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Are you up to date on the inspection and maintenance of your pipelines? Routine in-line inspection of pipelines is a crucial part of protecting against leaks, breaks and failures, as well as ensuring the optimal performance of your daily operations. While exterior examination can reveal immediate concerns such as areas of corrosion and dents, internal inspections help to reveal hidden dangers by providing a clear evaluation of the state of your pipes and allowing you to take action before major incidences occur. As a world leader in the pipeline inspection industry, Russell NDE manufactures award-winning products, including our SeeSnake tools, that make the inspection of cement-lined, PE lined, epoxy and other kinds of lined pipelines easy. Learn more about our pigging and in-line inspection technologies below.

Have you discovered the benefits of nondestructive testing? As the preferred method for pipelines, boilers, pressure vessels and storage tank evaluations, ultrasonic thickness gauges are trusted by industry leaders all over the world to provide accurate thickness readings that help prevent internal wall loss and pitting from leading to disastrous results. Since being introduced in the 1940's ultrasonic technology has rapidly developed into a fast, reliable and versatile method of evaluation that is utilized today with miniature instruments that offer flawless results in double quick time. Suitable for use with metals, plastic, composites, fibreglass and more, Ultrasonic gauges are an invaluable resource for material thickness evaluation. Learn more about how they work, as well as the models available from Russell NDE Systems, below.

Russell NDE: Your Ultrasonic Inspection Experts

For over 40 years, Russell NDE technologies has been one of the world’s foremost sources for ultrasonic inspection technologies, servicing clients across both the United States and Canada. As both a manufacturer and distributor of NDE solutions, our team is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta and specializes in NDE technology that allows for the safe, efficient and reliable inspection of pipes, boilers and more, all with minimal disruption to plant operations. Russell NDE’s products make it easy for clients to evaluate pressure components, identify existing damage and ultimately stop disaster in its tracks before it has a chance to happen.

Do you know the fitness for service state of your pipelines? With summer well underway and a constant flux of temperature changes and precipitation affecting the region, Alberta’s oil and gas pipelines are facing a prime environment for the development of soil-side corrosion at any break in the coating along with under-scale corrosion, CO-2 corrosion along with main other types inside the main.. Left undetected, these culprits can cause millions of dollars worth of damages with cracks, leaks, and other issues slowly developing until it becomes too late to stop an inevitable failure. At Russell NDE, our passion is to provide clients around the world with safe, reliable, and efficient methods of NDT inspection that help to eliminate such risks by giving you an accurate depiction of the state of your lines well in advance of any disasters. Below, we’ll highlight a few other ways you can spot early signs of damage to a line, as well as the value of regular inspections. Read on to learn more!

Fast, accurate, dependable: meet Dacon’s Super Iris (SIRIS) NDT tool! As a world-leading manufacturer and provider of NDT tools and inspections, Russell NDE is proud to continuously partner with the top names in the non-destructive inspection industry to offer our clients access to the best solutions available. Alongside our robust inventory of products produced in-house at our Edmonton, Alberta headquarters, Russell NDE acts as a supplier for Dacon’s SIRIS tool. As one of the most accurate methods of inspection available, SIRIS is a valuable asset to add to your NDT Toolbox. Learn more about SIRIS detection below!