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Eddy Current Inspection Services of TWISTED TUBE Heat Exchangers

Introduction
During the last 20 years, Koch Heat Transfer
Companys TWISTED TUBE heat exchangers have
made their way into the refining, petrochemical,
and chemical industries. TWISTED TUBE heat
exchangers come in a variety of sizes, from 3/8
to 1 1/4 in diameter, with material types such
as stainless, titanium, brass, monel, carbon
steel, duplex, and nickel just to name a few.
One advantage of utilizing TWISTED TUBE heat
exchangers is the absence of baffle supports,
which allow them to have the highest heat
transfer coefficient of all tubular heat exchangers
(up to 40 percent higher). Recent innovation
and development of new technology such as
the twisted probe has evolved greatly over the
last two years thanks to collaboration with other
industry leaders.
The inspection of shell-and-tube heat
exchangers is commonly performed with Eddy
Current Testing (ECT), which can be used on
non-magnetic (nonferrous) and slightly magnetic
alloys that are conductive such as: stainless,
brass, titanium, hastalloy, Inconnel, etc. Eddy
Current Testing can detect small defects such as
stress corrosion cracking and has been successful
in the inspection of such important assets.

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Approved Service Provider

MISTRAS Group is the only approved vendor that
provides highly qualified, trained Eddy Current
technicians for the inspection of TWISTED
TUBE heat exchangers utilizing this new
inspection technology. This includes on-site and
in-house data analysis, utilizing the most
advanced state of the art software for ECT
(Eddyfi Ectane system and Magnifi software).
This equipment allows the technician to
accurately and confidently inspect twisted tubing
in real-time, by enabling full-length recording
capabilities. This allows data analysis offline to
assess damages with the customer.
REQUIREMENTS AND SITE PREPARATION
Tubes must be cleared of all I.D. loose scale
and deposits
Hydro-blast (10,000 to 25,000 psi / depending
on material type) is common practice
110 AC power supply
Customer safety requirements in plant or unit
Tube information is critical (U-1 Spec. Sheet)
to assure proper equipment is used
for project

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Specications subject to change without notice. Copyright 2014

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Features
Inspection of non-ferromagnetic tubing, such

as stainless, brass, titanium, etc

Can distinguish between I.D. and O.D.
defect orientation
Defect location distinguishes whether defect is
in outer crest or lower dip of twisted tube
Sensitivity to gradual wall loss, corrosion,
pitting, erosion, cracking, and more
Can Inspect .750 up to 1 diameter tubing
(smaller or larger tube diameters require
special probe design)

Benefits
Increased efficiency thanks to high rate of

inspection (60-80 tubers per hour)

Repeatability allows for comparing historical
test results to establish corrosion rates and
remaining life
Quality work thanks to highly trained and
qualified ECT technicians

REPORTING
A 2D and 3D formal report contains a cover
sheet, table of contents, introduction, executive
summary, tube sheet layouts, data summary
sheets, detailed data sheets, & graphic printouts.

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