Our engineers and technicians have expertise in a wide spectrum of engineering disciplines, including:

• Materials and Metallurgy
• Mechanical
• Structural
• Welding and Corrosion
• Civil
• Mining
• Oil and Gas

ACTS General Engineering Services include:

• Finite element analysis
• Corrosion engineering
• Welding engineering
• Product evaluation and conformance to specification
• NDT Program
• Material selection
• Thermal analysis
• Failure analysis

Failure Analysis

We have performed failure analysis on a variety of equipment in a wide range of industries on weld failures in structural components, industrial machinery and process equipment failures, Pressure vessel and boiler failure, wire rope failure, Corrosion of tubing, process piping and tanks.

Risk-Based Inspection

Risk Based Inspection (RBI) is a process that uses a combined system of methods to identify and understand risk. Put simply, risk can be defined by two elements: the consequence of failure (CoF) and the probability of failure (PoF). The CoF considers and evaluates the consequences of various outcomes (e.g. health and safety, environmental damage, equipment damage, and economic loss). The PoF is the likelihood that a piece of equipment will fail at a given time.

Fitness-for-Service

FFS is a recommended practice and industry standard that evaluates in-service equipment for structural integrity. The purpose of FFS is to determine if a component is suitable for continued service. There are three levels of FFS assessments, each increasing in level of detail, analysis, and complexity. Typically, data from NDT and mechanical testing provide critical inspection information used for FFS assessments. The outcome of an FFS assessment, as it relates to inspection, is to establish inspection intervals for specific equipment in order to monitor and eliminate potential failures. Establishing inspection intervals improves the overall safety, reliability, and efficiency of aging equipment

Materials Analysis

At ACTS we provide material testing for their chemical composition and mechanical properties

• Ferrite Testing
• Hardness Testing
• Positive Material Identification (PMI)
• Various non-destructive testing