Data-driven inspection for FRP composite reliability
UltraAnalytix® by UTComp is the world’s only proven NDE method for reliable, safe, cost-effective inspection of fiber-reinforced polymer composite equipment.
Questions about your
FRP equipment?
Do your FRP assets have 3 days or 30 years of remaining service life?
Get the data you need for safe, reliable operations.
With UltraAnalytix NDE inspection, you’ll know what assets to repair or replace, and when. Plan with confidence, save on asset replacement, ensure safety and increase plant efficiency with the world’s first predictive maintenance system for FRP equipment.
Non-Destructive
No need to cut holes and repair assets
Non-Intrusive
Minimizes confined space entry for worker safety
No Downtime
Inspect while operating in under an hour
SNT-TC-1A Certified
NDT inspection by professionals certified to
Trusted
15 years of reliable, repeatable results for 200+ industry leaders
Cost-Effective
Predictive maintenance delivers a minimum 10x return on investment
Dan Falcioni
XPS Expert Process Solutions
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FRP Asset Fitness for Service
Fast, reliable, cost-effective NDE inspection and engineering services for all your FRP composite industrial equipment, including piping, storage vessels, ducting, scrubbers, vent stacks, fan impellers, FRP wrapping repairs and more.
FRP Pipes
Phosphoric acid plant pipeline
UTComp examined over five kilometres of side-by-side piping at a phosphoric acid plant ahead of a planned facility expansion.
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FRP Tanks
Hydrochloric acid service
Inspection of a tank used for HCL service for decades determines the strength of the FRP in the tank, the condition of the corrosion barrier, and structural data on repairs.
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FRP Wrap
FRP wrap inspection
UltraAnalytix NDE quickly and accurately measures the thickness of FRP wrap and the quality of the bond on corroding steel pipes at a major petrochemical facility.
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Ray Vermillion, Ashland
“UltraAnalytix NDE delivered significant savings by eliminating the cost to shut down the asset, empty the vessel and then go through the process of re-filling and startup after inspection.”
Ray Vermillion
Asset Integrity and Reliability Manager
Ashland
“In an industry that struggles to find a way to reliably test the condition of FRP equipment, UTComp brings credibility and integrity to lifecycle management for anything made of FRP.”
Michel Lefebvre
VALE
“UTComp System has developed a repeatable and reproducible non-destructive and non-intrusive ultrasonic method to inspect the fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite structures.”
George Z.H. Zhu
Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering
York University
“For Cargill, the ultrasonic inspection is a proven technique that is used worldwide. In the factories in Sas van Gent and Bergen op Zoom over one hundred plastic tanks are successfully inspected. ”
(Translated from Dutch to English)
Bas Adams
Reliability Leady
Cargill
“The development of ultrasound inspection methods to inspect FRP has allowed our company to monitor equipment degradation with time and make long-term plans for repair and replacement.”
Yanick Bayard, PE
Rio Tinto Fer et Titane
“The innovative signal analysis software developed by UTComp provides thorough information about the thickness, strength, defects and corrosion barrier of FRP pipes.”
Ahmed Arabi Hassen, PhD
Materials Processing & Applications Development (MPAD) Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham
“The signal analysis conducted by UTComp provides unique defect detection and sensitivity for a range of structural thicknesses, with advantages of single side access. I would highly recommend the UTComp system to industry users.”
Uday K. Vaidya, PhD
Dep of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering
News
About API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 Part 16
Regular assessment of in-service fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) assets provides critical information about their Fitness For Service (FFS) that enables asset owners to: maintain uninterrupted operations ensure personnel safety efficiently plan repairs and maintenance,...
FRP Fitness For Service: API/ASME educational series
Introduction to a four-part API/ASME educational series on FRP system performance and implications for Fitness For Service to support development of API 579-1/ASME FFS-1, Part 16.
AI and the future of FRP evaluation
UTComp’s UltraAnalytix NDE system features a patented AI algorithm that draws on millions of inspection data points to process and analyze raw ultrasonic data to identify changes in polymer condition.
Your NDE solution for FRP asset integrity management is here.
UltraAnalytix NDE makes FRP composite inspection as rigorous and reliable as for metallic assets. Get unparalleled Fitness for Service and Remaining Service Life analysis by SNT-TC-1A-certified personnel to improve plant safety and operational efficiency and increase your Return on Assets (ROA).