SWISS APPROVAL NORTH AMERICA
Contact:
Lidia Rina
2501 CHATHAM ROAD, SUITE R
SPRINGFIELD
IL Illinois
United States
62704
Phone:
+1 (464) 214 2474
Tags:
NDT, Advanced NDT, PAUT, TOFD, Guided UT
Keywords:
Advanced NDT, Industrial Inspection, Certification, ASME AIA
Swiss Approval Inspection & Certification Body, is an international conformity assessment organization providing inspection, certification, and technical verification services across multiple industries.
The organization operates internationally and holds several globally recognized accreditations and approvals enabling it to deliver inspection and certification services in regulated industrial sectors.
Key accreditations and capabilities include:
• ADVANCED NDT services.
• ISO/IEC 17020 Accredited Inspection Body.
• ISO 17021 Accreditation for Management Systems.
• ASME AIA Certification Services.
• ISO/IEC 17065 Product Certification.
• ISO 17024 Personnel Certification Schemes.
We provide both Third Party (TPI) Inspection services, and Expediting:
• Pipe Lines Inspection during maintenance, as well as during Shut downs or Turn arrounds.
• Pressure Vessels Inspection, related to corrosion mapping and representation of defects.
• NDT interpretation of results and approval of procedures.
• Lifting equipment inspection and testing.
• Refineries inspection services, during shut down period, as well as on running situation, or delivery of new construction works.
• Gas Metric Stations inspection during operation and shut down periods.
• Pipe lines Third Party Inspection during construction.
• Power Plants inspection during operation and maintenance period.
• Tank farms inspection and conformity assessment, including Shell and Bottom UT and MFL inspection.
• Pressure Vessels and Exchangers corrosion mapping, inspection and construction monitoring
• Welding related activities, certification of Welders and review and approval of WPS’s.
• Valves and Metric Systems
• Civil Engineering and Metallic Constructions Third Party inspection and Surveillance
• Field and Shop Inspection and Surveillance.
• Installations under ASME Code, acting as AIA.
The company has high-tech equipment, for Advanced Non Destructive Testing (NDT), worth more than 10 million USD. Our Services includes:
• Guided UT, for pipes inspection during operation, using a combination of longitudinal and torsional waves, starting from 2’’ inches up to 48’’ inches.
• HEAT EXCHANGERS – Shell & Direct Tubes - inspection and testing with use of IRIS/NFT/RFT/NFA. NFA method is the latest technology worldwide in the field.
• HEAT EXCHANGERS – Shell & “U” Tubes - inspection and testing with use of Reflective Acoustic Emission. RAE is the unique method using the latest technology worldwide in the subject.
• PHASED ARRAY and TOFD, using TFM imaging, the latest technology in the subject. Applied as Automatic, Semi-automatic and Manual process.
• High temperature surfaces thickness measurement, from 200 to 1000 Celsius, with combination of traditional UT and EMAT techniques.
• Corrosion mapping with Robotics systems for Tanks, New Shipping Constructions, Spheres and Vessels.
• MFL for bottom inspection of tanks.
• Acoustic Emissions for pressure vessels
• Infrared Inspection with high technology wide lens cameras
• Composites inspection with UT specific scanners and probes
• Geometrical Scanning of industrial spaces, with advanced scanning and design tools
• Magnetic inductive method for Wire Ropes inspection.
• ON-LINE inspection of Safety Valves, during operation. Issue of conformity certificate for 1 year validity.
• ON-LINE inspection of Flanges
• Robotic inspection of welds and joints in pressure vessels or other equipment, with advanced UT or other advanced NDT technology.
• Digital Radiography, with use of specific profilometric S/W, for the detection of defects and corrosion mapping.
• Building structures inspection for reinforcement steels corrosion mapping, using advanced UT, EMAT and MFL inspection tools.
• DRONES Visual Inspection, with Thermocameras and Wide Lenses cameras of very high resolution. Up to 20 Km distance. Swiss Approval has 4 Drones Inspections Teams, with latest technology Drones.
• DRONES UT /UTM Inspection, measuring thickness of materials, using exclusively the specific Drones, for external as well as internal confined spaces. A unique possibility for Swiss Approval clients.