Ultrasonic Safety & Survey Equipments

Friday 16 August 2013

Saving Time and Lives with Ultrasonic Tightness Testing

When dealing with vehicles that are to undergo tough terrains and the roughest conditions, strict measures are taken to ensure that they will survive all the odds out in the field. Cracks in the vehicle’s body or any other forms of corrosion or rotting will weaken it and in the peak time of emergency, this vehicle will have you stranded in the middle of nowhere.

One of the busiest and the most strenuous vehicles known to mankind is the transport ship. It is the one vehicle which carries tons of weight all at once and still has to complete its voyage in a hurry. This means that the captain of the ship has a lot to look after when the ship sets sail for its destination to a port hundreds of miles away. With the hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing the manager stresses his crew to report if anything is alarming about the ship’s condition (body wise).

In the past when modern science was little used for the maritime industry, there was no ultrasonic hatch cover testing device. This was the toughest time for the industry and it is when most accidents happened. In the past the only way to check integrity of a ship was by using the water and chalk method. This method was considered to provide accurate results and in most cases it did not let down the expectations. But this method was still not suitable for the industry because it took too much time to complete and due to the rush of goods and worried customers most of the ship managers never bothered to conduct the tightness testing.

With the combination of lethargy, ignorance and pressure from the clients, a ship was sent to sail without thinking much about the consequences. And as we are all aware that nature can be ruthless without worrying much about the human kind, the ship would encounter problems out in the sea. Most of the times the ship’s staff would exclaim a deadly leak in the ship’s upper or lower body. The captain would start giving orders frantically and despite all the efforts, the goods would get destroyed.

These tough situations are now not experienced anymore thanks to the testing tightness of hatch with ultrasound. Today is a ship sails in an emergency, the testing is done onboard the sailing ship and preventive measures are taken in advance. Fixtures are applied as soon as the ship docks at the nearest port thus no harm is done to the goods and the crew present on it.

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