Long Range Ultrasonic Inspection

Pipelines are critical components of the petrochemical and power generation industries, with over two million miles of pipelines being used around the world every day to transport oil and gas products.

To ensure the safe operation of pipelines, regular inspections are necessary to detect corrosion and other forms of damage. The GUL Wavemaker System is an advanced technology that offers the industrial standard of GWT screening, providing reliable and sensitive inspections for a wide range of applications.

The Wavemaker® System is comprised of three pieces of highly-portable equipment:

• A transduction ring where force is applied, either mechanically or pneumatically, to obtain good coupling.
• A lightweight state-of-the-art electronics unit, the Wavemaker where the signals are generated and received;
• The WavePro Software using an advanced processing algorithm to process the received signals; Advanced signal processing algorithms, such as the patented Absolute Calibration, ABSCAL, automatically calculate the signal amplitude: they significantly lessen the effort and improve the quality of, and confidence in, data interpretation. The results are presented in a user-friendly GUI, which allows the inspector to report the data.

Typical application areas include:

• Above ground pipelines
• Corrosion Under Insulation
• Concrete Anchor Penetrations
• Buried Pipes
• Corrosion under pipe supports (CUPS)
• High temperature pipe inspection