Material Evaluation - Failure Analysis

The scope of a damage investigation is to investigate the failure mechanism and to find out the causes of failure.

In most cases equipment failures are caused by one of the following reasons or a combination of them:

• Poor Design
• Incorrect use of materials
• Manufacturing Defects
• Operational Conditions

TÜV HELLAS having experienced and qualified personnel is able to perform failure analysis services and evaluate the cause of failure for a wide range of industrial equipment including:

• Every type of pressure vessel
• Welded structures
• Piping
• Mechanical fasteners and bolts
• Excavating equipment components
• Lifting equipment/metallic structures
• Rotating equipment (pumps, compressors, shafts, turbines)
• Under this Scope our organization provides material evaluation services such as:
  • Material property evaluation
  • Material suitability evaluation for various uses
  • Evaluation of subcontractor material quality
  • Evaluation of material Replacement
  • Evaluation of materials conformity to required specifications.
  • Development of non destructive procedures for materials control

TÜV HELLAS has offered specialized services for material evaluation, damage investigation and failure analysis in companies such as: ΤΙΤΑΝ, ΤRΑΜ S.A., HELLENIC SHIPYARDS, etc.