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  Well-CAT Tool

 
 
 
Well Casing Assessment Tool
 

The Well-CAT casing assessment tool is lowered into a 1250’ well using a picker truck or a davit arm mounted on a pickup.

It is designed to inspect the steel casing of water wells to a maximum depth of 2200’ (685M).

 
A wireline provides power to the tool and is used to lower it into the well.
 
 
A valuable feature of the tool is its ability to measure the wall-thickness of the steel casing without having to touch it, and without having to clean the water scale from the inside of the casing.  Tools are custom built for casing sizes 5" to 48".
 
 
More than 90 channels of data produced by the tool are stored in non-volatile memory on board.  This has the advantage that if power from the wireline is interrupted, the data logged to that point is preserved.
 
Soft centralizers are used to center the tool, without the possibility of damaging the casing in thin areas.

 

 
 
Software
  The Well-CAT 20 is designed to detect thinning due to corrosion in steel pipes.  It has equal sensitivity to internal or external thinning and can size general thinning to within 10% of actual remaining wall thickness. 
 
Data analysis is semi-automatic and results are presented as chart logs, voltage planes, color maps, histograms and a spreadsheet showing the remaining wall at defined depths.  Data can be sorted by depth or severity or other parameters.  Data can also be trended and displayed side by side for year to year comparisons.
 
 Click here to view the Well-CAT software in action.
 
 
Literature
 Well-CAT PDF Brochure
 
 
Technical Specs
Depth range up to 2200’ (685m)
Tool weight less than 200 lbs (91 kg)
Disassembles to three sections, field assembled in 10 minutes
Total length approx 96” (2.44 meters)
91 channels plus self-diagnostics
Uses RFT technique, proven in pipelines, exchanger tubes
Measures wall thickness, temperature, pressure
88 – 185 VDC, 25 Watts max
Logging speeds up to 33’/min (10m/min)
 
 
Additional Information
The Tool packs into 3 boxes for transport.  Data is downloaded from the tool on site and can be reviewed immediately. Detailed analysis software is used to size and locate small defects accurately
 
Click here to view the Well-CAT tool in action.

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