The HydroFORM scanner is designed to offer the best inspection solution for detecting wall thickness reductions due to corrosion, abrasion and erosion. In addition, HydroFORM detects mid-wall damage such as hydrogen induced blistering or manufacturing induced laminations and easily differentiates these anomalies from loss of wall thickness.

Using phased array ultrasound technology, the HydroFORM offers high resolution and fast coverage. The HydroFORM has a 60 mm wide effective beam and can scan at a speed up to 100 mm/s.

In the current market place, motorized scanners, combined with small conventional UT probes, need to reach ever-higher raster speeds to be productive.
As a consequence of high speed raster scanning, mechanical failures and poor ultrasonic data quality can occur. In addition, high raster scan speed creates a potentially unsafe environment for operators.

Increased production rate combined with affordable equipment and compatibility with existing Omniscan MXU acquisition unit makes the HydroFORM a cost effective choice.

Hydroform uses an ingenious local immersion concept allowing excellent surface conformance and optimized coupling conditions for easy synchronization on front-wall echo for OD and ID corrosion monitoring. No wedges are used with the HydroFORM.

The phased array technology also brings the ability to detect and characterize various anomalies using ultrasonic compression wave and angle beam inspection techniques.

The HydroFORM can be used:

Manually: with supplied application-specific Mini-Wheel encoder
Semi-automatically: used in conjunction with the field-proven CHAIN Scanner.

The combination of OmniScan, HydroFORM and CHAIN Scanner creates a battery-operated phased array corrosion mapping system that is completely portable.

Patent-pending quick radius adjustment allows inspection of different curvatures without the need of wedges. HydroFORM also has an integrated encoder necessary for manual inspections.

New Solution Using Instruments You Already OWN!

The HydroFORM corrosion mapping solution is based on multifunction equipment and software tools that you may already use to perform weld inspection: OmniScan PA flaw detector CHAIN Scanner TomoView software

Reduce the idle time of these instruments; increase your ROI, and broaden your service portfolio. The HydroFORM scanner is the perfect complement to your existing Olympus equipment. In addition to weld inspection, you can now do corrosion mapping with minimal equipment and training investment.

• First commercially available semi-automated phased array product for corrosion mapping applications.
• Covers a 60 mm (2.36 in.) wide strip at a speed up to 100 mm/s (4 in./s), with a 1 mm x 1 mm resolution
• Reduced probe raster movement increases safety for operators and improves mechanical reliability
• Scanner concept creates a local immersion technique that enables conforming to rough and uneven surfaces.
• Easy synchronization on front wall for OD and ID corrosion monitoring
• Wedge reflection is eliminated
• Coupling is optimized
• Low water requirements
• Patent-pending quick radius adjustment allows inspection of different curvatures. No wedges needed.
• Convex surface: 4 in. OD, up to flat
• Concave surface: 10 in. ID, up to flat
• HydroFORM can be attached to automated or semi-automated scanners and used independently as a manual scanner.
• Cost effective
• Minimal tools required for normal operation