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Sonomatic is committed to providing proactive inspection solutions that enable clients to manage the integrity of maturing assets, while making informed and cost-effective decisions crucial to maintaining safety of plant for extended operating lifetimes. Sonomatic is a relationship-driven company that constantly provides its clients with the best possible service using the most specialised technology available. We always offer a bespoke solution to individual projects by selecting the most appropriate products and techniques from our wide range of equipment and software. This can range from the total planning-to-reporting package offered by our integrity support services team, to one-off inspection reports carried out by specialist engineers using the most sophisticated and advanced flaw detection methodologies available. 
Sonomatic offers inspection solutions for, but not limited to the following industries:-
With the following applications:-
Products and services include:
ToFD As pioneers in the field of Time of Flight Diffraction (ToFD), Sonomatic has increasingly been contracted to deploy ToFD as an alternative to radiography for weld inspection by using fast and efficient techniques that eliminate the costly requirement of plant disruption. ToFD can be used as an accurate sizing technique for use in Fitness for Service Assessments. Corrosion Mapping Large volumes of plant and equipment such as pipework, pressure vessels, bends and elbows can be inspected using Sonomatic’s MicroMap – a pulse-echo ultrasonic technique that produces colour graphic imaging of the area scanned. An integral part of our nonintrusive inspection offering, the video-tracking technology is available in both fully-automated and free-hand versions. Recent developments include the capability to inspect plant on-line at temperatures of up to 350C. |
CHIME® CHIME® – the creeping headwave inspection method –is widely used by Sonomatic to assess large areas such as vessels and tanks, a procedure which can be time-consuming when conventional ultrasonic techniques are used. Using medium-range ultrasonic screening, it can scan areas of up to 1 metre between two probes. CHIME® can also operate successfully on traditionally inaccessible areas such as nozzles, compensating pads, pipe supports and saddles, thus reducing the need for costly shutdowns. It is sensitive to both internal and external surfaces and suitable for pipe diameters from 75mm upwards. Nautilus II This diver-deployed automated ultrasonic system can operate in depths of up to 250metres. Nautilus deploys various inspection techniques including ToFD, corrosion mapping and pulse-echo angle shear wave on pipes from a 10mm diameter and above. It can also be deployed to inspect riser bends, J-tubes, straight sections of pipe and subsea structures. A Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) version is under development. Long-Range Ultrasonic Inspection The new Teletest Focus™ is a 24- channel multi-mode flaw detector which offers greater inspection distance and resolution over its 12-channel predecessor. It can generate any of the three main wave types used in guided wave technology – longitudinal, torsional and flexural. Because it has been designed to be used as a phased array, it can focus ultrasound at any point along or around the pipe. This means it has greater flaw detection capability, and can determine the approximate circumferential extent and depth of a flaw that has been detected when the equipment was in its original screening mode. 
Consultancy Sonomatic can provide clients with a fully integrated service from detailed inspection planning, through assessment It is heavily involved in the fast-growing area of NII, which allows for equipment to continue working while being assessed, thus eliminating the need for costly shut-downs. The creation of the division is in response to customer demand for Sonomatic to use its expertise to provide an integrity perspective to the assessment of its inspection data. Contact Us For enquiries or further information contact George Byers on (0)1224 823960. |
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 Sonomatic is a worldwide organisation whose expertise in ultrasonic inspection design, development and application, dates back more than 30 years to our roots in the nuclear sector. Since then the company has widened its areas of operation and provides proven yet pioneering services to customers in a range of industries, with our largest client base being in the challenging oil and gas industry, both upstream and downstream. Sonomatic’s capabilities for the development of software, equipment, scanners and bespoke inspection approaches, coupled with the expertise of our engineers, means we are leaders within this highly specialised field.
Located in key destinations around the globe, our staff are highly committed, supremely
competent and able to react swiftly to client needs. As part of the proactive Sonomatic team,
they are committed to working together to drive forward the boundaries of ultrasonic
inspection techniques.
Whatever your inspection needs, we will deliver a flawless performance. |
