OCTG and Coiled Tubing Inspection AI

Catch surface, thread, and weld seam defects, and read every stencil and color band, on every joint and reel.

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OCTG and Coiled Tubing Inspection AI for the Toughest Pipe Mills and Tube Plants

Deploy Anywhere, Run Everywhere
Run OCTG and coiled tubing inspection on line scan and area cameras at the weld mill, threading line, finishing line, and spooling station, on the edge, on-prem, in your VPC, or via API.
One Platform, Full Adoption
Tools every mill team can adopt, from line operators and inspectors to process, quality, and metallurgy engineers, no separate ML team required.
Secure, Compliant, and Audit-Ready
Data stays safe with SOC 2 Type II compliance, encrypted data, and an uptime SLA, with an image record for every joint and every reel.

“The vision AI solutions we developed with Roboflow have been a core component of connecting our teams and unlocking their ability to collaborate.”

Lou Stocco

Director of Manufacturing Advanced Analytics, USG

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Bring us your toughest OCTG or coiled tubing inspection problem and we'll map a working solution.

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Solution architecture that fits your weld mill, threading, finishing, and spooling lines
A live demo on images of your own pipe, threads, and tube
Deployment options: edge, on-prem, air-gapped, or VPC
ROI modeling against rejected loads, customer claims, rework, and inspection hours

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Vision AI is transforming businesses

Customers across the board are solving complex challenges and driving meaningful impact.

Automotive customer
$10 million
Saved by automatically detecting defects on the production line
Logistics & freight company
90%
Less time spent manually tracking shipping inventory
Building materials supplier
60%
Lower customer return rate with improved product quality

Inspect Every Joint and Every Foot, from the Weld Mill to the Reel

Add a real-time inspection layer to every pipe and tube line with Roboflow vision AI for OCTG and coiled tubing inspection. Built for casing, tubing, and coiled tubing mills where product moves at line speed, visual checks happen at a few stations by eye, and a surface defect, a damaged thread, or a wrong stencil found by the customer becomes a rejected load or a claim.

Casing and tubing:

Detect laps, seams, pits, scale, and rolled-in defects on the pipe body, alongside corrosion detection.
Inspect pin and box threads, seals, and shoulders for dents, galling, and chatter after threading, alongside screw thread inspection.
Confirm thread protectors, couplings, and end finish are in place before the joint goes to the rack.

Coiled tubing:

Watch the longitudinal weld seam and bead trim for defects and incomplete trim as the tube is formed, alongside weld inspection.
Inspect strip-to-strip bias welds and the tube surface for gouges, dents, and corrosion along the full length, with line scan cameras.
Tie every finding to its footage position on the reel so it can be found again at the rig.

Markings and records:

Read stencils, heat numbers, and serials with industrial OCR, and check grade color bands against the order.
Count and track joints on racks and in bundles, alongside pipe counting and tracking.
Keep an image record for every joint and reel for mill certs, customer claims, and failure analysis.

Bring intelligence to every joint and every reel today. Stop surface, thread, and marking defects from becoming rejected loads, claims, and failures downhole.

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Frequently asked questions

What is OCTG and coiled tubing inspection with Vision AI?

OCTG and coiled tubing inspection with Vision AI uses cameras along the weld mill, threading and finishing lines, and spooling station and a trained computer vision model (opens in a new tab) to find surface, thread, and weld defects on casing, tubing, and coiled tubing, and to read every stencil and marking. It pairs with drill pipe inspection for used pipe in the yard and at the rig.

Does it support API 5CT and API 5ST?

Yes. API 5CT covers casing and tubing, and API 5ST covers coiled tubing, including how each is manufactured, inspected, and marked. Vision AI adds a visual check on every joint and every foot of tube, alongside the EMI, ultrasonic, and hydrostatic testing your program already runs, with an image record for each.

Can it keep up with tube moving at line speed?

Yes. Line scan cameras image the full surface of the tube as it moves, and image tiling runs detection on each section of the image, so small defects are found at line speed and mapped to their position.

Can it integrate with our mill controls, MES, and ERP?

Yes. Roboflow writes results to a PLC tag over OPC UA or MQTT so a joint is diverted or a defect is marked on the tube, and sends images, reads, and positions over REST (opens in a new tab) or to a database for MES, ERP, and mill cert systems.

Roboflow serves as the inspection engine, and your quality and metallurgy teams own the acceptance criteria, NDT, and final disposition.

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