API 570 Pipe Inspection

A pipeline is a system that is developed with tubes through which gas, water and other substances can circulate. Pipes can acquire specific names depending on what they transport. If the pipeline carries gas, it is usually called a gas pipeline or gas pipeline, when what is transported is oil, it is referred to as an oil pipeline, while if it is water it refers to an aqueduct.

The evaluation of lines according to the API 570 code «Inspection, Repair, Alteration and Revaluation of Piping Systems in Service» of pressure piping systems in service and built under the codes ASME B31.3, API 1104 or other applicable codes , seeking to keep the pipeline system under safe operating parameters.

Grupo PIESADEC has an API-570 authorized inspector, who have inspected and ruled pipes of different diameters used in the different petrochemical plants and refineries, as well as pipes on platforms.

Our pipeline inspection services are API compliant and typically include the following tests:

Visual inspection of pipes includes, support, niplería, etc.
Thickness measurement.
Inspection with Guided Ultrasonic Wave (Long Range UT).
Magnetic Flow Leak Inspection.
Evaluation of welded joints with Phase Arrangement Ultrasound.
Evaluation of pipe flexibility.
Opinion by Inspector API-570.
Inspection of welds with PT and / or MT.
Carrying out metallographic replicas and hardness measurement.