TISEC delivers Practical Pattern Recognition Workshop for NDT in Montreal, Canada, June 28-30, 2010
TISEC's ASTIA™ Above-ground Storage Tank Inspection and Assessment goes live, March 2010.
Level III UT Training course completed in State College, PA, March 2010.
WINS presents talk on ultrasonic guided wave potential towards helicopter maintenance to Indian Air force, February 2010.
WINS funded by Transportation Research Board to develop Bridge Cable Inspection Technology, February 2010.
Watch video of Wireless Acoustic Emission Sensor Network for Bridge Structural Health Monitoring.
2010 NDT Training Course Schedule is available now!
New look of TISEC's Super ICEPak® web site, November 2009.
Download and try out TISEC's Super ICEPak® today, contact TISEC for a trial key, November 2009.
New Brunswick DOT has awarded TISEC to inspect LRUT bridge cables on 3 cable-stay bridges using new MsS system, November 2009.
WavesInSolids acquires state-of-the-art equipment for enhanced Guided Wave Inspection Services for Pipelines and Bridge Cables, November 2009.
WavesInSolids delivers Acoustic Emission Level III Training Course in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 5-9, 2009
WavesInSolids is awarded contract with U.S. Department of Energy for developing inspection technology for health monitoring of coal power plant components, August 2009
WavesInSolids presents a paper at NYC Bridge Conference titled "Structural health monitoring using wireless acoustic emission sensor network" in August, 2009
WavesInSolids is awarded contract with NSF for developing inspection technology for Steel Piles, July 2009
WavesInSolids presents "Acoustic emission input to inspection- based bridge maintenance" at theInternational Conference on Fracture & Fatigue in July, 2009
Aboveground Storage Tanks Floor Inspection
Above-ground storage tanks can contain large quantities of dangerous materials whose release can have major consequences:
- endangering personnel,
- polluting the environment, and
- interrupting business.
Tank bottom (or floor) inspection is a special case. The sides and roof can be conveniently inspected with conventional nondestructive methods and releases are readily detectable. Tank floors are less accessible and evidence of release remains largely hidden from view until the extent of the release is large. In-service degradation of tank bottoms is the result of internal, under-floor corrosion, and mechanical deformation.
Acoustic Emission inspection of tank floors satisfies the requirements set for in API Standard 653, Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction. Using API 653 as its basis, TISEC's tank bottom maintenance program combines nondestructive inspection with comprehensive life-cycle maintenance tools that use the valuable information available in the inspection and other maintenance data gathered on the tank over time. This ensemble of tools is designed to meet the mandatory regulatory requirements based on API 653. They minimize maintenance costs and reduce exposure to safety, environmental and business risks by:
- selecting the correct inspection methods
- evaluating the current condition of the tank
- establishing inspection intervals,
- predicting remaining life