Services Overview

Integrity Management and specialist engineering services is our core business. At the same time, Applus RTD offers a wide range of advanced NDT services.

Inclusion of the right advanced NDT technology in an inspection program produce improved and more accurate inspection data, which can be used for clients' RBI (Risk Based Inspection) programs.

Many of the specialist techniques are rapid scanning techniques designed to cut overall inspection costs by reducing down-time and conventional inspection needs over the life of the asset.

With its portfolio of inspection techniques, implemented by trained and experienced technicians, About Applus RTD offers an unparalleled range of services and expertise:

Site Services for design, implementation and management of inspection programs. Corrosion management system (Credo); Positive Material Identification (PMI); Laboratory Services and rope access.
Small, controlled area radiography (SAFERAD) and Filmless Radiography
Surface crack detection and sizing with ACFM(alternating current field measurement)
Automated and semi-automatedultrasonics for weld inspection and corrosion mapping including Time of Flight Diffraction (TOFD) , P-Scan and Phased Array
Tank and vessel wall corrosion scans with the Spider remote controlled scanner
Tank floor, pipe and platescanning (flux leakage corrosion detection)
Long range UT and CR profile radiography to detect corrosion in piping
Under insulation corrosion detection with pulsed eddy current (Incotest) and Wet insulation detection (Hydrotector)
Pipe support corrosion detection using non-contact emat probes
Boiler and heat exchanger tube inspection with Iris, Dinsearch and eddy current systems
Remote videosurveys
Thermography for insulation surveys and hot-spot detection

The pages describing our various services give a brief description of their operation and capabilities.

In all cases the speed of the inspection and results depend on the particular site requirements and conditions.

We are always pleased to discuss your application and visit the site when necessary to find the best way to meet your inspection needs.

About Applus RTD operates from many offices in the UK located in Falkirk, Aberdeen, Great Yarmouth and Stockton-on-Tees.

If you would like further information about any of the above services, please contact

Alastair Gibbons alastair.gibbons@applusrtd.com Tel: 01324 489785

Alan Hipkiss Alan.Hipkiss@applusrtd.com Tel: 01642 613660