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Corrosion tracking · Software
Corrosion, Defect and Thickness Data Tracking
Your thickness readings and corrosion findings sit buried in hundreds of inspection reports. Lucens Integrity reads them, links each one to its asset and turns them into a legible history: what is wearing, where, and how fast.
The corrosion thesis
Hundreds of thickness readings and findings, scattered across your reports, become one corrosion history per asset.
Your inspection reports already contain the thickness measurements and corrosion findings. Lucens Integrity imports them, links each one to the right asset and rebuilds the history: thickness evolution, 2D mapping of defects and repaired zones, due dates. Every value stays linked to its source PDF, and the software runs 100% locally, on your own machine, off-cloud.
Corrosion & thickness
The category
What is corrosion and thickness-loss tracking?
Tracking corrosion means measuring, over time, the thinning of an asset's walls, tanks, piping, vessels, heat exchangers, and spotting the defects: pitting, localised corrosion, zones already repaired. These measurements come from non-destructive testing, most often ultrasonic thickness readings taken by specialised service providers.
The problem is not producing these measurements. Your providers generate them at every campaign. The problem is that they stay locked inside PDF reports, campaign after campaign, without ever being reconciled point by point or asset by asset.
The result: no one easily sees the trend. A point that loses a little thickness each year goes unnoticed until the reports are gathered and compared. That is exactly the gap a corrosion tracking software fills: connecting your existing measurements to make the trend visible.
The real challenge is not measuring thickness, but seeing how it evolves.
The concrete difficulties
Why the trend escapes you today
The data exists, but it stays unreadable at asset-base scale. Here are the three most common breaking points.
Readings stay in PDFs
Each campaign produces a report, but nothing reconciles the readings from one year to the next.
Points are not historised
The same measurement point, read every year, lives in separate files, never on one curve.
Defects get lost
Pitting, repaired zones and findings dissolve across dozens of pages, with no mapping.
Worth remembering
At asset-base scale the measurements already exist in bulk: they stay unreadable for lack of being linked to the right asset and compared campaign after campaign.
The current method
How corrosion is tracked today, and where it breaks down
Most asset bases rely on a spreadsheet, the memory of the team and reports filed separately. It holds up, to a point.
The common method
Spreadsheet, memory and scattered reports
- Thickness readings are re-keyed by hand into a spreadsheet, campaign by campaign.
- PDF reports are filed in the DMS or the CMMS, without being linked to one another.
- The trend is rebuilt from memory or on request, late and only in part.
- Each provider delivers its own format, and no one harmonises them.
Where it breaks down
Tracking that is fragile and not traceable
- Re-keying introduces errors and costs time at every campaign.
- Cleanly comparing a point from one year to the next quickly becomes impossible.
- The trail back to the original report is lost: hard to justify a decision.
- A departure from the team takes a share of the asset-base knowledge with it.
How it works
How Lucens Integrity tracks corrosion, step by step
From your existing reports, with no re-keying and without you changing your inspection method. The software reads what your inspectors have already written.
Your inspection reports
Thickness readings, defect findings, successive campaigns, in PDF.
Lucens Integrity reads and matches
Each reading linked to the right asset, identity validated, never guessed.
A corrosion history
Thickness evolution, defect mapping, due dates.
Report import
You drop in a PDF report or a whole folder. The software imports the files as-is, with no OCR.
Adapter-based reading
An adapter calibrated per format extracts measurements, findings, dates, locations and severity. A format not covered is archived and flagged.
Matching to the asset
Each value is linked to the right asset, with a validated identity. Nothing is guessed; in case of doubt, the software flags it.
History and mapping
Readings stack up per asset and per point, up to ten years. Defects and repaired zones are mapped in 2D.
KPIs and due dates
Health KPIs are recomputed at each import; regulatory due dates and overdue items surface automatically.
Traceability
Every value stays linked to its source PDF, openable in one click. You can always trace the figure back to its original report.
The data extracted
What the software reads in your reports
Only what your reports actually contain. Nothing is added, nothing is extrapolated.
Measurements and findings
- Thickness readings at the measurement points.
- Defect and pitting findings.
- Severity as stated in the report.
- Repaired zones as flagged.
Identifiers and context
- Equipment and measurement-point identifiers.
- Locations: line, point, zone.
- Campaign dates and due dates.
- Inspector recommendations.
What comes out
- Thickness history per point.
- Year-over-year comparison of measurements.
- 2D mapping of defects.
- Due dates and overdue items highlighted.
The users
Who this tracking is for
One dataset, several readings: from the inspection field all the way to technical management's arbitration.
Inspection / integrity engineer
- Rebuilds the history of each point with no re-keying.
- Tracks thickness trends from one campaign to the next.
Maintenance / methods manager
- Spots the assets that wear the fastest.
- Prioritises interventions by criticality.
Technical management / HSE
- Has a traceable asset-base view to arbitrate.
- Keeps tracking due dates under control.
The equipment tracked
Which equipment to track for corrosion and thickness
Tracking applies to equipment whose walls thin over time and whose inspection produces thickness readings.
Circuits and vessels
- Piping: ultrasonic measurement points.
- Tanks and storage vessels.
- Heat exchangers.
Pressure and thermal
- Pressure equipment.
- Steam generators.
- Silos and hoppers.
The common principle
- A metal wall that wears over time.
- Inspection campaigns that produce measurements.
- A history to rebuild per asset.
The benefits
What you bring, what you get
In: your current reports; out: corrosion tracking that the field and management can use right away.
What you provide
Your existing reports
- PDF inspection reports, a single file or a whole folder.
- Ultrasonic thickness readings.
- Defect findings and recommendations.
- Several providers, several layouts.
What you get
Tracking that is legible and traceable
- A thickness history per asset, up to ten years.
- A 2D mapping of defects and repaired zones.
- Health KPIs recomputed at each import.
- An audit dossier assembled in minutes, exportable.
In practice
IllustrationWhat moving from PDF to history looks like
Take an asset base whose inspection is well run, but whose thickness readings live in PDFs, campaign after campaign, often across several providers. Each report is fine on its own, but no one easily sees how a specific point has evolved over five or ten years.
By importing the existing history into the software, the team gets a curve per point: which locations thin the fastest, which defects recur, which due dates are approaching. The measurement has not changed source: it has simply become legible, comparable and linked to the right asset.
An illustration of how it works on a generic case. It is not a quantified client result.
Comparing the approaches
CMMS, EAM, DMS, field inspection, IDMS, AIM and Lucens Integrity
Each approach has its role. Lucens Integrity does not measure and does not inspect: it puts to work the measurements your inspections already produce.
| Approach | Built for | Reads existing inspection PDFs | Thickness & defect history per asset | Traceability to the source report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMMS | Planning and tracking work orders | Not designed for it | No | Weak |
| EAM | Asset lifecycle and finances | Not designed for it | No | Weak |
| DMS (document management) | Storing and finding documents | Stores but does not extract | No | Filing only |
| Field inspection app | Capturing checks on site | Produces new records, not old PDFs | No | Per checklist |
| IDMS (inspection data management) | Managing inspection data | Often via manual entry | If data is entered | Varies |
| AIM (asset integrity management) | Integrity strategy and RBI | Sometimes, module-dependent | Yes, often with RBI | Strong but heavy to deploy |
| Lucens Integrity | Reading reports, rebuilding the history | Yes, automatic, via calibrated adapter | Yes, up to ten years | Source PDF linked to every value |
What Lucens Integrity does not replace
The limits, stated plainly
- It is not an online corrosion-sensor systemThe software does not measure corrosion continuously. It reads the inspection reports already produced and rebuilds the history per asset.
- It does not calculate remaining lifeNo automatic remaining life and no full RBI. It makes the trend visible; the fitness-for-service calculation and interpretation stay with your experts.
- It does not perform the inspectionsIt is not a non-destructive testing instrument. Readings stay in the hands of certified technicians; the software puts their reports to work.
- It is neither a CMMS nor an EAMIt does not plan work orders and does not manage the asset lifecycle. It structures inspection data, between the report and the decision.
- No OCR: an unsupported format is flaggedThe software invents nothing. A report it cannot yet read is archived and flagged, never guessed.
Local deployment
Your corrosion data stays with you
Traceability to the source
Every measurement stays linked to its original PDF, openable in one click.
Data sovereignty
Reports, history and KPIs stay under your control, handled as sensitive.
Audit dossier in minutes
The per-asset elements assemble and export to Excel, PDF or CSV.
Going further
Useful resources on integrity tracking
Frequently asked questions
What inspection teams ask us
What corrosion data does Lucens Integrity extract from my reports?
Lucens Integrity imports your inspection report PDFs and extracts thickness measurements, defect findings, locations, dates and severity. Every value is linked to the right asset, with a validated identity, never guessed, and stays tied to its source PDF. It adds no data of its own: it reads only what your reports actually contain.
Does the software calculate remaining life?
No. Lucens Integrity does not calculate remaining life and does not produce a full RBI study. It builds a thickness history per asset and compares campaigns year over year to make the trend visible. Interpreting those trends and computing mechanical fitness for service remain the responsibility of your inspectors and your applicable codes.
Does it replace an online corrosion-sensor system?
No. A sensor system measures corrosion continuously, at instrumented points. Lucens Integrity measures nothing: it reads the inspection reports already produced, whatever the provider, and rebuilds the history per asset. The two approaches are complementary. One generates measurements; the other gathers them and makes them comparable over time.
Does Lucens Integrity read ultrasonic thickness readings?
Yes, if they appear in your reports. Ultrasonic thickness readings, taken by non-destructive testing technicians, are extracted then stored per asset and per point. A calibrated adapter reads each format; a format not yet supported is archived and flagged, never guessed. The software puts these measurements to work; it does not perform the inspection.
Do my reports and measurements stay confidential?
Yes. Lucens Integrity runs 100% locally and offline. Your reports, the corrosion history and the health KPIs stay on your machine or your network, with no transfer to any cloud. Every value stays linked to its source PDF, openable in one click, which preserves both traceability and the industrial confidentiality of your data.
How long before I get a first corrosion history?
As soon as a first batch of reports is imported, Lucens Integrity produces a thickness and defect history over that scope, with health KPIs and due dates. The rollout then extends asset by asset and site by site, from the group down to each site, with no data migration and no interruption to your operations.
Our expertise
Written from field experience
Assets 4.0
This page comes from the field: seven years of B2B business development experience in industry, in close contact with non-destructive testing, inspection and integrity teams, on both the provider and operator sides.
We saw the same scene repeat: serious thickness readings, produced at every campaign, that stay unreadable for lack of being gathered per asset. Lucens Integrity answers that precise gap, without ever encroaching on the work of the inspectors.
Published on 11 August 2026. Updated on 11 August 2026.
The return on investment
Estimate what a well-kept thickness history saves you.
Re-keying time, audit preparation, due dates met: from your own figures, measure the gain of consolidated corrosion tracking.
Calculate the ROIYour thickness readings already exist. Make them legible.
Lucens Integrity turns the inspection reports you accumulate into a corrosion history per asset, traceable back to the PDF. Or talk it through with us.
