OEMS Provides Hazardous Material Services Using Computed Radiography System from DÜRR NDT

BIETIGHEIM-BISSINGEN, Germany - Nov. 19, 2024 - PRLog -- Orion Enviro Marine Services (OEMS) in Freeport, Bahamas was founded in 2014 and they are a leading provider of hazardous material services for marine insurers, shipping lines, pharmaceutical manufacturers, industrial contractors, and ship repairs.

In the past Orion Enviro Marine Services performed radiographic inspection using conventional films. Due to rising cost of the film, the challenges, and the costs associated with disposing of chemicals and recovering the silver produced during film processing, Orion Enviro Marine Services decided to look into Computed Radiography (CR). After looking at several CR systems they acquired a Dürr NDT HD-CR 35 Computed Radiography system and D-Text X software to completely replace using film and their film processor.

The HD-CR 35 is the most flexible and advanced CR scanner on the market today, with the ability to provide the highest resolution images in the industry. In addition, because of its unique TreFoc technology which offers an adjustable laser spot size, it can also provide high-contrast images when necessary.

As an example of how CR has helped Orion Enviro Marine Services to provide hazardous material services was on a project where they were asked to perform radiographic inspection on the primary containment welds on pressure vessels. The buildings at the factory where the pressure vessels reside took a direct hit when category 5 hurricane Dorian struck on August 24th, 2019. The wall thickness of the tanks and attachments varied quite a bit creating differences in densities within the radiograph. The first image on the left was made on one of the tanks near a nozzle using an 80 Ci Ir-192 source. There were two separate regions of interest in this image. One was of the seam weld on the tank and the other was of the nozzle weld. Using the powerful image adjustment tools built into the software, it was possible to focus on the different density areas of the tank without using multiple exposures, as would typically be necessary with film radiography.

Orion Enviro Marine Services managing partner and director Darrin Rollins commented that he is extremely happy with the image quality and produced by the HD-CR 35 scanner and D-Tect X software. He added that he is also happy with the ease of creating image test reports and that sharing digital images has increased efficiency.

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