MHI Receives Order for Ultrasonic Thickness Monitoring System That Can Be Used in Environments with Flammable Gas

Tokyo, July 4, 2024 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) received an order from JFE Steel Corporation (headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) for an ultrasonic thickness monitoring system that can be used in environments with flammable gases. The system was developed proprietarily based on the world's smallest and thinnest thin-film UT sensor(Note) technology, which can be installed easily in narrow or curved spaces like underneath insulation or in elbow (curved) joints of pipes. After a series of test operations in the Fukuyama area of JFE Steel's West Japan Works (Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture) in March 2022, JFE Steel decided to adopt a large number of the systems in the area as a result of the proof of concept that was achieved.