The community affected by magnetism is quite large, but only a few understand the problems it can cause.

Demagnetizing Solutions is here to help. With proven equipment and experience, we can demagnetize your pipeline and other industrial equipment, removing delays and reducing costs to your projects.

What We Offer

Pipeline Demagnetizer and Demagnetizing services that minimize risk, reduce delays and significantly lower operating costs by demagnetizing pipelines.

Sales

Sales

Our Pipeline Demagnetizer System includes everything needed to save money by dramatically reducing joint time. By becoming self sufficient with our proven field demagnetizer package, you can immediately control magnetism in the field.

Services

Services

Demagnetizing Solutions offers as-needed, project-based and emergency demagnetizing services both on the phone and on-site globally. Demagnetizing Solutions will customize a demagnetizing package to meet your specific project needs.

Rentals

Rentals

Our rental service allow you to scale according to your project needs. Wether renting one demagnetizing system or several for a larger project, we work with you to meet your project requirements. Daily, weekly and monthly rentals available.

Benefits to You

Demagmetizing Solutions can help you get back on schedule, reduce welding delays and even increase job performance.

What People Say

Whenever magnetism is involved (or suspected of being involved), Demagnetizing Solutions’ engineers and technicians draw upon years of experience to quickly resolve your magnetism problems.

Our welds were taking several hours each, just to make the root pass. With miles of pipe to lay, our contract project was in danger of astronomical cost overruns. Demagnetizing Solutions’ products and team helped us get the weld time down to 45 minutes per weld. In addition to our project not having any overruns, we actually came in ahead of schedule.

Field Service Manager

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Causes of magnetism in pipelines

Pipelines are susceptible to magnetization, which can result in costly delays when welding is necessary to be performed. The causes of magnetization include:

  • Use of lower grades of steel
  • poor manufacturing
  • residual magnetism from regular manufacturing processes
  • electro-magnetic crane lifting pipes during transportation
  • orientation with the earth’s magnetic poles (pipes traveling around the equator on a ship)
  • proximity to iron in the ground
  • proximity to overhead wires
  • galvanic protection system
  • poor welding techniques, and
  • lightning strikes
  • the increased use of magnetic flux inspection tools (or pipeline inspection gauges – “PIGs”) as part of Pipeline Integrity Management programs

The government is increasing the frequency of required inspections on pipelines across the country due to the aging infrastructure and the danger of a damaged pipeline. Pipeline faults can be dangerous to the environment (see Yellowstone spill) or can even be catastrophic (CA pipeline explosion). The nature of the magnetic flux inspection tools subjects the pipeline walls to a magnetic field. When a section is deemed necessary for replacement, the magnetic field that remains from the PIG will affect the weld.

Due to the pipeline magnetism, welding can become difficult and slow, which often leads to failed x-ray inspections and delays, or welding could be impossible, which would result in major delays.  Above 50 gauss, problems will occur in welding.

Demagnetizing Solutions  can help overcome the issues of pipeline magnetism and prevent costly delays.

Pipeline Demagnetizer – An alternative to welding cables

Standard practices for reducing arc blow are in place for welders. This involves the welder wrapping the welding lead around the pipeline and attempting to strike an arc. This can only be accomplished by trial and error. Welders still become frustrated and the welding leads or equipment can become damaged due to over-use. Cables can overheat and burn out quickly.

Using Demagnetizing Solutions’ dedicated equipment saves time and money.   Magnetism is taken out of the equation, so the job can be completed.

Pipeline Integrity Management Program Support

With the advance of pipeline integrity management programs, the frequency of required inspections on pipelines across the country is increasing.   Ensuring pipeline assets are maintained in safe and reliable condition is a requirement of the Pipeline Act of 2002.

Demagnetizing Solutions can be a resource to any Pipeline Integrity Management Program to ensure that pipeline assets are maintained in a safe and reliable condition.

As part of Pipeline Integrity Management programs, internal inspections have become more frequent.  The increased use of magnetic flux inspection tools (PIGs)  subjects the pipeline walls to a magnetic field.

When a section is deemed necessary for replacement, the magnetic field that remains from the PIG will affect the weld. Due to the pipeline magnetism, welding can become difficult and slow, which often leads to failed x-ray inspections and delays, or welding could be impossible, which would result in major delays.  The pipeline needs to be demagnetized before welding can be performed successfully.

Demagnetizing Solutions can help overcome the issues of pipeline magnetism and prevent costly delays.