If you have ever had the chance to see a storage area of a factory, you will have noticed that it is an accumulation of different sized and shaped tanks and containers. These tanks and containers are used to contain different types of liquids and gases which are used in production and different areas of the factory. While keeping a record of these gases and liquids is a tough task, so is the maintenance of the tanks and containers.

Due to the highly sensitive and corrosive nature of these liquids and gases, the tanks are often found to be leaking. If a sensitive liquid leaks accidentally, the outcome would be terrible and the damages would be irreparable. To make sure that the tanks and containers are leak free, the factory’s maintenance department has adopted the testing method commonly known as the hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing.

This testing method gets its name from the maritime industry where it first originated. Since the transport ships get rusted very quickly, they develop leaks in the wildest places possible. As the incidents of leaking hatch covers increased and the customers complained of damaged and wet goods received, the entire industry was shaken badly. They quickly decided to resolve the matter before people would stop using this medium of transport and the claims and insurance that was paid was quickly drowning the industry in heavy debts.

To fight this issue the industry members devised many different methods to find leaks. At first they used the hose pipe testing method which was added with the chalk testing method later on. But due to the huge amount of resources required to run these tests, the price of checking leaks was too high and was quickly draining out money from their pockets. Thus, the industry screamed for a cheaper and more reliable method.

This created a challenge for the engineers related to this industry because it was up to them to provide a solution. Considering the ultrasonic devices that were already being used in different sectors of the industry, the devised the ultrasonic leak detecting device. It proved to be an instant hit but the complexity of operating it kept a lot of people troubled. Although its use was effective but not everyone was able to operate it.

After rigorous testing and painstaking, the latest model is available which makes checking tightness of hatch with ultrasound seem like child’s play. Its popularity created waves of rejoices and soon it started spreading to other industries. Today almost every factory own at least one of these devices and they also have become safer and more relaxed with the maintenance of their tanks and containers.