Cement plants are large scale operations that require large scale machines to produce the materials required to build a wide variety of structures. The non-destructive testing requirements of a cement plant are very unique and required a broad range of NDT testing methods to assess reliably the critical plant infrastructure. Important cement plant machines and components that require non-destructive testing include cement ball mills, pinion gears, kilns and bull gears. NDT

Ultrasonic testing (UT) performed in immersion tanks or using squirters or bubblers is an established non-destructive testing technology for automated inspection of wide variety of steel, aluminum, and composite assets. Ultrasonic immersion testing lends itself to high volume and/or surface area inspection applications that required high degrees of location accuracy, precision and repeatability of ultrasonic testing results. Immersion testing using automation robotics may

Flow iron recertification is a multi-step process that involves asset tracking, equipment teardown and rebuild, sand blasting and repainting, visual inspection, ultrasonic thickness testing, magnetic particle testing, and hydrotesting. This article focuses on some of the inspection aspects of the recertification process. TKS’ Flow Iron AnalyticsTM is proven process that implements industry best practices across asset management/tracking and high-pressure component asset in