Improved Range of Tank Floor Scanners

MFE Enterprises, Inc. (USA) will be releasing their new and improved Mark III lineup during the first half of 2010. The Mark III Floor Scanner addresses many issues faced by the modern day tank inspector, such as improved inspections through coated floors, improved inspections through thicker plates, fully adjustable thresholds for improved thresholding techniques, and the ability to produce color-coded maps of carbon steel loss across the tank floor. Initially, the Mark III Floor Scanner will be available in three different models: Manual Operation, Stop-On-Defect, and Mapping. Similar to the previous generation of magnetic floor scanners, all three Mark III models are used in the inspection of carbon steel tank floors.

The Mark III Manual Operation Floor Scanner is the most basic model offered. However, even the base model comes with an improved magnetic bridge allowing for better inspections through coated tank floors and greater plate thickness.

The Mark III Stop-On-Defect Floor Scanner is an upgraded version of the Manual Operation unit that primarily offers a motor to drive the floor scanner. This unit also features a new and improved fully adjustable threshold. Any signal that rises above the set threshold will not only stop the motor but will also freeze the signal(s) on screen so that an inspector can quickly identify the location of the defect.

The Mark III Mapping Floor Scanner is the fully upgraded version of the Mark III that allows the inspector to create a color-coded map of the carbon steel loss across the tank floor. This unit includes versatile software that allows the inspector to create a detailed tank floor schematic and then overlay the actual floor scans on each plate. The end result is a color-coded map of the tank floor that indicates precise locations of carbon steel loss in the plates. This is an excellent tool for determining how best to approach tank floor repairs.

All three models share a similar structural configuration that allows MFE Enterprises to offer a system for upgrading the models. For instance, if you buy the base model and two months later determine you need the stop-on-defect mode, you need not purchase a new unit. For a fraction of the cost of a new unit, the manual unit can be fully upgraded to a stop-on-defect unit that is identical to a new stop-on-defect unit. Also, once this initial conversion is completed by MFE Enterprises, an operator can easily and quickly convert the unit to perform manual or stop-on-defect operations. The same is true of upgrading the unit to a mapping unit.