IN-SITUMETALLOGRAPHY(Replicatesting)-TCREng.pdfVIP

IN-SITU METALLOGRAPHY (Replica testing) Early warnings: an effective tool for condition\life assessment of process plant components. T C R A D V A N C E D E N G I N E E R I N G P . L T D 3 6 / 2 / 9 A b h i s h e k C o m p l e x , G I D C M a k a r p u r a , V a d o d a r a + 9 1 2 6 5 2 6 5 7 2 3 3 Early warnings through in-situ metallography For safety and reliability of plants In situ metallography is a knowledge based NDT technique which can provide the early warnings of onset of many damages to the process and engineering industries. Damage mechanism like creep, fatigue, stress relaxation cracking, high temperature corrosion including hydrogen attack, intergranular corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, hydrogen induced cracking, graphitization are possible to detect in the early stages and possible to monitor them with time and provide the judgment to replace or repair the component. Microstructure examination done with experienced person and judgment is given by an experienced metallurgist preferably involved experienced with failure investigation and remaining life assessment. Based on the creep cavities and classification of extent of damage the next inspection intervals are decided based on the Number and charts. Many life assessment calculations are proposed based on the cavitation models of microstructure examination. TCR’s metallurgists have backup of vast database of more than 30,000 in-situ microstructure interpretations on various components and materials. These databases contain extensive information from various plants that have been captured by providing this service. The databases also include rare collections