ASNT-certified inspection for FRP composite reliability
UltraAnalytix® by UTComp is the world’s only proven NDT 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 proactive service-life forecasting and safe, reliable operations.
With UltraAnalytix NDT 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
ASNT-certified
NDT inspection in accordance with
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 Fitness for Service
Fast, reliable, cost-effective NDT 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 NDT 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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“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
UltraAnalytix NDT system featured in World Pipelines magazine
UTComp is featured in the November 2023 issue of World Pipelines magazine. In the article titled “Before It’s Too Late,“ UTComp founder and CTO Geoff Clarkson discusses the value of UltraAnalytix® NDT for assessing corrosion barrier condition of in-service piping...
UTComp announces licensing agreement with Nigeria’s Blaqskye International
UTComp is pleased to welcome Blaqskye International to our growing network of UltraAnalytix® NDT licensees. Based in Lagos, Nigeria, BlaqSkye provides engineering and technical support, project management, asset management and inspection services to clients in the...
UTComp founder Geoff Clarkson authors WRC Bulletin on Fitness-for-Service Assessment of FRP
WRC Bulletin 601 provides technical background and validation for quantitative non-destructive testing methodology for FRP composite equipment Cambridge, Ontario, Canada May 30, 2023 — A new Welding Research Council (WRC) Bulletin, authored by UTComp founder...