Engineering Troubleshooting

We have resolved many unique challenges in the energy, oil/gas, rail/transportation, manufacturing, and aerospace industries on components including:

Heat Exchangers Pressure Vessels Industrial Furnaces Compressors

Welded Assemblies Ductwork Tanks Shafts/ Bearings

Pumps / Valves Piping / Supports Bellows Castings & Forgings

To see more components that we have worked on see Industries Served.

Materials & Weld Engineering

To ensure continued reliable service, we provide weld/ materials testing and analysis. Mechanical testing provides ductility, strength, toughness, corrosion resistance, and fatigue properties of the as-fabricated materials. Our weld engineering services include joint analysis, procedure development and qualification, process and filler-metal selection, as well as investigating non-conformance and Code compliance.

Metallurgical Evaluations

We offer a full spectrum of metallurgical testing performing corrosion investigations, surface condition studies, mechanical and fracture mechanics testing.

• Chemical and Mechanical Analyses
• Metallographic Examination
• Fractography (SEM and TEM)
• Accelerated Testing of Failure Modes
• Corrosion Testing

Fatigue/ Failure Analysis

Fatigue is one of the key contributing factors to the degradation of aging components. Fatigue failures occur when these structures are subjected to cyclic stresses and strains over time. This leads to the development of micro-cracks in the most highly strained locations, which subsequently propagate until the component fails. We investigate the factors that contribute to structural failure - and provide practical solutions.

Forensic Analysis

Often, various technical issues may reach litigation. We provide forensic engineering services to predict how components have failed - providing results that are easily understood by Judges and Juries. We have testified in State, Federal, and International Courts, in both defendant and plaintiff cases. Some of our projects have included:

• Materials/weld and construction issues on a coke oven battery
• Failure analysis on a pressure vessel used to make crystals for cell phones
• Failure analysis of a gas pipeline
• Condensor weld crack investigation and repair of the tube-to-tubesheet welds

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