The Magnetic Tomography Method (MTM) is an external non-contact inspection technique for detecting metal magnetic memory signals. It has considerable application potential in the inspection of long-distance oil pipelines and subsea pipelines.
Advantages
Detects all types of anomalies inside and outside of the pipe, indicates stress concentration at locations of "insignificantly small" defects that cannot be figured out by other non-destructive testing methods and that in turn appear to be high-risk anomalies (experimentally proven).
No interruption of pipeline operation.
No special pipeline preparation.
No necessary contact with the pipeline surface or changing mode of operation.
No pipeline cleaning.
No special preparation of the internal surface.
EFFICIENT for micro crack search in welds at high-load areas in new pipelines.