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Olympus Solutions for Chemical

In the chemical industry, manufacturers turn raw materials, like oil, into thousands of products that are used in countless applications. Central to this process are pipelines and tanks used to transport and store chemicals during different stages of manufacturing.

The infrastructure that supports the chemical industry must be inspected during manufacturing, installation, and in service to help ensure their continued health. XRF analyzers are used to confirm that the correct corrosion-resistant alloy is installed in the right location, while flaw detectors and thickness gages are used to verify the integrity of welds in pipes and tanks and monitor for corrosion.

Corrosion Inspection Solutions

Vanta for PMI

DELTA Environmental Handheld XRF Analyzer

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Blog

2 Challenges of High-Temperature Thickness Gauging and How to Solve Them

ECNDT 2018 Wrap Up Part 2: NDT

EX Series Flaw Detectors for Use in Explosive Atmospheres: FAQs

Inspecting Explosion-Bonded Cladded Plates

Did You Know? We Custom Manufacture Probes for Your Specific Applications

How the Echo-to-Echo and THRU-COAT™ Techniques Measure Up for Corrosion Inspection

On the Cutting Wedge: Using Contoured Wedges to Inspect Welds in Small-Diameter Pipes

3 Benefits of Our Stress Corrosion Cracking Solution Over Penetrant/Magnetic Testing

Advancements in Remote Video Measurement: Get More Precision from Farther Away

3 Important Considerations when Using X-ray Fluorescence for Positive Material Identification

Making the Most of Köhler Illumination

What can an imaging database do for you?

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Application Notes

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Inspecting Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Ammonia Scrubbers Using a Dual Matrix Array Probe

Analyzing Oil Cleanliness in Power Generation Plants Using the CIX100 System

Selecting the Best Propagation Mode for a Reflector Using the AIM Modeling Tool for TFM (Total Focusing Method) Inspection

Inspecting a 95 mm (3.74 in.) Thick Dissimilar Weld Using the A26 Dual Linear Array™ (DLA) Probe

Inspecting Pipe Elbows for Flow-Accelerated Corrosion and Erosion-Corrosion Using the FlexoFORM™ Scanner

Inspecting Pipe Elbows for Pitting Corrosion and Cladding Delamination Using the FlexoFORM™ Scanner

Using the Vanta™ XRF Analyzer to Quickly and Accurately Sort Low-Magnesium Aluminum Alloys

Examining the Surface of Stainless Steel Pressure Vessels

Maximize Precision in Industrial Particulate Inspections

Meeting Strict Standards for Sulfur Content in Fuel with Vanta XRF Analyzers

Measuring the roughness of the inner wall of medical tubing

XRF – A Fast Way to Ensure Plant Safety

Maintaining Uptime in Turbine Inspections Using the IPLEX NX Videoscope

Save Time on Plant Maintenance Inspections Using Videoscopes

Evaluating the shape of plastic bottle drinking spouts

Calibration of an Entire Range of Oblique Defects with the Gapless Method

ERW Pipe Weld Tracking Using Phased Array

A Tip to Save Time in Wind Turbine Inspection

Phase Shift Test for Bond Integrity

Ringdown Test for Bond Integrity

Conducting Steel Plate Surface Texture Topography Analysis with a Laser Scanning Digital Microscope

Eddy Current as an Alternative to Magnetic Particle Inspection for Carbon Steel Welds

Portable XRD for Bauxite: Exploration, Mining, and Extraction

Using Portable XRD (pXRD) to Analyze Explosives, Forensics, and Narcotics

Surface Roughness of Ceramic Parts for Textile Manufacturing Machines / Surface roughness measurement of a micro-sized area using a laser microscope

Videoscope Inspection of Heat Exchangers

Scaling and Corrosion Residue Identification with X-ray Diffraction

Evaluating the surface profile (roughness) of coated abrasives / Non-contact 3D shape measurement using a laser microscope

Surface profile of the light guide plate for LCDs / Non-contact 3D shape measurement using a laser microscope

Surface profile evaluation for thermal spraying / Surface roughness measurement using a laser microscope

Shape and surface roughness measurements of screws / Surface roughness measurement using a laser microscope

Studying the Electro-mechanical Behavior of Thin Films

Geological interpretation in the core shack with TERRA Portable XRD

Abrasion Resistance Evaluation for Cubic Boron Nitride (CBN) Tipped Tools using the Olympus OLS5000 Laser Confocal Microscope

Sectioning Analysis for Ball Grid Array (BGA) Surface Mounting of Semiconductor Package using the Olympus OLS5000 Laser Confocal Microscope

Ultrasonic Phased Array in Lieu of Radiography

Olympus X-ray Diffraction for Teaching Labs and Academic Research

QA/QC and Process Optimization for Direct Reduced Iron Analysis with XRD

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Confirmation with X-ray Diffraction

Alternative Materials for Alternative Energy

Case Study (SGS Group): Metal and CFRP Material Observations

Ultrasonic Detection of Manufacturing Artifacts in New Pipe

Measuring Manufactured Plastic Pipes

The future of industrial quality control

How Recent Handheld XRF Developments Impact Plant Based Alloy Positive Material Identification (PMI) Testing

Non-Destructive Fingerprinting of Compounds

Benchtop XRD-XRF - Feed, Fertilizer, Soil & Plant Ingredients Testing

Detection of Accelerated Corrosion with Handheld X-ray Fluorescence

Measuring the Wall Thickness of Small-Diameter Metal and Plastic Tubing

Wall Thickness Gauging in the Blow Molding Industry

Ultrasonic Testing of Aluminum and Nonferrous Castings

Measuring Nodularity in Cast Iron Using Ultrasonic Testing

Thickness Measurements of Fiberglass Plates, Pipes, and Storage Tanks

Thickness Measurements on Rubber Hoses and Tubing

Thickness Measurements on Rubber Sheets and Coatings

Measuring the Thickness of Glass Products and Coatings

Ultrasonic Measurements of Liquids

High-Temperature Ultrasonic Testing

Thickness Measurement of Coextruded Cap Layers

Thickness Measurement of Automotive Fuel Tanks

Corrosion Thickness Gauging with Dual Element Transducers

Measuring Internal Oxide Scale in Boiler Tubes

Measuring Metal Thickness through Paint

Measuring the Wall Thickness of Steam Boiler Tubes with EMAT Transducers

Wall Thickness Measurements of Metal Pipes and Tubes

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Case Studies

Case Study: Inspecting Boiler Tube Welds Using the COBRA Ultrasonic Phased Array Solution Instead of Radiography

X-ray Diffraction for Mineral Processing

Videos

RVI Tutorial Video Series—Inspection Management with the IPLEX™ NX Videoscope

IPLEX GAir Promotion Video

Measure the Thickness of a Multilayer Aircraft Window

Calibrate a Magna-Mike™ 8600 Thickness Gauge Using a Wire Target

Olympus Chemical Industry Solutions

Calibrate a Magna-Mike™ 8600 Thickness Gauge Using a Disk Target

Measure the Thickness of a Rubber Conveyor Belt with Steel Cord Reinforcement Using an M1036 Transducer

Using an M1036 Transducer to Measure the Thickness of a Fabric Cord Rubber Conveyor Belt

Measure the Thickness of Gelcoat on Fiberglass Using an M208 Transducer

Measure Thick Fiberglass Composite Using an M1036 Transducer

Measure Thick Fiberglass Composite Using an M2008 Transducer

Measure Small-Diameter Tubing Using an Immersion Transducer

Making Encoded B-scan Measurements

Saving Custom Transducer Setups

Set Up a Sonopen™ Transducer to Measure Small-Diameter Tubing

Introduction to WeldSight™ Software

EPOCH 6LT Rubber Boot Installation

MagnaFORM for Stainless Steel

Vanta Technical Tutorial Series: Weld Analysis

The HVAC and Heat Exchanger Tubing Kit using the NORTEC 600D - Remote Field Testing Demonstration

The HVAC and Heat Exchanger Tubing Kit using the NORTEC 600D - Near Field Testing Demonstration

The HVAC and Heat Exchanger Tubing Kit using the NORTEC 600D - Eddy Current Testing Demonstration

Vanta Technical Tutorial Series: Averaging with Dillon McDowell

Advances in Methods of Corrosion Detection and Monitoring using the EPOCH 6LT

IPLEX NX Compare Feature Tutorial

IPLEX NX Organize with Folders Tutorial

IPLEX NX Ghost Feature Tutorial

IPLEX NX Adding Titles Tutorial

IPLEX NX Quick Start

EPOCH 6LT Basic Operation Overview

Corrosion Solutions using the OmniScan SX

27MG Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge Introductory Video

Tech Tours - Olympus Industrial Microscopes

NASA XRD/XRF on Mars Rover

OLYMPUS Inspector Series - Product Overview

45MG Product Introduction Video

Overview of the 38DLP/39DLP Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge

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Infographics

Corrosion Infographic

Solutions

Corrosion Inspection Solutions

Vanta for PMI

Webinars

Introducing WeldSight™ Software for the FOCUS PX Phased Array System

Using the FlexoFORM™ Solution to Map Corrosion in Pipe Elbows

Advantages of Ultrasonic Thickness Gages over Flaw Detectors for Corrosion Thickness Measurements

Aplicacion de tecnologías portátiles XRF y XRD en minería y control de tenores

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Brochures

Ultrasonic HTHA Inspection Solutions Brochure

Remote Visual Inspection Solutions General Overview

EX Series Instruments

Phased Array Probes and MXU Software for DGS

Inspect Farther, Faster: IPLEX™ GAir

WeldSight Software

Motorized Microscope System BX61

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White Papers

Long Seam Weld Inspection Using the AxSEAM™ Scanner

Use of the Total Focusing Method with the Envelope Feature

Increasing the Brightness of Industrial Videoscopes

Application Considerations in Specifying High Frequency Ultrasonic Transducers

Roughness Measurement with LEXT, Laser Scanning Microscopes

Defect Sizing in Pipeline Welds – What Can We Really Achieve?

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