Backscatter Computed
Tomography
Backscattered Computed Tomography (BCT) is a new technology applied to old problems. Using BCT Inversa provides vital information and imagery previously impossible to obtain.
Backscatter Computed
Culvert Inspection
Inversa’s BCT is ideal for roadway culvert inspection and is capable of both identifying and quantifying undermining.
Inversa’s technology removes the guessing game about supporting soil conditions and can quantify, with a visual image, the presence and amount of void. This in turn allows economically optimized repair decisions to be made and deterioration to be easily located and digitally trended. This inspection method does not disrupt current inspection protocols, but rather supplements them.
Inversa’s BCT is ideally suited as the final critical step in the inspection protocol, complementing visual and hammer-test inspection. Repair-or-replace decisions can then be made with a far greater degree of confidence.
This information may then be used with confidence to trend deterioration, and to manage roadway assets.
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Aerospace
BCT will soon be available to the aerospace industry to monitor the condition of critical assets.
Inversa's BCT technology allows visualization of applications, specifically fluid ingress in composite-sandwich structures. Inversa exploits the density difference between fluid and air, allowing quantification of fluid within honeycomb structures (which are largely void). As a result, volumetric quantification of the fluid present in these components is possible. Differentiation of various fluids is also possible.
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Inversa's BCT technology allows visualization of applications, specifically fluid ingress in composite-sandwich structures. Inversa exploits the density difference between fluid and air, allowing quantification of fluid within honeycomb structures (which are largely void). As a result, volumetric quantification of the fluid present in these components is possible. Differentiation of various fluids is also possible.
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Corrosion Under Insulation
Inversa is developing BCT for offshore/onshore industries. The meaningful diagnostics of CT (CAT scan) to monitor the condition of critical assets are now available.
One of the most significant issues across industry is the detection of corrosion under insulation. The marine environment in particular accelerates localized surface pitting and stress-corrosion cracking in steel under insulation. This creates failure and leakage risks. BCT is a cost-effective method of mitigating environmental contamination and costly infrastructure shutdown.
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FRP Infrastructure
Inversa's BCT technology provides a clear view of Fibreglass Reinforced Plastic tanks and pipe walls without the need for disassembly. Inversa can help determine the health of infrastructure that cannot currently be inspected, indentifying defects before failure occurs. Turnaround operations can be optimized while safely deferring replacement.
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Solutions
Inversa can tailor BCT technology to specific inspection requirements. Inversa enables clients “to look inside before you decide” for many critical decisions, such as: