Ultrasound
Five Minute Facts
A Dog’s Sense of Hearing or Smell Teaches Man a Valuable Lesson
Workers at a hydrofracking pad had a dog routinely visit the site, and one day the dog alerted them to a leak. The workers did not smell the leak or hear the leak; the dog’s hearing and smell was the reason the leak was detected. Should all sites use trained dogs to detect leaks? Watch this five-minute fact to find out...
- Drew Walts
- IRISS
Nine Minutes of Knowledge
Five Towns Underground Leak Detection Survey: Using Infrared and Ultrasound
Five Towns is a large 55+ community with 1701 condo units and 6 pools. The maintenance manager detected a leak, and the test came back inconclusive. See how the leak was fixed using infrared and ultrasound systems...
- Drew Walts
- IRISS
Nine Minutes of Knowledge
The Power of Two: Infrared and Ultrasound CBM Technologies
Combining ultrasound and infrared testing methods is the safest and most un-intrusive way of testing that allows inspectors to easily see, hear, and record areas of concern that have been difficult to detect before...
- Adrian Messer
- UE Systems
Five Minute Facts
How Ultrasound Technology Was Used To Locate Low-Level Leaks in Heat Exchangers
Ultrasonic leak detection has been used for a variety of applications ranging from energy reduction by locating compressed air leaks to quality assurance inspections, such as locating wind noise and water leaks in automobiles...
- Adrian Messer
- UE Systems
Interviews
Advances in Airborne and Structure-Borne Ultrasound Over Two Decades
In this interview with US Army veteran Drew Walts, CBM CONNECT discusses the advances in airborne, and structure-borne ultrasound, along with the importance of the critical angle of an electrical fault…
- Drew Walts
- IRISS
White Papers
Leak Management of Compressed Air Systems Using Ultrasound
Compressed air is used as a source of energy in a lot of sectors. This is due not least to the fact that compressed air is relatively easy to produce and transmit, but the provision of compressed air often involves considerable losses...
- Steffen Moeck
- SONOTEC
Case Studies and Stories
Save Energy in Steam and Condensate Systems
The oldest paper mill still operating in Germany detects defective steam traps with digital ultrasonic testing technology…
- Stephanie Moczigemba
- SONOTEC GmbH
Five Minute Facts
The Benefit of Time Signal vs FFT for Slow-Speed Bearing Testing
Slow-speed bearings under 300 RPM take a long time to accumulate data when using vibration analysis. Ultrasound can be used as the front-line tool to determine quickly what is occurring...
- Drew Walts
- IRISS
Two Minute Tips
Testing Thermodynamic Disc
When testing steam traps, we first need to make sure our temperature and pressures are set before we use any type of ultrasound. A good disc trap should cycle 4-10 times per minute; a warn disc trap will cycle ...
- Drew Walts
- IRISS
