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Manual Phased Array Corrosion Investigation using a Prisma

This package is an affordable and easy-to-use solution to assess the remaining wall thickness of tubes, pipes, and vessels. In time-based mode and with an encoder, Prisma has both B-scan and C-scan capability. Both tools improve the detection of thickness variations and pitting spots.

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Prisma features all the corrosion visualization tools required to produce a comprehensive report. The unit comes with UTstudio+ software that helps users carry out further analysis such as defect measurement and include annotation. This manual phased-array solution improves inspection coverage and ensures that any corrosion and erosion progression is properly assessed.

Fig. 1 - the PRISMA showing a corrosion mapping layout

Fig. 2 - X3A probe and wedge, contoured for pipeline inspection

Frequency recommendations according to the thickness (T):

T < 5mm = 10MHz
5mm < T < 75mm = 5MHz
75mm > T = 2.25MHz

Recommended Tool Package

Category	Part#	Description
Acquisition Unit	PRISMA UT BNC KIT OR PRISMA UT LEMO KIT	Prisma UT BNC Standard Kit OR Prisma UT LEMO Standard Kit
Product option	PRISMA 16:64 TOFD	Prisma software 16:64 PA (up to 16 focused elements over 64 arrays)
Probe	X3A-003 OR D5A-001 Note: X3 probe at 5 MHz shall be considered as the default one	X3A-5M64E-0.6x10-SQX2.5
Wedges	X3AW-001 Note: X3 wedges shall be considered as the default ones	X3AW-0L25-IHC in AOD range of: 4", 6", 8", 12", 16" and 24" and flat.

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