Citation
(1998), "Radiodetection wins prestigious R and D 100 Award", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 45 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/acmm.1998.12845fab.023
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1998, MCB UP Limited
Radiodetection wins prestigious R and D 100 Award
Radiodetection wins prestigious R&D 100 Award
The Pipeline Current Mapper (PCM), from Radiodetection Ltd of Bristol, UK, has won a prestigious R&D 100 Award. This award recognizes the PCM as being among the 100 most significant new technologies, products, processes and materials throughout the world in 1998. The PCM allows engineers to identify defects in pipeline contacts and coatings before they develop into serious corrosion problems.
To use the system is simplicity itself. The PCM transmitter is connected to the pipeline and generates a low frequency signal. The uninterupted signal can be detected at intervals along the pipe of up to 30 km using the hand-held PCM Receiver. However, where a pipe defect is present the signal is distorted. Up to 100 readings can be stored in the PCM Receiver, then viewed in situ or downloaded to a PC or laptop. The position of faults, together with their severity, can then be mapped. This technology saves engineers significant amounts of time and manpower, and has increased the efficiency of maintenance planning.