TANK ROBOTICS
PIONEERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTRINSICALLY-SAFE (IS) IN-SERVICE TANK ROBOTICS AND INSPECTION SERVICES
BSI team of Above Ground Storage Tank managers have decades of out-of-service and in-service tank inspection experience. We have a depth of experience and knowledge in high density ultrasound scanning, equipment design, fabrication, and safe deployments. BSI and affiliates have inspected thousands of tanks worldwide while in service.
Kerosene/Diesel/Gasoline/Selected Chemicals/Water/Wastewater/Other
THE INSPECTION PROCESS
BSI’s in-service tank inspection intrinsically-safe (IS) scanners and non-IS scanners are designed to inspect the bottom of above-ground storage tanks without removing the tank from service, and without personnel entry into the tank.
- High density ultrasound scanners operate in both fixed and floating roof storage tanks.
- Deployed with the tank full of product
- A range of robotic equipment deployment options – from scanners that are maneuvered manually around the floor to multi-sensor remotely operated robots
- Video inspection where optically clear
- Precision navigation system
- API 653 certified inspectors
- 3D LIDAR laser scan tank analysis: settlement outer roundness, plumbness, berm capacity analysis, etc.
REPORTING
- On-Site Preliminary Result Reporting
- Rapid Final Report Turnaround
- API 653 Compliant
WHEN IN-SERVICE MAKES SENSE
Where unknown conditions exist
Integrity recertification
A new tank where corrosion rate is not known
Older tanks with known degradation
An in-service tank inspection provides the tank
owners with the ability to plan for the optimum
time for a full out-of-service inspection.
Deployed with the tank full of product, through an
18-inch or greater diameter inspection manways.
NO CONFINED SPACE ENTRY - Minimize/reduce
environmental and personnel exposure
Corrosion rate and remaining tank floor life
determination
Corrosion rate, tank contour, and remaining tank
floor life determination
BENEFITS OF IN-SERVICE TANK INSPECTION
SAVE TIME & MONEY
Historically, when an above-ground storage tank requires a routine inspection, the tank must be taken out of service presenting an interruption in operations. Alternatively, an in-service tank inspection provides the tank owners with the ability to plan for the optimum time for a full out-of-service inspection, if necessary.
ULTRASOUND & SETTLEMENT DATA
BSI offers high density ultrasound tank floor scanning with traditional compression wave ultrasound to collect floor thickness and settlement data at the same time. This provides a more realistic picture of tank settlement, a better analysis of tank floor integrity and a realistic calculation of the remaining useful floor life of the tank.
ALL-INCLUSIVE INSPECTION PACKAGE
BSI’s In-Service tank inspection services provide skilled professionals, equipment and software responding to your unique needs and workflow requirements.