Specific engineering services include:
Fitness
for Service Code Evaluations
PMC Engineering
services have been used extensively to determine the capability of
components
with degraded pressure boundary, including localized metal loss and
pits, in
shells and nozzles, to remain in service while satisfying ASME Code
criteria. Our Fitness for Service
evaluations determine how long a component can remain in service before
repair
is required. Evaluations are performed
using in-house developed metal loss prediction and Code compliance
software,
along with detailed finite element methods.
Results of our evaluations can allow for continued operation and
provide
sufficient time to adequately plan for repairs on a non-emergency
basis.
Finite
Element Analysis
PMC Engineering
utilizes finite element methods to perform component and structure
analyses that provide accurate and economical hardware designs and
evaluations. Use of finite element methods can reduce the
inherent conservatism and provide more accurate stress and factor of
safety results than those obtained using conventional hand calculations
or design by rule methods. Work is performed using ANSYS,
NASTRAN, or Algor finite element analysis software.
Section
VIII/III Fabrication
PMC Engineering provides
ASME Code pressure vessel engineering, design services, fabrication
management
and inspection services for ASME Section VIII components to the
commercial
industry and ASME Section III components to the nuclear industry.
Code stamped components can be procured from
PMC Engineering. PMC Engineering also
provides design and supply of Code component “U-PART” and
“NPT” stamped
restoration hardware including the patented PMCap (US Patent 6,960,297)
hardware for restoration of degraded pressure boundary areas by
encapsulation.
Temporary
Repairs Designed to Code
PMC Engineering can
design, construct, and supply cost effective temporary repair hardware
that
satisfy Code construction requirements and requisite safety factors for
the
duration of the temporary repair use.
Where plant down time is of paramount importance, a temporary (but Code
compliant) repair can sometimes provide the best solution. PMC
Engineering has extensive experience
working with our clients to determine the most cost effective approach
to
component repair considering both equipment end of life date and plant
demands
on equipment return to service needs
Pressure
Vessel Design/Re-Rate
PMC Engineering
specializes in the design of high and low temperature pressure vessels
to ASME
Section III and Section VIII Division 1 and 2 criteria. Our
designs have
been used in radioactive waste gas processing at temperatures above
1200°F and
cryogenic industrial gas production at temperatures below
-320°F. We have
extensive experience in re-rating vessels for operation under different
pressure/temperature and loading conditions than for which they were
originally
designed and certified.
Piping
PMC Engineering provides design of high and low
temperature piping systems
that optimize supports and equipment loading that satisfies ASME
Section III,
ASME B31.1 and B31.3 design criteria.
Welding Services
PMC
Engineering has agreements in place with highly qualified
welding and field installation, repair and restoration
contractors.
We manage our contractor services to assure
compliance with ASME Codes and National Board inspection Code (NBIC)
requirements.
Field
Management Services
PMC Engineering
provides management services to support our clients during field
installations,
repairs and restorations that utilize our recommended component
remediation
work or supplied hardware.
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