Assess the remaining life of your installation by periodic testing

Do you want to know if and when your installation, or parts of it, need to be replaced? Replica investigation can give you the answer.

Goal
- Investigate/follow-up of material degradation so that replacement of a part or installation can be scheduled.

Advantage

- Investigation is carried out on site.
- The part to be examined remains intact.

Curious about how a metallographic investigation can be carried out in a non-destructive way? Check out our video below!

When
During a planned installation stop (turnaround, shut down)

- Follow-up of the condition as a function of time.
- Material degradation and creep damage (plastic deformation at a high temperature) for example are mapped over a longer period of time.
Results
- Your installation remains intact.
- Replacements can be scheduled. After all, prevention is cheaper than cure.

During an unplanned stop
- Determine invisible material changes: e.g. after a fire, where installations still appear intact but may have changed in material structure due to the high temperature.
Results
- Replica results give an indication which parts should or should not be replaced.

Applications

- Investigating of structural material changes
- Investigation of the material microstructure (grain structure)
- Detection and determination of the nature of surface defects
- Detection of creep damage