Steam Reformer External Tube Crawler - MANTIS™
Our proprietary steam reformer external tube crawler, MANTIS™, conducts reformer tube inspections utilizing proprietary sensors and eddy current technology to inspect steam reformer tubes, as well as several other critical applications. MANTIS is unique in that it does not require catalyst removal prior to inspection. When catalyst removal is indicated, MANTIS can be combined with our LOTIS® system for a more complete inspection.
Steam Reformer External Tube Crawler Features
- Provides highly accurate and repeatable results
- Provides increased confidence in reformer tube inspection results through combined NDT methodologies
- Utilizes cross-canceling technique developed for nuclear industry which is the latest eddy current test innovation for the syngas industry
- Maximizes efficiency and accuracy with proprietary eddy current technology
- Eliminates permeability issues with cross-canceling eddy current test techniques
- Eliminates the need for large magnets to counter permeability issues
Reformer Tube Inspection Benefits
- Minimizes unplanned shutdown risk due to premature tube failure
- Allows reformers to typically be operated more aggressively
- Costs significantly less than an unplanned outage
- Provides better cost management and facilities financial planning for future tube replacement
- Reduces reformer downtime with rapid inspection process
- Facilitates monitoring of reformer tube life over entire life cycle; other reformer tube inspection techniques are useful only at or very near end of reformer tube life which is often too late for remnant life prediction or effective tube replacement management
MANTIS Applications
- Steam reformer tubes
- Platformers and Continuous Catalyst Reformers (CCRs)
Additional Information
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