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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.
Inspection standards and codes for in-service FRP
Summary of inspection standards and codes to identify flaws or defects in FRP (polymeric) composite equipment and structures.
FRP Fitness for Service: Remaining Strength Factor and PDS
Polymer Damage Status (PDS)—how much of the polymer’s original elasticity is retained—is critical to determining the Remaining Strength Factor (RSF) of FRP.
UTComp announces licensing agreement with VED s.r.l.
UTComp is pleased to welcome VED s.r.l. to our growing network of UltraAnalytix® NDT licensees. Established in 1970 and based in Italy, VED provides asset inspection and management services as well as composite equipment production (tanks, pipe, structures),...
FRP Corrosion Barrier Assessment: Best Practices Guide
Resistance to corrosion is a key advantage of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) materials. It makes FRP an ideal choice for tanks, pipes and other equipment in industries like pulp and paper and chemical processing where corrosion is an everyday challenge. However,...
UAX assessment for FRP composite reliability
For many years, ultrasound has been the go-to non-destructive testing (NDT) technology for inspecting steel pipes, tanks and vessels. However, ultrasonic testing of equipment made from fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites is more recent. Below we discuss...
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...
Celebrating 15 years of FRP reliability innovation
“How do we create the fitness-for-service curve for FRP composites like we have for steel?”
Geoff Clarkson first asked that question in 2000, after finding a consistent gap in reliability support for end users of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) equipment.