- magnetic flux leakage pig
- Internal and external corrosion are identified by using Magnetic Flux Leakage pigs. These pigs relay on magnetic anomalies created by imperfections, as the means of detecting their presence.
Pipeline dictionary. 2013.
magnetic flux leakage pig
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