Дефектоскопы продольного намагничивания серии ДМТ

Tasks

Magnetic flux leakage tools are designed to detect and record:

corrosion anomalies (corrosion, pitting, pinhole, circumferential grooving)
artificial defects of circumferential positioning
circumferential metallurgical anomalies
circumferential stress-corrosion cracks
girth weld anomalies

Features

Magnetic flux leakage tools of high resolution (MFL) are utilized to record and detect the signals of longitudinal magnetic flow leakage at anomalies location on the pipeline wall.

TFI tools

Дефектоскопы поперечного намагничивания серии ДМТП (TFI)

Tasks

Transverse field inspection tools (TFI) are designed to detect and record:

corrosion anomalies
artificial defects of axial positioning
axial metallurgical anomalies
axial stress-corrosion cracks
seam weld anomalies

Features

A unique construction of magnetizing system of Transverse field inspection tool (TFI) enables to achieve (most) high accuracy in detecting axially-positioned cracks, which are the most dangerous anomalies of trunk pipelines.

MFL+ introscopes

Tasks

Magnetic introscopes MFL+ are designed to detect and record:

corrosion anomalies on the inner surface of the pipeline
metallurgic anomalies on the inner surface
girth weld, longidutidanl weld and spiral weld anomalies
pipe geometry imperfection

Features

Magnetic introscopes MFL+ are able to identify with a photographic accuracy all the anomalies of any positioning on the inner side of the pipeline wall, including geometry anomalies. The accuracy of identification and estimation of anomalies does not depend on the wall thickness.

Combined magnetic-acoustic inspection

Combined magnetic-acoustic in-line inspection is based on electromagnetic-acoustic (EMA) method of excitation and registration of ultrasound shear vibrations in the metal of controlled pipeline, which enables to execute In-line inspection without utilization of a contact liquid.

Combined magnetic-acoustic tools

Tasks

Combined magnetic-acoustic tools are designed to:

identify zones of variously oriented cracks at an early stage of development both in base metal and girth welds
register metal loss features and laminations, estimate its depth by an acoustic method, monitor the growth of corrosion anomalies
define the type and estimate condition of external coating

Features

Combined magnetic-acoustic tools of MFL(B)-A and TFI(B)-A series, combining magnetic sensor subsystems of ultrahigh resolution and multiview EMA sensor subsystems deliver complete (comprehensive) information of the pipeline condition. No need in liquid contact for EMA transducers enables to utilize combined magnetic-acoustic tools equivalently for inspection of oil and gas pipelines.

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In-line Inspection Report