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ARM NICS Weld Inspection Article

1999-2000: ARM NICS Project: Woodside Petroleum, Australia

Challenge

The Australian North Rankin Alpha Platform required weld inspections on a number of key subsea nodes.

Solution

Development of the ARM Nodal Inspection and Cleaning System allowed inspections to be planned onshore for optimal placement. On-site it was used as the control interface to drive the inspection tool along pre-planned paths.

Business Benefits

Software ran on a standard laptop. On deployment, inspection of 5 large nodal welds was achieved up to 10x faster than manually controlled manipulator weld inspection techniques.