PRESS RELEASE | “Fusion-H₂”
Ionix awarded UK government funding to develop ultrasonic meter designed to measure hydrogen flow.
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CASE STUDY | Wear Monitoring of Iron Ore Crusher Hoppers
Ionix HotSense was used to provide frequent, high-quality wall thickness trends, ensuring the customer knows the hopper’s condition and remaining life. Wall loss trends help predict and schedule maintenance, reducing outages and maximizing production. Changes in wall loss rates can adjust maintenance frequency as needed. The system is installed outside the hopper, increasing safety by reducing personnel exposure to hazards like working from heights and rope access.
TECHNICAL NOTE | High temperature acoustic emission transducer – pencil break test
This technical note explores the suitability of Ionix’s HotSense platform for acoustic emission ( AE ) transducers for such applications, without the need for waveguides or IEPE electronics due to its high sensitivity across a wide temperature range, by the application of a standard pencil break test conducted at 350 °C. The outcomes demonstrate that the HotSense AE transducer exhibits outstanding sensitivity at this temperature, maintaining a performance level similar to that at room temperature.
CASE STUDY | Automated corrosion monitoring of alkylation units
Non-invasive, corrosion trending with wireless ultrasonic probes and monitoring system to maximise throughput and run length of variable feedstocks.
CASE STUDY | In-service stack inspection by UAV
Significant corrosion can occur in stacks and flares due to the presence of acidic compounds in the gases, in the presence of moisture and at elevated temperatures.
A refinery operator sought to inspect their stacks, onstream at high-temperatures using aerial drone platform with a HotSense UT payload to determine fitness for service.
Read our latest case study that highlights why on-stream inspection requires robust transducers with high sensitivity and temperature resilience , and which can reliably make high-temperature wall thickness measurements to prevent the need for shutdown and maintain productivity while reducing costs.
CASE STUDY | On-Stream Corrosion Inspection Survey using a High Temperature UT Probe
A solution was sought by a leading inspection services term contractor for one of their clients operating a large petrochemical refinery to conduct in-service corrosion surveys across their facilities infrastructure. UT is critical to the plant’s needs and is used extensively for corrosion surveys, but the refinery includes assets with surface temperatures from 120°C to over 350 °C including gas boilers, pressure vessels and piping.
Read our latest case study that highlights why on-stream inspection requires transducers with efficient acoustic coupling, and which can reliably make high-temperature wall thickness measurements to prevent the need for unplanned shutdown and maintain productivity while reducing costs.
CASE STUDY | In-Service Gas Void Detection and Monitoring in Nuclear Energy
The ability to detect gas voids in cooling water lines was required by one of the largest electric power holding companies in the US, generating electricity from mixed sources, including 6 nuclear plants. Find out ho the Ionix solution helped.
NEWS | Arora Technologies (P) Limited at CORCON 2023 for High-Temperature Innovation
We’re thrilled to announce that our partners Arora Technologies (P) Limited will be a part of CORCON 2023, Asia’s leading NDT conference and exhibition, hosted by NACE International (India Section).
High Temperature Weld Root Corrosion
Ultrasonic time-of-flight diffraction (TOFD) is a popular method widely used in petrochemical, energy and other industries for the in-service detection and characterisation of weld defects such as root corrosion, porosity, inclusions, and cracks.
APPLICATION INSIGHT | Optimising the Management and Maintenance of Mining Equipment
HotSense™ is a non-invasive ultrasonic wear monitoring solution born out of the extreme environments of the energy sector:
For users of critical components or linings susceptible to wear;
Who want to always know the remaining life of their assets;
So that they can shorten outages to maximise availability and reduce outage costs.
Unlike manual inspection and invasive technologies, HotSense™ provides direct wall thickness trending loss and detection of changes to predict maintenance intervals whilst plant is running.