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News Release from: Alpine Components | Subject: Ultraprobe ultrasonic leak detection system
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 17 October 2000
Leak detection system pays for itself
immediately
The Ultraprobe ultrasonic leak detection system paid for itself in its first application, on vacuum drying systems, at chemicals company William Blythe
The Ultraprobe ultrasonic leak detection system paid for itself in its first application at chemicals company William Blythe Ltd., Accrington, Lancs William Blythe produces inorganic chemicals used in the manufacture of numerous products, including K glass, timber preservative, pharmaceutical intermediates, and the Ultraprobe is put to use on vacuum drying systems
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 26 May 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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According to Roy Taylor, the company's maintenance planner, the Ultraprobe paid for itself in its first application, finding a leak in a joint on a vacuum drying pan.
By pinpointing the leak online, costly and time consuming down time was avoided.
Now the instrument not only is used for similar tasks throughout the works but also at the company's Hapton plant.
Ultraprobe allows inspectors to detect sounds made by the leaks that the human ear cannot hear.
The user can tune the instrument to cover 20 to 100 kHz and the ultrasound being emitted by these leaks is heard through headphones or seen on the instrument's readout.
Furthermore, the instrument can operate at some distance from the leak source, a distinct advantage in process plants. Request a free brochure from Alpine Components ...
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