Reactors, boilers and pressure vessels are designed to operate under specific conditions for a finite period of time. Deviations from design parameters can seriously reduce the expected life of high temperature components. For example an increase in operating temperature of 5 degrees Celsius can reduce the life expectancy of some components by as much as 10 years depending on material and operational conditions.

Do you know how near to failure some of your components are?

METSERVE International , using techniques based on world wide research, has the expertise to give you this information and to predict life expectancy of such components. METSERVE has utilised these techniques over a period of 10 years at major Oil Refinery installations and Power Stations in both this and neighbouring countries. All the techniques and tests are completely non-destructive. The results together with the necessary remaining life calculations are presented to our client in an comprehensive report

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• A probabilistic assessment of remaining life time, giving advance notice of refurbishment on repair schedules.
• Associated saving in inspection and maintenance cost together with security against catastrophic failure.
• Replica inspection provides a prior warning of repair requirements.
• Avoid unscheduled shutdowns.
• Meet safety regulations and insurers requirements.
• Crack initiation and failure can be predicted up to 5 years in advance allowing equipment retirement/repair to be scheduled.

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