Flawed Pipeline Spools for In-Line Inspection (ILI)
Validation and calibration spools for ILI performance verification.
Our bespoke validation and calibration spools are designed to help you gain a comprehensive understanding of your ILI results, increasing the probability of flaw detection and accuracy.
We manufacture spools of up to 30ft in length, with flaws connected to the OD, ID or mid-wall. These can all be positioned within the electric resistance welded (ERW) seam, parent material or circumferential welds.
We offer a large variety of flaw types in any geometry and will work with you closely to determine the type, size, and location of flaws required to be implanted within the spool. We work hard to ensure we meet your project requirements related to your integrity management objectives to the highest standard.
Our spools are recommended for:
- Validation of equipment capability
- Training operators for field experience
We have a choice of one material for our spools:
- Carbon steel
Our spools are suitable for the following methods:
- Eddy current array (ECA)
- Phased array (PA)
- Time of flight diffraction (ToFD)
We can manufacture a range of commonly occurring flaws specific to each spool. Examples include:
- Hook cracks
- Penetrators
- Electric discharge machining (EDM) notches
- Crack fields (zero weld material)
- Pitting and pinholes
- Corrosion – light, gross and riverbed
- Erosion – grooving and riverbed
- High-low area with associated cracking
- Grinding with associated cracking
- Dents with associated cracking
Eddy Current Array (ECA) crack fields
We recognise the limitations of some weld-induced flaws for certain NDE methods and are constantly developing market-leading techniques to overcome these. For Eddy Current Array (ECA), we took on the challenge by creating crack fields with known lengths, heights and locations made without interfering with the performance of the NDE tools applied.
Time of Flight Diffraction (ToFD) hook cracks
The images below demonstrate the accuracy of our validation and calibration spools when implanting flaws into ERW pipe seams.
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