Case Study
Eagle 2000 Plus Multi-channel NDT System Discovers Pitting in Boiler Tubes at a Chemical Plant in Eastern Tennessee
Eagle 2000 Plus Multi-channel NDT System Discovers Pitting in Boiler Tubes at a Chemical Plant in Eastern Tennessee
Eagle 2000 Plus Multi-channel NDT System Discovers Pitting in Boiler Tubes at a Chemical Plant in Eastern Tennessee Problem: A large chemical plant in Eastern Tennessee was experiencing a number of tube leaks in one of their boiler generating banks. The cause for the failures consisted of two specific flaw mechanisms revealed through destructive tube samples, which are listed below: 1) ID pitting as small as 3/16” diameter occur