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Non-Destructive Testing
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OIL & GAS | MARINE OFFSHORE INDUSTRIES
Leading ANDT Service provider in Singapore and South East Asia
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Why Choose A-STAR ?
We are one of the Leading Service provider for Marine / Offshore industries providing various services like Manpower Outsourcing, Testing & Commissioning, Class Approved Hull Survey & Rope access & UTM gauging services, NDT & ANDT, Pre & Post weld Heat Treatment Services, QA/QC services and Diving and Underwater services.
We have well experience of working with most of the major clients in Singapore and this region. We have head office in Singapore and regional offices in Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh, UAE (Abu Dhabi, Dubai ) & Ghana.
- ISO 9001:2015 Certified (under ABS) Company
- ISO 17025 ( SAC – SINGLAS) Accredited NDE Company for PAUT, ToFD, Computed Radiography, ET, UT, RT, MT, PT, VT.
- ISO 17020 BCA and Singlas Approved Third Party Inspection .
- Approved NDE Company for UT, RT, MT & PT by DNV.
- PAUT validation witnessed by DNV for Carbon Steel piping under ASME B31.3 CC181.
- PAUT Validation witnessed by DNV for Carbon Steel Plates under DNV Notes 7 (for EMAS OFFSHORE).
- PED Approved Technicians.
- Approved by Major Classification societies Like ABS, DNV, Lloyd’s, RINA, NKK, BKI, GL, BV, KR, IRS.
Tube Inspection
Services
Tube Inspections Services have been carried out by Astar Group for the Oil & Gas, Marine industries for over 12 years. We specialize in Eddy Current technique for both ferrous and non-ferrous tubing. Our line of techniques includes :
Eddy current testing is a non-contact method used to inspect non-ferromagnetic tubing. This technique is suitable for detecting and sizing metal discontinuities such as corrosion, erosion, wear, pitting, baffle cuts, wall loss, and cracks in non-ferrous materials.
Eddy current array probes has higher sensitivity and can detect circumferential and axial crack when properly applied
The ultrasonic IRIS option is used to inspect a wide range of materials including ferrous, nonferrous, and nonmetallic tubing. This technique detects and sizes wall loss resulting from corrosion, erosion, wear, pitting, cracking, and baffle cuts.
The near field testing (NFT) technology is a rapid and inexpensive solution intended specifically for fin-fan carbonsteel tubing inspection. NFT is specifically suited for the detection of internal corrosion, erosion, or pitting on the inside of carbon steel tubing.
NFA is applied on aluminium-finned carbon steel tubes and is capable of generating C-scan imaging with high-quality signals yielding a very good signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) that allow detecting circumferential and axial cracking.
The NFT probes measure lift-off or “fill factor” and convert it to amplitude-based signals (no phase analysis). Because the eddy current penetration is limited to the inner surface of the tube.
Remote field testing (RFT) is being used to successfully inspect ferromagnetic tubing such as carbon steel or ferritic stainless steel. This technology offers good sensitivity when detecting and measuring volumetric defects resulting from erosion, corrosion, wear, and baffle cuts. Olympus remote field probes and the Eddyfi Ectane are used to successfully inspect heat exchangers, feedwater heaters, and boiler tubes, around the world.
Tank Inspection
Services
Our professional Inspection and Certification Services for storage tanks will help avoid potential disasters, mitigate business risks relating to the reliability of tanks and its structure, and ensure that they meet all relevant local and international standards / regulations.
Acoustic Emission Testing (AET) is a Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) method that is used to analyse emitted sound waves caused by defects or discontinuities. These acoustic waves are induced by small deformations, corrosion or cracking, which occur prior to structure failure. It is therefore possible, with AET, to locate structural defects and to monitor the propagation and development of discontinuities.
Magnetic flux leakage (MFL) is a fast inspection technique, suitable for measuring wall loss and detecting sharp defects such as pitting, grooving, and circumferential cracks. MFL is effective for aluminum-finned carbon steel tubes because the magnetic field is almost completely unaffected by the pressence of such fins.
Battery operated, encoded crawler with 5 MHz, dry coupled wheel probe. Supplied with a 50 metre umbilical cable for access to the top of the highest storage tanks methods. The Scorpion is a rugged remote access ultrasonic (UT) crawler designed for cost effective ultrasonic inspection on ferro-magnetic structures such as storage tanks, vessels and offshore installations without the need for costly scaffolding or rope access associated with UT thickness gauging.
Also, we have advanced services
Advanced NDT
Services
APPLICATIONS
- Quick overview and evaluation of hard to reach areas
- Tall structures, such as flare stacks, cooling towers, elevated pipe trays, chimney and smoke stack.
- Storage tanks, Aerial survey.
- Confined spaces in which space is limited for traditional inspections.
- Structures that are over water such as bridges, jetty or the undersides of oil rig platforms, FPSO’s and ship platforms.
APPLICATIONS
- Storage Tank measurement and calibration
- Storage tank settlement and deformation survey and Fitness for service assessments(FFS)
- Construction structures, buildings, jetty, oil rig platforms, FPSO’s and ship platforms.
APPLICATIONS
- Predictive Maintenance and Condition Monitoring
- Piping and Pressure Vessel Insulation issues
- locate hot spots and anomalies such as voids and inclusions
- heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment’s
- Energy audits
APPLICATIONS
- Detect and size the length and depth of longitudinal surface-breaking cracks in carbon steel welds
- It can also be used to detect transverse surface-breaking cracks.
APPLICATIONS
- Crack detection in any orientation
- Can be applied on ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
APPLICATIONS
- Corrosion under Insulation(CUI)
- Insulated pipes and vessels
- Corrosion under fire proofing
- Underwater and splash zone structure inspect
APPLICATIONS
- Pipelines, pressure vessels.
- Pharmaceutical industry and food grade equipment’s.
- Heat exchanger tubes.
- Turbines and machinery
- Manufacturing industry
APPLICATIONS
- UPV test that provides crucial information about the integrity of the concrete structure and is typically used to identify the presence of voiding, cracking, honeycombing and sound concrete.
- Schmidt rebound hammer that measures the “Q value’’ at the in-situ concrete surface which is then converted via a calibration curve to determine the indicative concrete strength about the concrete surface.
- Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) that is used over large areas of concrete to map the internal steel reinforcement, identify voiding and/or quantify the likelihood of corrosion to the internal steel reinforcement.
- Ultrasonic Array Pulse equipment that can detect and locate defects in reinforced concrete such as honeycombing, voiding and the depth and extent of concrete delamination. This equipment is also used for the detection of embedment’s such as pipes, tendon ducts beneath a layer of rebar.
Advanced Radiography
Services
Radiography testing is one of the most important Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques and has a multitude of applications in the industry. Traditionally, radiography inspection is time and manpower consuming work. In addition, human inspection of cracks and damage based on film radiography is very subjective, inconsistent, and sometimes biased depending on the knowledge and skill of the Inspector.
APPLICATIONS
- Corrosion Under Insulation on Piping
- Geveral Visual Inspection Under Insulated Pipes
APPLICATIONS
Detecting damage such as moderate to heavy corrosion under insulation (CUI), moderate to heavy pitting, and pipes distorted from mechanical damage.
- It can also find things such as welds or transverse joints under insulation.
APPLICATIONS
- Corrosion, Pitting in Insulated Pipelines
- Process Pipelines Corrosion Findings
- No need to remove insulation
- Weld Inspection for Quick Review
- Profile Radiography for Corrosion Findings
APPLICATIONS
- Utilized for rapid detection and sizing of cracking and weld flaws
- Typically used on heavy wall reactors or vessels in lieu of industrial radiography
- Can be combined with Phased Array to provide higher POD and more accurate classification of defects
- The detection of cracking
Advanced Ultrasonic Testing
Services
In AUT of pipeline girth welds a phased array & TOFD probes are mounted on a band strapped around the pipe adjacent to the weld and is driven around the pipe’s circumference. As the probe(s) travel around the pipe, ultrasonic data are collected from the weld and the software enables flaw sizes and positions to be displayed. AUT is replacing radiography for pipeline girth weld inspections worldwide for both onshore and Offshore.Very fast scanning speeds , to keep pace with construction, it is necessary to complete a weld inspection less than 2 mints 0f 48” dia.
APPLICATIONS
- Inspect pressure vessels, piping, storage tanks, spheres, and other equipment while in service for potential damage
- Offers a full volumetric inspection providing details on shell material degradation such as erosion, corrosion, hydrogen blisters, hydrogen induced cracking (HIC), and related interlinking cracking
APPLICATIONS
Predictive Maintenance and Condition Monitoring
- Long lengths of pipes
- Corrosion under Insulation Splash zone inspection
- Un-piggable pipelines
- Jetty pipe work
- Buried pipelines & Road crossings
APPLICATIONS
- High Resolution Imaging (Both Lateral and Vertical Axes)
- Completely focused in entire volume
- Improved Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR)
- Oriented defects (e.g. cracks) are imaged better
- Easy to size flaws
APPLICATIONS
- Identify the assets condition affecting short-term reliability and identify immediate remedial maintenance needs.
- Identify trends (component and plant monitoring) for medium to long-term reliability and maintenance planning.
Interruption of plant operation can be avoided through non-destructive testing inspections and now PAUT can be performed on-line at operating temperatures upto 350® C.
The technique is based on utilizing modified law files in phased array instruments with high temperature focal laws and wedge delays calculated using advanced focal law calculation algorithms and beam skew models.
APPLICATIONS
- In service inspection of high temperature pipelines and vessels.
APPLICATIONS
- Utilized for rapid detection and sizing of cracking and weld flaws
- Typically used on heavy wall reactors or vessels in lieu of industrial radiography
- Can be combined with Phased Array to provide higher POD and more accurate classification of defects
- The detection of cracking
Proud Members of
A-Star Testing & Inspection DROPS Member (Dropped Objects Prevention Scheme)
A-Star Testing & Inspection NDTSS Member (Non Destructive Testing Society Singapore)
A-Star Testing & Inspection IRATA Member (Rope Access)
A-Star Testing & Inspection ASNT Member (American Society of Non Destructive Testing)
A-Star Testing & Inspection ASPRI Member (Association of Singapore Process Industry)
A-Star Testing & Inspection ASPRI Member (Association of Singapore Process Industry)
A-Star Testing & Inspection LEEA Member (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association)
A-Star Testing & Inspection SWS Member (Singapore Welding Society)
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