products | Update in brief
❙ Germany-based Elmed Messtechnik has introduced its Isotest act P2, a stationary holiday detection system for automated in-plant testing of coated pipes. Suitable for testing FBE and 3LPE/PP coatings, the device uses the company’s impulse test voltage technique to allow reliable and simple detection of defects in coatings on pipes without exposed cut-back ends. One of the attractions of the impulse testing technique is the use of simple capacita- tive grounding.
www.elmedgmbh.de
❙ UK-based Altuity Solutions has launched a Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) addition to its Cloud-based asset management software system. Using Radio Frequency Identification (RFiD) markers and GPS and geo-tagged imaging, AltoSUE makes invisible underground assets visible and is targeted at owners, contractors and workers in the construction and utilities sector. It allows underground data to be integrated into corporate GIS & Asset Management systems.
www.altuity.com
❙ HiFill LSB is a new PEEK polymer from US-based Techmer ES designed for production of low spring back back-up rings for the oil and gas industry. The new grade is claimed to meet both spring and mechanical performance requirements, while allowing higher production yields.
www.techmeres.com
30 PROCESSING Powerful “no-contact” heaters
US-based Cast Aluminum Solutions (CAS) has introduced the Cast-X 4000 Circulation Heater, which it claims is one of the highest capacity “no-contact” circulation heaters available. The device’s no-contact
(indirect heating) design means the liquid being heated never comes into contact with the heater element, which improves safety when handling flamma- ble products but also reduces the risk of contamination, according to the company. The Cast-X 4000 system was designed specifically for high-throughput processes, such as processing of liquid coatings where it is necessary to pre-heat the material prior to application. The device features dual 1-inch outside
MANAGEMENT SCM improves anomaly tracking
UK-based Strategic Corrosion Management (SCM) has launched new systems to support improved tracking and management of integrity and corrosion anomalies for both on and offshore assets. A newly-expanded Anomaly Management module has been created for SCM’s, cloud- based integrity toolset, RISCm.
The module links substrate anomalies to relevant integrity management and inspection records and eliminates the need to generate excessive paperwork, says the company. The new module stores
specific Corrosion and Integrity Anomaly details, offering the additional ability to attach
existing, associated records from RISCm’s Component, Corrosion and Fabric Modules.
SCM has also expanded
its range of SafeMark pipe markers to include Integrity Anomaly Markers. These enable plant engineers to physically and visually reconcile plant condition and anomaly status. The SafeMark pipe content marker range is designed to replace painted-on or taped-on markers and employs a “Traffic Light” system to highlight pipe status. ❙
www.stratcorrman.com
PIPELINE COATING | September 2015
www.pipeline-coating.com
60kW of heating power and supports liquid flow rates up to 36 gallons (136 litres) per minute. To accommodate extremely-high-pressure applications, it is available with Inconel flow-path tubes. Electro-polished tubes and passivated tubes are also available. “The CAST-X 4000 follows
diameter stainless steel, spiral wound tubes (through which the liquids flow), cast into an aluminium mass block which contains the heating elements. The Cast-X 400 offers up to
the proven design of our smaller CAST-X heaters…a no-contact, small-footprint design, highly-reliable and self-draining, requiring very little maintenance but with the capacity to meet the needs of today’s large-vol- ume fluid processors,” says Eric Hostert, Director of Engineering at Cast Alu- minum Solutions. ❙
www.castaluminumsolutions.com
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