HDPE Field inspection company
HDPE Field inspection company
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Sirs:
We are looking for an american company that provides
Field Inspection for HDPE large diameter pipes installation.
Our interest is to work with them for inspecting ,in Chile,many mining projects that are underway.Please help us
on finding this company.
Capablanca
We are looking for an american company that provides
Field Inspection for HDPE large diameter pipes installation.
Our interest is to work with them for inspecting ,in Chile,many mining projects that are underway.Please help us
on finding this company.
Capablanca





RE: HDPE Field inspection company
I would recommend that you contact the McElroy company that provides the fusion joining machines for HPDE piping. They provide training and expertise on HDPE fusion joint piping. They could advise you on the types of defects to examine in HDPE joints and possible contacts for inspection companies.
www.mcelroy.com
The fusion joining process is generally machine controlled to the extent that there is not much that is left to go wrong. One construction superintendent would visually check joints and would kick them several times before releasing the joints for burying them as part of a process sewer system. A good in-process visual examination of the pipe end preparation and a chart recording of the fusion process temperatures, pressures and times would be of more benefit than possible ultrasonic or neutron ray examination of joints.
There are possible flaws that could be introduced to the fusion joining process. It was reported that one fusion machine operator tried using a release lubricant on the faces of the heating paddles that melt the HDPE prior to the fusion step. The paddles were easier for him to clean off the HDPE residues on the paddles. However, almost every joint in the system leaked!
RE: HDPE Field inspection company
persists:
-In Chile sometimes old fusion equipment is used.
-We know of some leakage problems of an HDPE line visually inspected.With environmental consequences due
to the sulfuric solution inside pipes.That is the reason
that mining companies are asking for NDT inspection.
-The ideal for us is to contact an Inspection Company,
not related to any pipe or equipment furnisher.¿Such
companies exists?
-TOFD NDT techniques has been used in Chile.
-Also we are interested in knowing if some personal qualifications,
similar to those given for the steel piping welding,exists for HDPE.
Thanks again,regards,Capablanca
fusion welding.¿Any organization gives this?
RE: HDPE Field inspection company
It appears that RTD Quality Services can do the work that you describe (no, I am not affiliated with them). I believe that their website is http://www.rtdquality.com
Goos luck!
RE: HDPE Field inspection company
The mining companies asking for NDT inspection of existing HDPE pipelines would have a much different task than the examination of joints in new pipeline fabrication. There is a testing and examination company that seems to have studied the effects of sulfuric acid on HDPE piping, as well as the use of HDPE geomembranes for heap leach stacks;
www.vectoreng.com
www.vectoreng.com/eng/lab.htm/
If the mining companies are attempting to locate cracks and weak sections of pipe before any leak occurs, then it will require a combination of visual internal examination of the pipe plus a technique that detects subsurface flaws in the pipe wall. There are acoustic emission tests that detect cracking in metallic and fiberglass vessels or pipe. You might check if any HDPE pipe has been tested with acoustic emission technique.
www.stress.com
www.fitness4service.com
www.pacndt.com
www.appliedinspection.com
www.inspectioneering.com
RE: HDPE Field inspection company
RE: HDPE Field inspection company
american companies for my inspection work.
Best regards,Capablanca.