Bruce A. Pellegrino: About the Author
Co-Founder and VP of Marketing, Sensor Networks, Inc.
Bruce Pellegrino is co-founder and Vice President of Marketing for Sensor Networks, Inc. of Boalsburg, PA. Bruce is a 40-year veteran of the NDT product & service business having founded EMCO as a NDT sales company in 1978 and Visual Inspection Technologies in 1983. Bruce oversaw the merger of VIT with Everest Imaging and subsequently ran Everest VIT, Inc. as President & CEO from 1999 until 2005 when it was acquired by GE. Bruce held various management positions – Product, Marketing, Government Relations and Business Development – at GE Inspection Technologies from 2005 until 2014.
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Over the past few years, network technologies have been developed to eliminate the need for long cables for UT thickness monitoring. Coupled with a software back-end, permanently-installed UT sensors have become much more competitive in the industrial landscape.
While there are many methods for measuring equipment wall thickness, a predominant method used in the O&G and power generation industries is portable ultrasonic equipment. Ultrasonic testing is non-intrusive because it is applied to the outside of a pipe or vessel. It is an accurate and relatively low cost non-destructive examination (NDE) method to deploy in most situations.
Faced with stricter OSHA regulations and increased competitiveness in the global market, process facilities have looked toward a technical solution, including man-less entry into vessels, pressure vessels, and tanks for their internal inspections.
