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Central physical analysis and inspection laboratory

Specialization

Development and updating of standards and norms for non-destructive testing (NDT) , new techniques and procedures (RD , OST , GOST and other engineering documentation for mechanized and manual ultrasonic inspection of the weld joints and thickness gaging , magnetic particle , dyc penetrant, X-ray and visual inspection.

Compliance of standards and norms with international codes (ISO/TK 135 and EN 473).

Updating of existing inspection methods and techniques.

Development of new instruments and equipment for NDT and metal structure analysis.

Qualification and certification of NDT personnel and laboratories.

Carrying out non-destructive testing and examination of industrial safety of hazardous facilities.

Research & engineering services

Development of NDT original procedures for various products and materials and their approval by Russia’s Gosgortechnadzor authorities.

Qualification and certification of flaw detector operators (I ,II and III levels for UT , MP , X-ray, DP , VI) and NDT laboratories.

Carrying out diagnostics and examination of industrial safety of facilities under jurisdiction of Russia’s Gosgortechnadzor.

For the first time ultrasonic inspection of weld seams has been carried out (by N. V. Khimchenko) using an angle-beam search unit.

Inspection procedures for the large-section weld seams , high-alloy and two-layer steels , ultrasonic inspection of butt-welded polythylene pipe joints , metal and alloy structure and phase analysis have been developed.

Research & engineering products (standards)

OST 26-2044-83 “Rressure vessel butt and fillet weld joints. Ultrasonic inspection procedure”.

OST 26-11-03-84 “Pressure vessel weld joints. Radiographic inspection”.

OST 26-11-09-85 “Pressure vessel forgings and stampings. Ultrasonic inspection procedure”.

OST 26-01-134-81 “High pressure vessels and pipeline parts. Ultrasonic inspection of forged blanks”.

OST 26-01-167-85 “Weld joints in vessels made from aluminium and its alloys. Ultrasonic inspection procedure”.

OST 26-01-84-78 “Pressure vessel weld joints. Magnetic powder inspection procedure”.

OST 26-5-99 “Non- destructive testing. Dye penetrant inspection of weld joints , deposited and base metal”.

OST 26-20-79-80 “Pressure vessel weld joints. A selection of NDT methods”.

RDL 26-01-128-2000 “Instruction for ultrasonic inspection of butt and fillet welds in chemical equipment made from austenitic-ferritic grades with a wall thickness from 4 to 30mm”.

RD 26-11-01-85 “Instruction for examination of weld joints inaccessible for conducting radiographic and ultrasonic inspection”.

RDL 26-11-62-98 “Instruction for ultrasonic inspection of welded butt joints in pipelines made from polyethylene” with “Supplement to RDL” of 2000.

RDL 26-11-65-96 “NDT. Cirumferential welds of butt weld joints in pipes. Ultrasonic inspection procedure”.

RDL 26-01-6-81 “NDT. Vessel weld joints , part blanks for separators made from titanium and its alloys. Ultrasonic echo-method inspection” with “Revision No. 1” of 1989. Diagnostic procedures for air cylinders (bottles) of 32 and 40 type (GOST 1224-80).

13-70 “Instruction for NDT methods of bi-metal products”. Instruction for ultrasonic inspection of austenitic–pearlite steel composition.

Instruction for NDT methods of quality control of two-layer equipment weld joints.

37-87 “Instruction for inspection of centrifugal separator bowl parts”.

30-77 “Instruction for determining magnetic phase percentage in stainless steels by using EA-1 , FA-1M and MF-10F ferrite meters”.

All the documents are approval by Gosgortechnadzor of Russia.

Achievements

A complex in-field non-destructive testing of petrochemical equipment throughout of diagnostics has been developed and is currently used in industry. Mechanized and automated plants for ultrasonic inspection of weld joints in petrochemical equipment have been developed and introduced at chemical and oil machine building enterprises. A number of instruments for metal structure analysis (alpha phase-meter , FA-1 , FA-1M , ferrite meters) have been developed.

The certification centre for qualifying flaw detector operators and NDT laboratories has been set up as an integral part of the department.

280 papers have been published , 42 authors' certificates , eight patents have been received and a monograph has been published.

The handbook “Non-destructive testing. Russia 1900-2000” (Moscow. “Mashinostroenie” 2001) describes the achievements of the Central laboratory in more detail.

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