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Tank inspection ensures safety and integrity of tanks by preventing accidental leaks and avoid costly decontamination. A common failure mechanism is a leakage through the floor, damaging the tank foundation that leads to instability. Some of the Storage tank floors in industries are required to be inspected while the tank is out of service.
IXAR performs this task using Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) technique in which, a section of the bottom tank is magnetized to, or near to, saturation of flux between the poles of the bridge. Any significant thinning of the bottom plate will result in some of magnetic flux being force into, or leaking into the air around the area of reduction. Sensors to detect these flux leakages are placed between the poles of the bridge. MFL is a qualitative test method, so indications located by this technology require follow-up testing mainly by ultrasonic testing in order to determine the exact size and location of the defects.

IXAR is performing tank floor inspection with one of most advance machine by Eddyfi Technologies called as Silverwing 3D Floormap that uses two technologies
1) Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) is robust corrosion detection technique. It works on the principle of Hall Effect sensors to detect the magnetic leaking field created by corrosion.
2) Surface Topolog Air-gap Reluctance Sensors (STARS) that determines whether the corrosion is at top side or bottom side. When combined with MFL user can switch between top side, bottom side and complete plate views to show the origin of the corrosion.

Brochure – Silverwing Floormap Tank Floor Inspection