In pipe and vessel construction, X-ray inspection is also being utilized in the field for the inspection of welds following assembly, as well as for testing welds during servicing and maintenance work. The weld inspection in the field occurs to a certain extent due to the size of the parts to be inspected and/or their fixed integration at alocation.
Following on-site assembly, standards or contract regulations call for an inspection of welds in terms of irregularities in areas relevant to safety. Quality assurance using X-ray technology for weld inspection therefore plays an important role in the case of plant systems that pipe hazardous substances or are exposed to special loads.
X-ray technology is equally deployed in many areas of pipe and vessel construction when it comes to servicing and maintenance work. A regular inspection of the welds is mandatory by law in some sectors, for example at nuclear power plants or in the chemical industry. Especially at plants that pipe hazardous substances, welds must be examined for weak points that could be caused by high mechanical stress or caustic substances. The need for maintenance at spots that are not accessible from outside can be determined using X-ray technology, for instance in the case of insulated pipes or inner pipe walls.
YXLON offers a complete range of portable X-ray systems for weld inspection in the field. These portable X-ray systems offer the greatest degree of flexibility and image quality, exactly the kind necessary for the X-ray inspection of welds in pipelines and production plants. Mobile X-ray systems from YXLON are always deployed wherever high dosage output is required alongside flexibility and mobility.
