Penetrant Testing

AKMEC Group offers penetrant testing of surface discontinuities to inspect materials & welds of pipes, structure, pressure vessels & other process equipment’s on the construction projects & process plants.

Advantages

Efficient, portable, fast, relatively inexpensive and does not require high technology equipment

Easy to inspect parts with complex shapes, large areas and large volumes of parts

Able to test a wide range of materials, including ferritic and composite items

Indicates the relative shape, size and depth of a flaw

High sensitivity to small surface discontinuities

Limitations

Surface finish and roughness can affect inspection sensitivity

Only surface breaking defects can be detected

Chemical handling and proper disposal is required

Requires direct access to the surfaces to be examined

Cannot examine porous surfaces