ERA Mechanical Failure Analysis
Transcript of ERA Mechanical Failure Analysis
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ERATECHNOLOGY
Mechanical Plant and Equipment
Forensic Engineering
ERA Technology provides a fast and efcient failure investigation service aimedat identifying the mechanism and cause of plant failure
ERA has a proven track record
of failure investigation based onexperience over many years andcovering a wide range of plant andequipment.
When mechanical equipment fails
ERA Technology provides a fastand efcient forensic engineeringservice to identify the cause ofthe failure, and recommendseffective actions to reduce the risk
of further occurrence. Each failure
investigation is divided into threephases, the collecting of evidence,the analysis to determine themode and cause of failure, andthe reporting.
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Mechanical Plant and Equipment
Forensic EngineeringERAs investigation teams typically
comprise experts in mechanical
engineering, high temperature plant,
metallurgy and polymeric materials asappropriate. Their expertise covers a wide
range of mechanical equipment including:
Turbines
Pipework and boilers
High temperature petrochemical
processing equipment
Vehicle components
Aircraft structural components
Building cladding and structural
components
Low temperature cooling equipment Drilling equipment and rotating shafts.
Where required a Scanning Electron
Microscope (SEM) with EDX analysis
is available to examine failed samples
in microscopic detail. ERA also has
a dedicated metallurgical laboratory
where metallurgical samples can be
prepared for investigating issues such as
grain structure, morphology and crack
propagation. Replication and other NDT
techniques can also be carried out on
site to provide further information on the
condition of other equipment similar tothat involved in the failure.
Expert witness services
Our technical experts are trained in
providing expert witness consulting
for litigation and civil arbitration cases.
We are used to working as independent
experts in technically challenging cases
and to acting as a joint expert to the court.
Capturing all of the evidence
It is benecial if a thorough, impartial
investigation is undertaken as soon
as practicable following a failure.
Important clues to the mechanism and
cause of failure can be identied if
investigations are carried out without
undue delay. ERAs experts can travel to
sites at short notice where vital evidence
can then be collected before the failed
equipment is removed or repaired. Eye
witnesses can also be interviewed while
the details of an incident are still fresh
in their minds.
The experts will also include in
their investigation other sources of
information, as appropriate, such as
design documents, installation records,
condition assessment reports, operating
procedures and any previous failure
reports.
Framework agreement
Whilst this investigation service can
be requested when a failure occurs,
companies with a signicant investment
in plant and equipment will benet from a
failure investigation framework agreement
arranged in advance, for emergency
support when necessary. This will ensure
an appropriate failure investigation team
responds within an agreed timescale and
pricing structure. There is no charge for
setting up such an agreement.
ERATECHNOLOGY
Image above shows stress corrosion
intergranular cracks in a copper-brass alloy.
For further information please contact:
ERA Technology Ltd
Cleeve Road,
Leatherhead,Surrey KT22 7SA UK
Tel: +44 (0)1372 367345
Fax: +44 (0)1372 367359
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.era.co.uk
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ERA Technology provides specialist
technical consultancy to owners and
operators of high-value capital assets
and systems; assisting clients in areas
of safety, efficiency and resilience.
ERA has built an enviable reputation
for its standard of technical excellence
in the delivery of its services to the
Defence, Energy, Industry, Infrastructure
and Transport sectors. Formed in the
1920s as a research association, a
foundation of collaborative research has
provided a basis for todays world-class
international consultancy business.
ERAs vision is to be the technical
consultancy of choice, with an
expansive global presence; closer to our
clients operations and needs.