Mechanical testing

• Tensile test
• Impact bending test
• Bend test
• Hardness test
• Butt weld bending under tension bends and impact tests
• Steel weld ability tests

Chemical testing

• Element content determination in the steels and welding filler metals

Metallographic examinations

• Evolution of Micro and macrostructure of metallurgical semi-products
• Evolution of Micro and macrostructure of welds
• Evolution of resistance to inter crystal corrosion
• Evolution corrosive attack of steel
• Determination of delta-ferrite content in steels, filler metal and overlay

Non destructive testing
Non-destructive examinations of welds - X-ray tester for thickness up to 60 mm

• radioisotopes Ir 192 for 20-100 mm

Co 60 for 40 – 200 mm

• Linear accelerator for 40 - 350 mm
• Betatron for 60 mm and more
• UT
• MT
• PT
• Vacuum and helium test

Plate, forging and tube UT tests
The non-destructive testing staff is qualified in accordance with EN 473, PED 97/23 EC,
SNT- TC-1A –Level I - III for RT, UT, MT and PT methods.