SGNCO offers tailor made risk-based inspection for the risk analysis and risk ranking of any plant equipment. This inspection is subjected to generate information regarding the types of damage inflicting on the plant equipment. Risk based inspection is cost-effective, safer results and reliable.

Using advanced computer software, our experts collect the data from inspection and analyze it with known industry facts to determine the risk rating. This provides the clients with an opportunity to focus on the maintenance resources for those plant parts, which contain higher risks. SGNCO risk-based inspection projects include:

SGNCO offers positive material identification (PMI) testing, which determines the identity of the materials. This testing is ideal when certainty about the composition of a material is required. It is very much suitable high-quality materials like stainless steel and alloy metals. With this method, several elements can be identified viz. Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Fe, Cu, Zn, Ni, Se, Nb, Mo etc.

Properties such as heat-treatment or structure difference do not influence the PMI measurement results. However, coatings and dirt on the material surface may influence the identification results. The most common methods for PMI are:
X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Principle
In this method, the equipment has radioactive sources to sends out radiation. The exposed material sends element specific radiation back. This reflection provides different energy levels for different elements. This way, alloy elements is identified. XRF method do not damage the material.

Spark Emission Spectrography
Spark emission spectrography is based on optical emission. The equipment consists of a probe, which releases spark to vaporize the material to be analyzed. The atoms and ions in this vapor produce a spectrum, which are optically measured to determine the components of the material.

SGNCO offers independent pre-shipment detailed inspection for equipment or materials prior to their shipment. Pre-shipment inspection is rendered to for exporters and importers to ensure certainty that the goods are in conformation to the required specifications and/or legal requirements.

Pre-shipment inspection becomes important when goods has to be exported to countries with import certification schemes. In such countries, shipments are not cleared by customs without pre-shipment inspection certificate. Optimizing its vast network, SGNCO ensures pre-shipment inspection certificate for the clients' shipment. We provide certification against a Letter of Credit and authorized by a Chamber of Commerce. The scope in pre-shipment inspection includes: