Heat Exchanger Inspection Tool

The opportunity is for a heat exchanger inspection tool. The buyer is investigating small, compact heat exchangers fabricated by additive manufacturing using Alloy 625 Inconel. Inspection solutions are needed for smaller tube diameters than those typically used in traditional manufacturing. The scope of work seeks to obtain information on inspection capabilities at smaller tube sizes. Key requirements include: • Detecting circumferential volumetric flaws, axial volumetric flaws, circumferential cracks, axial cracks, voids, delamination, degradation, and wall-thickness measurement • Inspecting tube IDs ranging from 0.100 to 0.400 inches • Inspecting wall thicknesses ranging from 0.010 to 0.050 inches • Accommodating surface roughness ranging from 10 to 200 min Ra • Using materials such as Alloy 625 Inconel