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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2008
Applicant:
Donald Mike Johnson, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Inventor:
Donald Mike Johnson, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Assignee:
TRC Services, Inc., The Woodlands, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/34 (2006.01); G01N 27/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for reclaiming or reconditioning used tubulars are disclosed. One method includes performing non-visual, non-destructive inspection of used tubulars at a site of a reconditioning or reclaiming plant prior to the used tubulars being cleaned in preparation for reclaiming or reconditioning, followed by sorting the used tubulars based principally on the inspection. The non-visual, non-destructive inspection may be selected from magnetic flux leakage inspection, ultrasonic inspection, Eddy current inspection, acoustic emission inspection, and combinations thereof.