Exchanger Sample Videos Table of Contents
These samples are lower quality versions of our normal video, and they have been compressed to download quickly.
Other applications such as process vessels, pressure safety valves, coating inspections, boilers, and rotating equipment can be found in their own sample reports. See the RVT Applications page.
Maverick RVT Department Summary
- Aluminum Plate Exchanger
- Exchanger Tube Bacterial Corrosion
- Exchanger Tube Fouling and Pitting
- Tube Walls Thinned and Blown Out
- Exchanger Tube Broke Off at Baffle
- Tube Walls Thinned and Failed
- Tube walls Thinned and Pitted
- Blown Exchanger Tube
- Aluminum Build-up In Tube
- Cooling Water Side Conditions
- Corrosion On OD
- Corrosion Near Tubesheet
- Corrosion at Rolled Area of Tube
- Corrosion and Wall Loss
- Condensor Tube Fouled and Foreign Object
- Fin Fan Tube Scale and Foreign Object
- Exchanger Tube Fouled Pass
- Internal Corrosion of Heat Exchanger Tube
- Cluster Pitting Due to Sour Glycol in Sales Exchanger
This report contains examples of the effective use of Remote Visual equipment. Although videoscopes have typically been employed for emergency diagnostics of problems, the real cost benefits of this type of inspection are found during scheduled shutdowns. Using the arsenal of RVI equipment now available to determine the necessity for disassembly, cleaning, or entry of plant equipment can streamline maintenance tasks and result in time and money being directed where it is most needed.
Remote Visual Inspection or Testing, also called Video Inspection, involves different sorts of probes, camera systems, scopes, robotics, and other devices to collect images from hard to access areas. Maverick Inspection uses non-contact measurement software, image capture devices, digital recording mediums, built-in line locators, retrieval tools, and other technologies to maximize the abilities of this equipment. We have rated explosion proof and intrinsically safe equipment, specialized tube inspection cameras, robotic pan/tilt/zoom cameras, and a wide range of custom built systems. Maverick owns enough equipment for almost all of the possible applications we come across, without the need to bring in outside equipment. This allows us to react quickly to emergency calls, and we do not have to transfer large rental costs to our clients.
Maverick Inspection pioneered Remote Visual Testing in Western Canada, and we have provided service for more than a decade and gathered a lot of experience. We grew as the demand grew, putting together an array of unique equipment to meet our clients' unique inspection needs. We offer complete inspection services, sales, and rentals of remote visual and equipment from videoscopes to robotics to fiberscopes. Our Remote Visual Department is complemented by Ground Penetrating Radar and Infrared Thermography.
You may contact us by EMAIL or phone (780) 467-1606 for more Remote Visual Testing information.
1. Aluminum Plate Exchanger
A videoscope is often used to look at exchanger tube sheets through small thread-o-lets to determine if disassembly or cleaning is required during a shutdown.
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2. Exchanger Tube Bacterial Corrosion
This bacterial corrosion was caused by an ineffective cooling water treatment program. A videoscope was used to determine the extent of the corrosion throughout the facility. Non-contact measurement software was used to quantify the pitting.
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3. Exchanger Tube Fouling and Pitting
Video scopes are excellent tools for determining the internal conditions of exchanger tubes. Techniques such as eddy current only supply numbers for supposed wall loss. Remote video can differentiate conditions such as fouling, scale, corrosion, and pitting before using software to accurately measure features.
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4. Tube Walls Thinned and Blown Out
Many of our clients have used videoscopes to locate and determine the cause of failures in tubes. This inspection was performed from the shell side of the exchanger.
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5. Exchanger Tube Broke Off at Baffle
Many of our clients have used videoscopes to locate and determine the cause of failures in tubes. This inspection was performed from the shell side of the exchanger.
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6. Tube Walls Thinned and Failed
Many of our clients have used videoscopes to locate and determine the cause of failures in tubes. This inspection was performed from the tube side of the exchanger.
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7. Tube walls Thinned and Pitted
Many of our clients have used videoscopes to locate and determine the cause of failures in tubes. This inspection was performed from the tube side of the exchanger.
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8. Blown Exchanger Tube
Many of our clients have used videoscopes to locate and determine the cause of failures in tubes. This inspection was performed from the tube side of the exchanger.
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9. Aluminum Build-up In Tube
Aluminum had deposited and built up in this tube over time. The presence and thickness of this build-up was verified using a remote camera system and non-contact measurement software.
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10. Cooling Water Side Conditions
Shell-side inspections with remote video tools such as videoscopes are used to verify the condition of the tubes and shell and the extent of shell-side fouling in an exchanger.
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11. Corrosion On Tube OD
Shellside corrosion and fouling can be identified and evaluated using remote video camera systems such as small-diameter, articulating videoscopes.
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12. Corrosion Near Tubesheet
This video shows corrosion at the start of a tube near the tube sheet.
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13. Corrosion at Rolled Area of Tube
This video shows corrosion at the rolled area of the tube.
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14. Corrosion and Wall Loss
This video shows tube corrosion and wall loss.
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15. Condensor Tube Fouled and Foreign Object
A videoscope was used to inspect this tube for fouling. Debris was also noted in this tube.
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16. Fin Fan Tube Scale and Foreign Object
This foreign object was noted during a tube-side inspection of an exchanger.
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17. Exchanger Tube Fouled Pass
This image shows fouling on the inside diameter of an exchanger tube pass.
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18. Internal Corrosion of Heat Exchanger Tube
Corrosion is clearly visible in this video of the inside diameter of a heat exchanger tube.
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19. Cluster Pitting Due to Sour Glycol in Sales Exchanger
This image shows cluster pitting on the inside diameter of tubes in a sales exchanger. Using non-contact measurement software, Maverick is able to provide size measurements of features such as pitting.
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Other applications such as process vessels, pressure safety valves, coating inspections, boilers, and rotating equipment can be found in their own sample reports. See the RVT Applications page.
You may contact us by EMAIL or phone (780) 467-1606 for more Remote Visual Testing information.
