Overview of Services Supplied

The following is a typical list of services conducted by the company and TWI Group:

• Member enquiries
• Risk based inspection (RBI) and Corrosion Risk Assessment (CRA)
• Equipment life extension and residual life
• Front End Engineering Design studies and design reviews
• Fitness-for-service, Engineering Critical Assessments, stress analysis
• Creep, fracture, fatigue, corrosion assessment
• Metallurgy and corrosion
• Direct assessment of pipelines
• NDT specification, qualification and execution
• Repair/replacement strategies
• Weld procedure development and qualification
• Construction code advise
• Inspection planning coordination and procedure development
• Failure analyses and expert witness,
• On-line monitoring
• Shutdown support
• Rapid response to on-site problems
• Inspection planning and execution
• Integrity and welding software
• Advanced inspection techniques
  • Alternative current field measurement (ACFM)
  • Automated ultrasonic testing (AUT)
  • Phased array (computerised pulse echo ultrasonics)
  • Time of flight diffraction (TOFD)
  • P-Scan and T-Scan
  • Eddy current testing
  • Long range ultrasonics (Teletest)
  • Laser shearography
  • Thermography
  • Specialist testing at UK facilities

The following sections describe some of the services in further detail. For the other services (eg selected inspection techniques) please refer to the www.twi.co.uk