Power Industry

Time is money in the power generation industry.  Our experienced Remote Visual Inspection (RVI) Specialists will bring the latest RVI technology to your site in order to perform RVI examinations of your applications.  Our RVI Services offer a turn-key inspection solution, whether it is inspecting high energy piping, performing a loose part retrieval or diagnosing an operational problem, we’ll bring the right equipment to visually inspect (or retrieve) it, record it, and report it back to you. If you have an emergency, or just don’t have the personnel or equipment for an upcoming job, give our 24x7 RVI On-Site Services a call.

On-site Remote Visual Inspection (RVI)

Applications

  • Electrical generators, transformers and bus ducts
  • Gas, steam and wind turbines and electrical generators
  • High energy steam piping and components
  • Boiler water piping and components
  • Nuclear reactor heads, reactor coolant pumps, demineralizers, containment structure(IWE/IWL), and other components
  • Hangers, snubbers, and other structural components
  • Piping systems such as service water, fire protection, oil, coal handling, steam, boiler, feedwater, and other piping
  • Condenser, feedwater heaters, steam generators, and other heat exchangers
  • Dam and penstocks
  • Foreign material search and retrieval

Inspection Capabilities

  • OSHA 30-hour construction safety
  • Provides 8-hour annual refresher courses
  • Hazardous area applications
  • Custom-built inspection equipment and delivery devices
  • Magnetic Crawlers for Vertical Piping
  • Inspection range:
    • Up to 610 m (2000 ft.) distance
    • Minimum diameter of 3.9 mm (0.15 in.)

Sample Inspection Images

Ligament Cracking

Ligament cracking in a high-pressure steam header
Gas Turbine Blade Damage

Gas turbine blade damage.
Gas Turbine Rubbing Indications

Stationery gas turbine rubbing indications
Nuclear BMI Inspection

Nuclear BMI inspection