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VERTISCAN Russeltech Gamma Energy Indonesia
VERTISCAN Russeltech Gamma Energy Indonesia
Boilers suffer from many forms of degradation while in service. Water Wall tubes can suffer from
Hydrogen Damage, pitting, ash and soot-blower erosion, graphitization, under-deposit corrosion,
thermal fatigue cracking and creep damage. All of these defects can be detected by use of a fast
robotic system known as VertiScan
The VertiScan System is used to rapidly scan the water walls of a boiler during an outage so that
repair decisions can be made proactively.
Up to five tubes are scanned at once, at speeds up to 5m (15')/min The robotic (TubeCATTM) crawler
can climb 100' up/down the water wall and handle up to 1/4" of scale between the tubes.
All indications found are checked with visual and ultrasonic techniques where tubes are accessible.