Technical Brief

access to the internal surface of the cylinder. This

Teletest inspects Drill Risers internal array design is shown above.

Specimen under test

Unfortunately, no defects were present in the sample,

and so sensitivity and detection limits have not been
tested. Note the low level of noise between 0 and 8m.
Signals reflected from the welds and the end of the
Inspection of pipes using the Teletest LRUT system riser can clearly be detected.
(shown above) is now commonplace. This system
requires a bracelet of transducers to be placed Representative results are shown below.
around the pipe circumference. Drill risers are clearly
similar in geometry to pipes, but with added
complexity on their external surfaces such as clamps
and other attachments. This makes the attachment of
the transducer array to the external surface
impossible.

A representative A-Scan display of results from the drill

riser inspection

A laboratory method has been developed by which

Internal Teletest transducer array design
Because inspection of drill risers is desirable, Plant
Integrity Ltd have developed an alternative array
system, which takes advantage of the availability of
drill risers can be inspected using LRUT. Limits of
detection have not been studied and further research
and development is required before this system can
be used in field conditions.
For further information please contact Plant Integrity
Ltd

Plant Integrity Ltd

Granta Park, Gt Abington, Cambridge CB21 6AL
T: +44 (0) 1223 893994 F: +44 (0) 1223 893944
info@plantintegrity.com
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