Storage Tank Inspections

Tanks Store Chemicals Involved in the Pulping Process

Making pulp and paper requires a lot of chemicals, water, steam, and storage. In paper mills, tanks function as the workhorse of the mill, storing product, process chemicals, water, and other substances for use in the process.

While tanks require frequent, intensive inspection, many mills don’t have consistent programs in place to ensure tank integrity. Gecko can provide visual inspection and integrity checks at important weld lines and perform 100% UT scans to within 0.5” from the shell/floor interface.

Before Gecko, traditional tank inspection involved building costly scaffolding and rope access, so human inspectors may reach all areas of the tank, and utilized inferior technology that can fail to provide an adequate picture of the tank integrity. Gecko can also perform inspections while tanks are online, allowing for greater flexibility in scheduling inspections.

Gecko’s teams inspect tanks with our robots, ensuring detailed, full coverage NDT without building costly infrastructure.