PipeCheck 3
The PipeCheck 3 is an ultrasonic instrument that shows whether a pipe is full of water before it is cut, supplied in Malaysia by Asia NDE.
Simple hand-held ultrasonic instrument that positively identifies whether exposed steel, iron or plastic pipes are full of water before they are breached.
Overview
Key advantages
- Positively identifies pipes filled with water and other fluids.
- Simple green / red light and audible indication.
- Works on steel, cast iron and plastic pipes.
- Designed for water and gas service industry engineers.
- Avoids unsafe and costly mistaken pipe identification.
Overview
When old cast or spun iron pipes are exposed, it is often extremely difficult to tell whether they contain water until they are breached – and a mistaken identification is potentially unsafe and costly. PipeCheck 3 uses ultrasound to show whether a pipe is full of water, and has been used successfully across the UK gas and water industries for many years. To use it, clean soil and rust off the pipe with the wire brush supplied. Put coupling gel on the probe and the pipe. Then hold the probe on the pipe wall.
How it works
The probe transmits ultrasound into the pipe wall, setting up standing echoes. If the pipe is full of water, part of the sound crosses the bore and returns, satisfying the instrument’s criteria and triggering a green light and audible alarm. If the pipe holds gas, air or nothing, the sound stays in the wall and a red light is shown. Repeated red lights suggest a gas pipe, a “dead” pipe, telecom trunking, a cable duct or a heavily corroded water pipe.
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