Willowchem Technology (Ireland) Limited is now offering a Positive Material Identification Service as part of the wide array of services that the company already provides.

NEWSLETTER

Willowchem Technology (Ireland) Limited have added the following new service

"Positive Material Identification Service"

OBJECTIVE

While engineers push the boundaries of material capacities to their limits in the design; traceability of material becomes ever more important.  In addition to compatibility issues, several other reasons can exist for material specification including design, corrosion, resisitance and compliance with codes and standards.

Quality procedures are put in place to document materials as they are received and as they move through the production process, but what happened to those raw materials before they arrived at the receiving dock?  Each time raw material changes hands - from mill to service centres , from processing plants (i.e pipe, tube, fittings) to subcontractors - the opportunity for error increases, resulting in questionable material quality.  If you have ever had the following problems then we have the solution for you:-

• Trouble Identifying Materials
• Traceability Issues
• Unsure of Equipment Material Composition
• Misplacement of Material Certification

SOLUTION

With Positive Material Identification (PMI) the alloy composition, and thus, the identity of materials can be determined in a very quick and non intrusive way.  PMI uses X-ray diffraction to identify the elements present in a specific material and the percentage amount of each element present.  All results are instant and full rports will be provided by our highly trained operators at Willowchem Ireland.  The disengaged raditaion is very low and extra safety means are unnecessary.  The important advantages of the XRF method is that it is a Non Destructive Test (NDT) method and is executed without damaging the material and the plant / item in question does not have to be switched off for analysis to be carried out.  This can be used in a variety of different industries which have material identification issues.

The only requirement is that the item to be identified is clean and free of dirt and grease.