Silverwing Africa
Testing Equipment in Cape Town

The Company provides a comprehensive range of inspection services from our operational base in South Africa comprising of in-service Acoustic Emission testing, out of service MFL tank floor inspection, remote access Ultrasonic (UT) tank and vessel inspection and guided wave Ultrasonic (UT) screening of pipe work using the latest generation G3 system from Guided Ultrasonic Limited. Silverwing Africa is a provider of specialist Corrosion Inspection services concentrating on using both Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) and Ultrasonics (UT) techniques in above or below ground storage tank, process vessels, spheres and associated pipe work systems as well as overland pipe lines and flow lines.

We have 30 years’ experience in the design, development, manufacture and sales of advanced, seamless NDT inspection equipment ranging from MFL tank floor scanners to advanced UT corrosion mapping system. Our equipment allows engineers to evaluate the condition of industrial assets, supporting effective and safe operation. Silverwing specialise in the manufacture and sale of NDT inspection equipment and systems for above ground storage tanks, vessels and pipelines within the oil, gas and petro-chemical industries. Silverwing UK Ltd is the leading specialist in Non Destructive Testing (NDT) equipment for storage tanks, vessels and pipe work within the oil and gas and petro-chemical industries. We design, develop and manufacture advanced, seamless NDT solutions to evaluate the condition of industrial assets, supporting effective and safe operation. Our NDT equipment include MFL (Magnetic Flux Leakage) corrosion detection, mapping, and sizing tank floor scanners, MFL pipe scanners, UT (Ultrasonic) Automated C-Scan corrosion mapping imaging systems, Manual B and C scan systems, UT wall and tank crawlers used for ultrasonic thickness measurements and remote B-scan imaging systems, electric vacuum box and compressed air driven vacuum boxes systems. CMAP's unique approach enables inspection results from multiple disciplines and historical inspections to be easily viewed, analysed and shared. Building on the success of the Floormap3D with STARS top and bottom defect discrimination, continuous research and development has resulted in the most advanced Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) storage tank bottom scanner the Floormap3Di. The MFLi3000 has been designed to meet this demand by bringing together the advanced defect detection capability of our Floormap systems with a simple to use stop on defect scanner system. Pipescan is an easy to use, cost effective, portable, magnetic flux leakage inspection system for the detection of random internal corrosion pipe runs. The latest magnetic material coupled with unique mechanical designs enables coverage of all pipe diameters from 48mm to 2.4 metres with a limited number of scanning heads. Magnetic flux leakage inspection is not affected by product flowing through the pipe so surveys can be carried out both on-line and off-line. The RMS2 is a high speed, high accuracy remote access ultrasonic corrosion mapping system designed to evaluate the condition of ferrous structures such as storage tanks, pipelines, pressure vessels and other critical equipment, supporting effective and safe operation. The Scorpion B-scan is a rugged remote access ultrasonic crawler designed for cost effective A and B-scan imaging on above ground ferro-magnetic structures such as storage tanks, vessels and offshore installations without the need for costly scaffolding or rope access associated with UT thickness gauging. The Silverwing UT Lite family consists of a R-Scan Lite, ThetaScan and Tofd manual scanners, an ultrasonic pulser/receiver and dedicated acquisition and analysis software. This combination provides the capability to perform corrosion profiling, corrosion mapping and weld flaw detection. The design incorporates a 750 mm weld inspection length, complete new lighter body, calibrated vacuum gauge, internal LED’s to ensure correct visibility along the test weld, new seal designed to reduces operator fatigue. Bubble leak testing of shell to annular weld, suitable for both new build inspection and inservice inspection. Unlike some vacuum boxes that rely upon a vulnerable vacuum gauge the Silverwing range have calibrated vacuum relief valves fitted as standard. The RMS software integrates scanner control, data capture, data analysis and reporting tools. The software shows a real-time display of the ultrasonic A-scan, C-scan, thickness measurement and positional data, with a maximum resolution of 0.5 mm x 0.5 mm. Ultrasonic Flaw Detection for Technicians by John Drury has almost become an industry standard amongst UT professionals and is widely regarded as the most complete UT book ever written. Now in its third edition, the book was first published twenty five years ago. This thorough revision covers all the latest transducer technology and flaw detection instrumentation advancements and UT developments such a