Material Evaluation - Failure Analysis

Material Technology

The scope of a damage investigation is to investigate the failure mechanism and to find out the causes of failure.

In most cases equipment failures are caused by one of the following reasons or a combination of them:

  • Poor Design
  • Incorrect use of materials
  • Manufacturing Defects
  • Operational Conditions

TÜV HELLAS having experienced and qualified personnel is able to perform failure analysis services and evaluate the cause of failure for a wide range of industrial equipment including:

  • Every type of pressure vessel
  • Welded structures
  • Piping
  • Mechanical fasteners and bolts
  • Excavating equipment components
  • Lifting equipment/metallic structures
  • Rotating equipment (pumps, compressors, shafts, turbines)
  • Under this Scope our organization provides material evaluation services such as:
    • Material property evaluation
    • Material suitability evaluation for various uses
    • Evaluation of subcontractor material quality
    • Evaluation of material Replacement
    • Evaluation of materials conformity to required specifications.
    • Development of non destructive procedures for materials control

TÜV HELLAS has offered specialized services for material evaluation, damage investigation and failure analysis in companies such as: ΤΙΤΑΝ, ΤRΑΜ S.A., HELLENIC SHIPYARDS, etc.