Independent Metallurgical Consultancy

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Independent Metallurgical Consultancy

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Independent Metallurgical Consultancy

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Independent Metallurgical Consultancy

Vonmet was established in 2016 in Pretoria South Africa as an independent metallurgical consultancy. With combined experience of more than 60 years in life and condition assessment of high energy plant components, Vonmet (Pty) Ltd is seen as one of the leading service providers of life and conditions assessment in South Africa. Vonmet’s head office is based in Pretoria with satellite offices in Middelburg Mpumalanga and Sasolburg in the Free State.

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Safety

To ensure that people, plants and the environment are kept safe at all times.
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Professionalism

To ensure that all employees adhere to ethical standards and to honour our relationships and commitments.
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Quality

To deliver work quality and turnaround times that exceed our customers’ expectations.
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Our Services

Vonmet’s Asset Integrity Management Services

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Remaining life and condition assessment

  • Consider design and operating conditions
  • Determine degradation mechanisms
  • Determine applicable inspection technicques
  • Estimate a component’s safe operating life and inspection intervals based on inspection findings
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Failure examination

  • Detailed plant and component examination
  • Consider design and operating conditions
  • Confirm that material conforms to design
  • Using visual, metallographic and other destructive techniques to determine failure/damage mechanism/s (in accordance with API 571 and EPRI boiler tube handbooks)
  • Discuss relevant root causes and mitigating measures to prevent future failures
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In-situ hardness testing

  • Use trained technicians authorised by a Metallurgical Engineer
  • Ensure material specification and thickness is known
  • Use proper surface cleaning
  • Use either UCI or rebound method depending on component
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Metallographic replication and evaluation

  • Know material to be replicated
  • Use proper procedure and applicable etching solution
  • Ensure component is clean and there are no etchant running
  • Replica evaluation is done in accordance with VGB S517 and using void density assessment
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Etching and surface preparation for NDT

  • Use trained and authorised technicians
  • Know material grade and thickness
  • Use applicable consumables
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Welding consulting

  • Weld procedure support
  • Weld procedure specification test witnessing & inspection
  • Welder testing witnessing & inspection
  • Heat treatment consulting

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