NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Profile Technologies, Inc. (OTC:PRTK, the “Company”) announces the filing of a provisional patent application for Directional Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR). The new method improves upon the Company’s existing patented technologies and may have applications in other industries. The Company is now actively using the technology in its EMW-C™ pipeline inspection service.
The development of a Directional TDR method allows Profile to inspect a long length of cased or insulated pipeline in both directions from a single probe location. The distance and forward or reverse direction to anomalies and faults such as corrosion, water, and damaged insulation can be discriminated from the single probe location. This method improves upon the existing capabilities of the EMW-C™ process by allowing inspection in both directions from a single location, and thus, increases the productivity and accuracy of the inspection service.
Profile believes that in addition to its use in the EMW-C™ pipeline inspection process, Directional TDR has applications in other industries including telecommunications and utilities where TDR is commonly used to locate faults on cables and wiring. Traditional TDR inspection typically requires that an instrument be connected at cable end points or that facilities be taken out of service during inspection, whereas the Directional TDR method could allow for the inspection of facilities without service interruption or the need to cut and repair the cable or wire under test.
About Profile:Profile Technologies, Inc. is headquartered in Manhasset, NY. It is the developer and owner of the EMW-C™ pipeline inspection process, a proprietary, patented technology that utilizes electromagnetic waves to detect and characterize corrosion and other anomalies on cased, insulated and other pipelines. The technology provides long-range, non-invasive and non-destructive inspection. For more information about Profile Technologies, visit the website at www.profiletech.net.
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