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Inspection of Lifting Equipment

LIFTING EQUIPMENT INSPECTION FROM BRIMBERG INSPECTION LIMITED ENSURE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY OF YOUR EQUIPMENT. WHETHER YOU OWN OR OPERATE LIFTING OR HOISTING EQUIPMENT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.

As a leading supplier, we can provide you with certified lifting Inspectors to perform conformity assessments, as well as statutory and voluntary inspections on hoisting and lifting equipment across the world. We are also able to provide training for operators of cranes and elevating platforms in accordance with local and international standards.

We ensure safe and proper working capability and condition of your lifting and hoisting equipment by maintaining your equipment capability and availability to maximize uptime and planned outages by minimizing operational cost.

We can also provide testing services for operators of cranes and elevating platforms in accordance with local and international standards.

Our lifting equipment inspection services include:

• Checking of brakes, clutches, sheaves, and wire rope assemblies

• Design studies and calculation reviews

• Dynamic and static load testing

• Inspection of all the structural load bearing members, including sheaves

• Checking crane girders, rails and columns of overhead cranes to assure structural integrity

• Line level and span crane gantry surveys

• Non-destructive testing (NDT) of load hooks for cracks and visual inspections for distortions

• Operational tests to assure that your unit is functioning properly

• Re-examination of all safety devices

• Regulatory compliance assessments

• Repairs supervision

We also undertake Certification work on all lifting equipment inspection, plant and Machinery, all types of lifting structures and machines. We also verify load monitoring equipment, and undertake both destructive and nondestructive inspection work including weld inspection. We provide proof load and initial testing if required. All these services can be undertaken at our client’s premises, or remotely if required. It is our duty to examine the entire assembly prior to undertaking repairs to ensure client safety is enhanced. It is our duty too to ensure this examination is undertaken as a courtesy. All inspected equipment is issued with a certificate.

CSC Inspection & Certification of containers

Shipping containers used for export must have a valid CSC plate which is part of the consolidated data plate and normally found on one of the container doors.

CSC is an abbreviation for the "International Convention for Safe Containers,1972" and is the responsibility of the owner to carry out any maintenance to ensure that their shipping containers conforms to the CSC regulations prior to export.

If a container is found with an out of date CSC plate during transit it could be stopped and incur hefty port charges.

BRIMBERG INSPECTION LIMITED

Provides CSC Container inspection services to make sure that:

• You comply with the guidelines laid out by CSC
• Your container is in good condition for shipping.
• You are covered by insurance in case of an accident in a Port because your insurance would not cover you if your container didn’t have a valid inspection certificate.
• Your containers are accepted by the shipping lines prior to loading the container on a vessel.

To comply with the guidelines laid out by CSC, containers required for export must undergo a periodic examination. This is to determine whether they are fit for purpose and have no defects that would place any person in danger.

The timescale for these examinations are as follows:

• For a new container, the interval from the date of its manufacture to the date of its first CSC inspection shall not exceed 5 years.
• For a used container and one that is older than 5 years the interval of subsequent CSC examinations shall be of no more than 30 months.
• The only exception to the above are for shipping containers that have been modified. These must be examined regardless of timescale prior to export to ensure structural integrity has not been compromised.

Once inspected and passed a certificate would be issued which could be required by the forwarding agent / shipping line.

Non-Destructive Testing

FOR CORROSION AND WELD QUALITY ASSESSMENT

Non-Destructive Testing is one of the most effective method of evaluating the condition of an equipment or component without damaging it. The two main features used for the evaluation are corrosion also called metal loss and weld quality or deterioration.

BRIMBERG INSPECTION LIMITED can provide fully trained and experienced NDT inspectors together with calibrated equipment to be able to carry out the following testing methods;

a) ULTRASONIC TESTING (UT)

This method employs high frequency of sound pulses that are emitted by transducer. This sound wave is induced in to the material through a probe which is usually in contact with the material. These sound waves propagate through the material and are returned back to the probe when they reach an interface.

b) MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSPECTION (MPI)

This method involves the component or equipment under test being magnetized. This magnetization process is supplemented by the application of ferromagnetic particles on the already magnetized surface.

c) VISUAL INSPECTION (VI)

This method involves both direct and indirect visual inspection techniques. Direct inspection is where the material is inspected directly by human eye without additional visual aids while indirect inspection may involve the use of magnifying glass, mirror, boresc ope (mini camera) closed circuit TV etc.

d) LIQUID PENETRANT INSPECTION (LPI).

This involves applying a liquid dye to the surface of a material and leaving the dye to “dwell” on the surface of the material on predetermined time. The liquid can be either a color that is easily visible under normal lighting condition or a yellow/green fluorescent color that requires special lighting condition to be seen effectively.

e) MAGNETIC FLUX LEAKAGE (MFL)

This is a method of NDT that is used to detect corrosion and pitting in steel structures, most commonly pipelines and storage tanks. A powerful magnet is used to magnetize the steel at. At areas where there is corrosion and missing metal, the magnate field “leakes” from the steel.

f) RADIOGRAPHY TESTING (RT)

It is an NDT method of inspecting materials for hidden flaws by using the ability of short wave length electromagnetic radiation to penetrate various materials e.g tanks, pipes etc. In this method, a piece of radiographic film is placed on the remote side of the material under inspection and radiation is then transmitted from one side of the material to the remote side where the radiog raphic film is placed.

Inspection Of Tanks

INSPECTION, NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING & LEAK DETECTION OF TANKS

Storage of large quantities of hazardous substances entails risk for the population, the environment and the surrounding area. Spills of hazardous substances into the soil can lead to expensive decontamination processes. Leakage from storage tanks containing oil, gas or chemicals can be caused by the influence of weather on the external surfaces, or material can be affected by internal temperature variations. These situations could lead to a disaster. Periodic inspections, conducted in good time, can prevent such disasters from happening.

STORAGE TANK INSPECTION & AUDIT

In order to assure your Storage Tanks compliance with Local Regulations as well as with the relevant Standards and Codes, BRIMBERG INSPECTION LIMITED provides Technical Audits according to EN 14015, API 650 or 653, EEMUA 159 or Clients’ Specifications.

These Inspections include

• Tank foundation and settlements evaluation
• Tank bottom evaluation
• Tank shell evaluation
• Tank roof evaluation
• Tank access evaluation
• Tank security instruments check
• Tank environmental study
• Survey of repairs

BRIMBERG INSPECTION LIMITED has the experience and the equipment to carry out expert controls and inspections for owners of storage sites for hazardous substances and installations in all industrial sectors.

With the competence of a Notified Body, BRIMBERG INSPECTION LIMITED performs independent assessment, testing and verification for storage tanks.

Besides periodic visual inspections, BRIMBERG INSPECTION LIMITED is also a specialist in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT). By offering a complete range of Conventional NDT Techniques and Special Examinations, BRIMBERG INSPECTION LIMITED is in the position to provide not just a list of standard techniques but solutions using a combination of multiple techniques.

FULL SERVICE

• Periodic visual external and internal inspections
• Fugitive emission and leak detection through infrared camera
• Mechanical integrity study
• NDT techniques
• Traditional NDT techniques
• Floorscan/Magnetic Flux Leakage
• Corrosion Mapping
• Tracing of system leaks and determination of material strengths
• Hydrostatic pressure tests
• Ultrasonic density tests
• Determination of water and sludge inside containers
• Determination of subsoil corrosiveness
• Safety systems control
• External thickness measurements and calculation reviews
• Adjustment and stamping of identification plates
• Welding procedures and welding qualifications for customary international standards, including ASME, ISO15614 and DIN EN 287
• Project Management and Supervision of Construction
• Environmental impact studies and risk analysis

BRIMBERG INSPECTION LIMITED also monitors safety procedures for cleaning or welding activities of contractors during maintenance on-site. This applies for facilities such as

• Underground and aboveground flammable and hazardous product storage sites
• Storage tanks for compressed or liquefied gases

STANDARDS AND CODES

BRIMBERG INSPECTION LIMITED inspects tanks for conformity with all international construction codes and standards, such as EN, API, BS, DIN, ASME, AD Merkblätter, RTOD.

RECOGNITION

• NDT operators certified according to SNTC-1A and EN473 standards
• Recognized Third Party

NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

The storage of dangerous goods in tanks must be executed in a safe way. In order to reduce the economical as well as the environmental risks, a thorough knowledge of the tank condition, and in particular the tank bottom and shells, is of outmost importance.

With the knowledge and inspection experience of BRIMBERG INSPECTION LIMITED, NonDestructive Testing (NDT) services provide your installation with added quality, cost reduction, business security and improved safety, for both existing and new installations. NDT gives a clear insight into the risk of leakage or other safety critical defects, which increases the integrity and safety within the installation, and hence avoids undue operating expenses.

Non-Destructive Testing of storage tanks includes several methods of examining materials, components and connections in order to identify and quantify material defects and degradations.

TANK BOTTOM INSPECTION

For the inspection of tank bottoms, BRIMBERG INSPECTION LIMITED offers you a quick and above all reliable inspection by combining two techniques: Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) and Ultrasonic Testing (UT). By using these two techniques, corrosion is detected effectively (MFL) and reliably quantified (UT).

MFL is a detection technique, which detects volumetrically changes. A strong magnet induces a magnetic field in the material. On a corrosion spot, a leakage field will arise. The larger the corrosion the larger the field will be.

After the fast MFL inspection is done, the “suspicious” areas of the tank bottom surface will be quantified by the slow but more accurate UT.

TANK SHELL INSPECTION

To assess the accurate wall thickness of tank shells we use a rugged remote access ultrasonic crawler. The equipment is designed to allow cost effective ultrasound thickness measurements on above ground ferro-magnetic structures without the need for costly scaffolding or rope access.

The crawler system can be automatically or manually operated and transverses the tank shell either at equal distant points or 100 % around the tank circumference.

The multi-axis robotic inspection arm is capable of taking ultrasonic measurements and transmitting the wall thickness and A- and D-Scan inspection data in real time to the operator’s remote panel. Different colours will visualise degradation levels and concentrations of corrosion during the scan and later in the report.

SPECIAL LEAK TESTING

Leaks in installations or vessels can cause environmental pollution and waste of expensive fuel and energy. Therefore, Leak Testing is performed to locate leaks and measure the leakage of pressurized (or decompressed) test products.

BRIMBERG INSPECTION LIMITED performs the following Leak Test methods

• Ammonia Leak Test
• Helium Leak Test
• Bubble Leak Test
• Pressure Change Measurement Test

TANK LEAK DETECTION

Above ground, storage tanks are a key part of any distribution operation. From a commercial point of view, product leakage results in a direct loss of revenue. From an environmental view, product leakage can lead to contamination of soil and water courses leading potentially to punitive action from the Environmental Agency and negative corporate publicity.

BRIMBERG INSPECTION LIMITED offers a quantitative tank leak detection system, which does not require tank entry thereby dramatically reducing costs. Our tank leak detection system monitors the mass of liquid in the tank over a period of time in order to identify the presence and magnitude of any leakage. Liquid mass is derived from the head pressure at the bottom of the tank. This is measured using a differential pressure transmitter which is located along with the PLC outside of the tank.

The pressure head at the base of the tank is transferred to the transmitter using a nitrogen bubbler system.

The sensitivity of the system is impressive, with level changes of the order of 0.004 mm per hour detectable. This equates to a leakage rate of less than 3 litres per hour from a 30 metre diameter tank.

BRIMBERG INSPECTION LIMITED - replaces automatic tank entry with a periodic” health check”. Tank entry is only triggered when a health check identifies that the tank is leaking, thereby eliminating unnecessary spend, and allowing the maintenance budget to be focused where it is actually needed. In cases a leak has been observed, but the offending tank cannot be identified, this system enables the operator to find the leaking tank without having to take them all out of service. Unnecessary expense is eliminated and the risk to personnel minimised as only leaking tanks will be entered.

ADVANTAGES

• Accuracy unaffected by fluid temperature changes
• Non-intrusive, non-hazardous and intrinsically safe
• Minimal tank preparation
• No tank stabilisation time
• Prompt, conclusive and quantitative results
• No capital investment by tank owner
• Not affected by water at tank bottom or product stratification
• Not influenced by roof or tank bottom structure
• Test of any viscous fluid at routine operating conditions and capacity

CAN BE USED TO

• Supplement alternative inspection plans for API 653
• Evaluate tank bottom integrity after internal inspections
• Perform periodic tank bottom assessments in accordance with API 653
• Classify and prioritise tanks for future repairs
• Document tank bottom integrity in conjunction with a hydrostatic test
• Determine the existence of a suspected leak
• Comply with or supplement company policies for leak detection programmes