SGS Conducts Comprehensive Crane & Welding Inspections in Australia and Malaysia

March 22, 2013 - PRLog -- SGS was awarded a contract to provide welding and crane fabrication inspections at project sites in Sydney and Kuala Lumpur by a large energy and petrochemicals company in February 18, 2013.

Four SGS experts including a lead crane inspector, subsea welding inspector, project coordinator and a project manager will work on the project fabricating heavy duty cranes to be used in shipbuilding yards in Korea. SGS is currently serving this particular client with ongoing packages at projects in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, the UK, Canada and other countries.

After proving itself a reliable partner delivering overall quality services and due to the extensive SGS experience and competence in projects of this kind, SGS was chosen for this specific project.

SGS Weld Examination

During the twelve-month project, which started on February 25, 2013, SGS inspectors will provide quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) fabrication inspections according to applicable manufacturing standards. The SGS experts will conduct precise inspections in order to identify, analyse and eliminate failed welds and to assure the safety of heavy duty cranes to be used in the shipbuilding yards. Applying extensive knowledge and experience and utilising a wide variety of testing methods, SGS inspectors will pinpoint discontinuities in welds and recommend solutions.

SGS Crane inspection

SGS crane, hoisting and lifting equipment safety and compliance inspections (http://www.sgs.com/en/Industrial-Manufacturing/Services-R...) (http://www.sgs.com/en/Industrial-Manufacturing/Services-Related-to-Production-and-Products/Product-Certification/Crane-Inspections-and-Inspections-of-Hoisting-and-Lifting-Equipment.aspx) ensure that cranes and lifting and hoisting equipment is secure and meets mandatory requirements. SGS leads the world in providing inspection, testing, verification and certification of all types of crane, hoisting and lifting equipment offering unrivaled expertise, experience and equipment to carry out professional statutory and voluntary inspection.

With independent inspection in compliance with all applicable regulations, standards and engineering practices, SGS will assure that all these associated regulatory requirements are met at both the Australian and Malaysian project sites. SGS experts will ensure the safe and proper working capability and condition of the crane equipment intended for use in the Korean shipyards. SGS maintenance of equipment capability and availability will maximise uptime and planned outages to minimise operational impact. As a leading supplier, SGS is accredited to perform conformity assessments as well as statutory and voluntary inspections (http://www.sgs.com/en/Industrial-Manufacturing/Services-R...) on cranes and hoisting and lifting equipment around the world. In addition, SGS experts provide training for crane and elevating platform operators in accordance with local and international standards.

In this latest project, SGS inspections services will include checking brakes, clutches, sheaves and wire rope assemblies. SGS will conduct design studies and review calculations. Skilled SGS professionals will perform dynamic and static load testing and inspect all structural load bearing members, including sheaves. Crane girders, rails and overhead crane columns will be examined to assure structural integrity and line level and span crane gantry will be surveyed. Furthermore, SGS experts will conduct non-destructive testing (NDT) (http://www.sgs.com/en/Industrial-Manufacturing/Services-R...) on load hooks to expose cracks and visual inspection to find distortions. Operational tests will be administered to assure units are functioning properly.

SGS inspections will be conducted prior to the initial use of any mechanical, structural, electrical and safety systems or wire ropes and chains with periodic inspections continuing after equipment introduction. Safety devices will be re-examined and regulatory compliance and remnant life assessments will be made. SGS specialists will also supervise repairs.

SGS is extremely pleased to assist in this distinguished project.

For further information, please contact:

SGS Industrial Services
Mickey Savic
Business Manager – Industrial Inspections
Unit 15, 33 Maddox Street, Alexandria NSW 2015
Australia
t: +61 (0)2 8594 0485
f: +61 (0)2 8594 0485

E-mail: industrial.pr@sgs.com
www.sgs.com/industrial

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 75,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1,500 offices and laboratories around the world.