Paper and Process Industries
Remaining Life Determinations - Thielsch Engineering conducts engineering evaluations, remaining life assessments and fitness for purpose evaluations of:
  • Boiler Components
  • Paper Machines
  • Piping Systems
  • Deaerators/Pressure Vessels
  • Feedwater Heaters
  • Valves
  • Storage Tanks
  • Rotating Equipment
  • Pipe/Boiler Supports
  • Turbine Generators
  • Reactor Vessels
  • Digesters.

Thielsch's comprehensive examination procedures and programs developed for routine and unique
problems include:

  • Retaining ring evaluations
  • Header ligament cracking evaluations
  • Turbine "top hat" evaluations
  • Critical piping evaluations
  • Waterwall tube evaluations to detect ID cracking in tangentially fired boilers
  • Remaining life evaluation of superheater and reheater tubing using oxide scale measurements
  • Capacitive strain gage measurements for creep monitoring
  • Corrosion damage assessment using ultrasonic shear wave techniques
  • Quality assurance programs for repair and retrofit projects
  • National board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors code repairs (R Stamp)
  • ASME Code Design/Fabrication
  • Operating vs. repair evaluations
  • Repair vs. replace evaluations
  • Rerating and upgrading of in-service components and "second hand" components.

For more information contact:
Peter Kennefick , PPI Division Manager
Tel: (401) 467-6454
Fax: (401) 467-7259
E-Mail: pkennefick@thielsch.com


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