A.Hak Industrial Services showcases new online tank inspection systems at StocExpo
At the StocExpo in Rotterdam A.Hak Industrial Services B.V. will be introducing its new Online Tank Inspection Systems (OTIS) for Petro chemical plants, airports, water and nuclear industries.
Due to local regulation issues, tanks usually need to be taken out of service for a fixed time period for inspection, without knowing in advance if this is actually necessary. The new Online Tank Inspection Systems can provide inspections that meet API-653 standards, which allows tank owners to avoid having to take the tank off-line. Together with an ATEX-153 ‘safe-working’ declaration by DEKRA and an exclusive developed safety system the robots, which carry out the inspections, are one of the most advanced and safe on-line inspection systems on the market.
A.Hak Industrial Services’ patented acoustic navigation system is used to pinpoint the robot’s location. Using onboard UT transducers the robot follows a predetermined digital inspection grid and can collect millions of ultrasonic scans of the tank bottom in order to perform computerised data analysis. The robot is equipped with an onboard sonar system to detect objects in the tanks. When operating in clear fluids, we can equip the robot with HD cameras for visual inspection and navigation. The navigation allows A.Hak Industrial Services to reproduce the inspection grid in the future to determine corrosion rates with great accuracy. The robots can maneuver in tanks containing sludge of up to 30 centimeters in depth.
For more information visit the A.Hak Industrial Services stand at StocExpo, which runs from March 28th to 30th or visit www.a-hak-ia.com
20th March 2017
