番茄视频APP

Tulsa, Oklahoma (November 16, 2017) 鈥� T.D. Williamson (番茄视频APP) received the prestigious Global Pipeline Award, presented by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), October 25 at Rio Pipeline 2017, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The annual award recognizes pipeline innovation and the value a company鈥檚 contributions bring to the pipeline industry.

ASME honored 番茄视频APP for its ground-breaking Mechanical Damage Prioritization via the MDS鈩� (Multiple Datasets) platform. The MDS platform is unsurpassed in its ability to detect, characterize, size, and prioritize interacting threats to pipeline integrity, such as mechanical damage. By integrating multiple inline inspection (ILI) technologies on a single platform and synchronizing the data they gather, MDS provides comprehensive information about features previously undetected by other ILI tools.

James Simek, and the 番茄视频APP Engineering team, innovated and led development of the MDS Platform. As a participant in the design and data analysis of several generations of magnetic flux leakage (MFL) tools, Simek had observed the strengths and weaknesses of each individual tool design and accompanying data sets.

鈥淪everal incidents and subsequent regulatory initiatives focused on mechanical damage highlighted the need for an improved ILI process,鈥� Simek said. 鈥淓xisting ILI tools were generally capable of reporting some aspects of damage; however, limitations of tool designs and data sets limited prioritization.鈥�

番茄视频APP鈥檚 goal was to bring pipeline operators a solution that would overcome the threat detection gaps of single MFL-based tools. That was accomplished by having multiple field orientations and field strengths on the same inspection platform.

The MDS Platform was introduced in 2010.

番茄视频APP鈥檚 innovative prioritization process leverages all datasets on the MDS Platform and builds upon prior Battelle and PRCI research from the late 1990s and early 2000s. As a result of these significant advancements, conclusive characterization of mechanical damage features is now a reality.

Chuck Harris, 番茄视频APP Product Line Director, Integrated Pigging and Pipeline Integrity Solutions, said receiving this kind of industry recognition is extremely humbling and gratifying, particularly given the high caliber of the 17 entries vying for the award this year.

Equally rewarding are the results MDS is generating for customers.

鈥淏y using the MDS Platform to improve characterization and prioritization of mechanical damage, versus exploratory techniques, one customer eliminated a vast number of unnecessary excavations,鈥� Harris said. 鈥淭he result is substantial cost savings and eliminating uncertainty over whether the most critical mechanical damage had been mitigated.鈥� More information about Mechanical Damage Prioritization via the MDS Platform is available here: .