Inspection Management – Advanced NDE techniques

RWE Power International has expert knowledge of all aspects of advanced NDE techniques and work to internationally recognised standards.

Our range of comprehensive inspections includes:

• Electrical Magnetic P.C. based techniques, such as:

  • remote field eddy current
  • multi-frequency
  • multi channel eddy current
  • Meandering Winding Magnetometer (MWM)

• Visual applications, such as:

  • thermographic surveys
  • borescope and fibre optic inspections
  • miniature fibre optic inspections

• Ultrasonic imaging techniques, such as:

  • phased array
  • Time Of Flight Diffraction (TOFD)

• Materials analysis, including:

  • compositional identification of creep, corrosion and oxidation resistant alloys, including welds
  • characterisation of material degradation processes using NDE
  • hardness evaluation of metal material

The benefits of RWE Power International’s advanced NDE techniques:

• avoidance of in-service failures and contribution to cost effective plant life management
• availability of RWE’s competency in all aspects of specialist inspections
• provision of comprehensive reports for quality assurance – rapid recommendations to make timely maintenance decisions
• confidence in NDE results on which to base engineering assessment of remnant life
• computerised data capture enables accurate repeatability
• identification of service degradation and avoidance of premature failure of high cost or safety critical components