EMAT Inspection in Richmond, BC

EMAT generates the ultrasonic wave electromagnetically inside the conductive material rather than transmitting it through a gel interface. No couplant, no surface wetting, and tolerance for up to 4 mm of lift-off — which is why it shines on scaled, dirty, or coated steel that would need grinding before conventional UT.

When surface preparation is the bottleneck: heavy scale, old coatings, dirty process environments, or screening programs covering large areas fast. Conventional UT still wins for highest-precision spot measurements on prepared surfaces — many programs use both, EMAT to screen and UT to quantify.

Conductive metals — carbon steel is the everyday case, per ASTM E1816-18 practice. Range 2–150 mm with 0.06 mm resolution covers everything from thin shell plate to heavy structural sections.

Yes — that is one of its best tricks. Reading through intact coatings means corrosion surveys no longer require destroying the coating you are trying to protect. Where the coating itself is the question, we pair it with aerial DFT measurement.

Yes — our pilots hold Transport Canada RPAS certification with advanced-operations capability, and Richmond operations run under whatever airspace authorizations the location requires. Directly under YVR control zones — flights here run on our standing airspace authorizations; big-box roofing and cold storage are staples. Flight planning, NOTAM checks, and authorizations are part of the service, not your problem.

Aerial inspection flies in defined weather windows — wind, precipitation, and (for thermal work) the right temperature differentials. Richmond sits in our standing Metro Vancouver coverage, so we schedule against the local forecast and typically land the survey within days of booking rather than weeks. Mon–Sat, 8am–6pm Pacific.

Province-wide pricing — no regional premium for Richmond. Single-asset thermal surveys typically start in the high hundreds; NDT campaigns and multi-asset programs are quoted by scope. The free phone consult (604-239-9934) produces a firm number in about five minutes.