NDE Capabilities

SI has a commitment to providing the most comprehensive NDE services available within a single consulting firm to support asset management for the fossil, nuclear, and pipeline industries. To fulfill this commitment SI’s staff consists of recognized industry experts whose previous experience includes boiler and turbine manufacturing, utility experience, research and university positions, insurance and litigation support, repair technologies, and decades of consulting. We operate laboratories, develop engineering software, manufacture specialized test equipment, maintain extensive advanced NDE equipment inventories, and utilize the latest analytical and predictive codes.  SI is a leader in integrating the latest technology to the assessment of plant systems.  

Nondestructive Testing

Conventional Techniques – UT, PT, MT, Remote Visual, Replication, Hardness, Alloy Identification

Specialized Techniques – Time-of-Flight Diffraction, Annular Phased Array UT, Linear Phased Array UT, Eddy Current, Boresonics, Disk Rim Blade Attachments, Micro-TOFD

NDE Development – Procedural, Technique, and Equipment Development and Qualification

ISI Program Development – Program Development and Implementation

EPRI Certification –Certification by PDI for manual and automated weld overlay examinations, dissimilar metal weld examinations, and Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking (IGSCC) examinations

G-Scan – Long range guided wave UT provides a comprehensive screening tool for above and below ground piping systems

G-Scan buried piping