Last updated : 04/01/2020
TesTex-Japan Inc.
- President
- Sanshiro KIMOTO (Mr.)
- Year established
- 1998
- Capital
- 30,000,000 yen
- Sales
- 71,000,000 yen
- Employees
- 9
- Postal (zip) code
- 732-0023
- Phone
- 082-289-6770
- Fax
- 082-289-6769
- E-Mail
- kimoto@testex-j.com
- URL
- http://www.testex-j.com
Company PR
TesTex-Japan Inc. was established as a joint venture with TesTex Inc. in the United States in 1998.
TesTex Inc. is one of the leading companies with the highest non-destructive testing technology in the world.
Especially, our low frequency electromagnetic technique is showing a great promise in the plant maintenance field.
With the technique eliminating the necessity of preparation on a test surface and allowing the non-contact quick flaw detection, we are running far ahead of all other competitors. Today, accidental leakage tends to happen more frequently and the needs for the surface flaw detection will be getting higher. Thus, we are confident that the technique is in the limelight in the near future instead of the ultrasonic flaw detection.
Non-contact surface flaw detection for gas piping in iron works
Corrosion detection with Falcon 2000
Quick flaw detection for petroleum pipelines (throughput: 300 m/day)
Corrosion detection with Falcon Line-Cat
Major Products
- Low frequency electromagnetic testing system, Falcon 2000
- Low frequency electromagnetic testing system, Falcon Line-Cat
- Remote field flaw detector, Eagle 2000
- Piping flaw detector, TS-2000
- Weld surface crack detector, Hawkeye
Major Customers
- Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
- JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
- NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION.
- Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
- JFE Steel Corporation.
Major Facilities/Equipment
- Falcon 2000
Low frequency electromagnetic testing system: 32-channel output
- Falcon Line Cat 3
Low frequency electromagnetic testing system: 4 to 32-channel output
Apply to detect flaw in axial direction of the pipe.
- Eagle 2000 2
Remote field flaw detector
For single prove and for multi-channel
- Hawkeye 1
Weld surface crack detector based on the electromagnetic induction method
8-channel output
- Viper crawler 1
Crawling inside pipes by holding itself to the surface with magnetic wheels
Technology Employed
- Other manufacturing industry
- 32-channel low frequency electromagnetic testing system
Falcon 2000
- Other manufacturing industry
- 4 to 32-channel low frequency electromagnetic testing system
Falcon Line Cat
- Other manufacturing industry
- 8-channel eddy current flaw detector
Hawkeye
- Other manufacturing industry
- Multi-channel remote field flaw detector
Eagle 2000 Plus
- Other manufacturing industry
- Viper crawler system
Crawler with magnetic wheels for holding itself to the surface
Primary Area of Technical Expertise
Quick piping corrosion scanning with Falcon Line-Cat
Quick crack detection on weld surface of coated tank with Hawkeye (removal of coating is no longer necessary.)
Future Business Challenges
- Pipeline inspection with Falcon Line-Cat
- Development and sales of Line-Cat for gas piping
- Crack detection on weld surface of coated tank
- Cost saving flaw detection with Hawkeye
- 100% inspection of boiler tubes on LNG vessels
- Development of systems for LNG vessels from Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
- Extend the sales network to the Far Eastern Region.
Future Technical Challenges
- Other manufacturing industry
- Ordering of the Line-Cat with enhanced resolution for Japan
- Other manufacturing industry
- Line-Cat developed for the piping with a superstructure
- Other manufacturing industry
- Development of the crack detector for coated butt weld plate surfaces (Hawkeye)
- Other manufacturing industry
- Development of the RFET system with guide tubes for LNG vessels from Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
- Other manufacturing industry
- Development of the crawler for tank bottom plate corrosion detection
Other
Falcon Line-Cat for gas piping, patent pending
