Checking heat exchanger tubes with an eddy-current integrity test
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1. A method for checking heat exchanger tubes of metallic material, which comprises:
- drying inner surfaces of heat exchanger tubes;
then leading a compressed air-abrasive mixture through the heat exchanger tubes; and
then performing an eddy-current integrity test of the heat exchanger tubes.
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A method for checking heat exchanger tubes of metallic material includes drying inner surfaces of the heat exchanger tubes. A compressed air-abrasive mixture is then led through the heat exchanger tubes. An eddy-current integrity test of the heat exchanger tubes is then performed.
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1. A method for checking heat exchanger tubes of metallic material, which comprises:
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drying inner surfaces of heat exchanger tubes; then leading a compressed air-abrasive mixture through the heat exchanger tubes; and then performing an eddy-current integrity test of the heat exchanger tubes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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