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Internal Rotary Inspection System (IRIS) can detect corrosion, pitting, and wall loss and is most commonly used for tube inspection in boilers, heat exchangers, air coolers and feed water heaters. It is particularly versatile as it is suitable for both ferrous and non-ferrous materials, and IRIS can be used on a wide range of tube diameters and wall thicknesses.
An IRIS probe is inserted into a tube flooded with water. The probe is fitted with a transducer that generates an ultrasonic pulse along a path parallel to the axis of the tube. A rotating mirror directs the ultrasonic pulse into the tube wall. The mirror is driven by a small turbine that is rotated by the pressure of water pumped into the tube.
The ultrasound pulses are reflected by the inner-diameter (ID) wall and outer-diameter (OD) wall of the tube and the time of flight difference between the two diameters is used to calculate the wall's thickness.
As the IRIS probe is pulled, the spinning motion of the mirror results in a helical scan path ensuring full coverage of the tube.
Advantages
Advantages
Flexibility as a back-up to remote field, magnetic flux leakage and eddy current inspections.
Results data storage.
100% coverage of the tube.
Defect position can be located in relation to tube length.
Sensitivity to both internal and external defects
Accurate wall thickness measurements
Detection of corrosion, pitting and wall loss
Suitability for ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
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