MEC can assist you with inspection services at many stages of an item of equipment's life cycle including fabrication inspection, commissioning inspection, in-service inspection and repair or alteration inspection.

 
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    EQUIPMENT INSPECTION

    Pressure Equipment, Cranes and Lifting Equipment, EWPs

  • Pipe flange weld

    WELDING INSPECTION

    Welder Qualification, Procedure Qualification, Mechanical Testing

  • Crack detected using magnetic particle inspection MPI

    NDT

    Magnetic Particle Testing, Dye Penetrant Testing, UT Thickness Testing, Visual Inspection

MEC CAN OFFER INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT:

Pressure Equipment under our IANZ accreditation and WorkSafe recognition including:

  • Boilers such as fire tube boilers, water tube boilers, hot water boilers 

  • Pressure vessels such as air receivers, refrigeration plant, autoclaves, timber treatment vessels and process vessels 

  • Pressure piping

Cranes under our IANZ accreditation and WorkSafe recognition including:

  • Mobile cranes with either telescopic or lattice booms including truck mounted cranes, all-terrain cranes, crawler cranes, telehandlers and container handlers from manufacturers such as Grove Manitowoc, Liebherr, Terex, IHI, P&H Kobelco, Kato, Franna, Manitou, Merlo, Dieci, Hyster, Kalmar 

  • Vehicle mounted truck loader cranes of all brands like Palfinger, Hiab, Tadano, Unic, PM, Quicklift, HMF, Fassi, Cormach

  • Gantry and overhead cranes including goliath and semi-goliath cranes, monorails and container straddle carriers

Ships cranes/lifting appliances as a MNZ National Inspection Agency (Not IANZ accredited) including:

  • Pedestal mounted straight, knuckle and telescopic boom cranes

  • Davits including rescue boat launch and retrieve davits

  • Union Purchase and Hallen Derricks

Elevating Work Platforms under our IANZ accreditation including:

  • Truck mounted EWPs (Bucket trucks)

  • Scissorlifts 

  • Boom lift EWPs (Cherry pickers/Z booms) 

  • Trailer mounted EWPs  

All brands like Aichi, Versalift, Donghae, Isoli, Genie, Snorkel, JLG, SkyJack, Haulotte & Dingli

In-service inspection of these machines include 6 monthly inspections and major inspections.

IANZ accredited 6 monthly EWP inspections include a thorough visual examination and testing of all functions and safety systems.

IANZ accredited EWP major inspections require the stripping down and removal of critical components for a more detailed examination including non-destructive testing.

Lifting Equipment not covered by our IANZ accreditation including:

  • Lifting beams and spreader bars

  • Lifting attachments and pallet forks

  • Personnel man cages 

MEC have fully qualified and experienced welding inspectors and non-destructive testing technicians available. Whether you need a visual inspection, crack testing or thickness testing, MEC can provide a professional and efficient service.

OUR WELDING INSPECTION SERVICES INCLUDE: 

  • Welder qualification testing to a variety of codes including ISO 9606 for steel structures, AS/NZS 1665 for aluminium structures and ASME IX for pressure piping and any other codes required.

  • Welding procedure qualification including testing and welding procedure specification development in accordance with a variety of welding codes including AS/NZS 1554 for steel structures, AS/NZS 1665 for aluminium structures and ASME IX for pressure piping and any other codes required.

    We come to your premises to witness the welding so you can do what you do in familiar surroundings using the gear you know best. These services are not covered by our IANZ accreditation.

  • IANZ accredited Mechanical / Destructive Testing in accordance with a range of methods and welding codes. MEC can conduct mechanical / destructive testing of weld samples in-house or on site at the clients workshop including: 

  • macroscopic examinations 

  • bend testing 

  • fracture/nick break testing  

No more waiting for samples to be sent away for testing, get your results on the day! 

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OUR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING SERVICES INCLUDE:

  • IANZ accredited Magnetic Particle Inspection (commonly referred to as MPI or MT) for the detection of surface or near surface discontinuities in ferro magnetic materials. Generally used for crack testing of steel components, we can test in accordance with steel welding code acceptance criteria or to the clients specification for a variety of purposes. Example case uses include quality control of welded structures as specified by the engineer and/or welding code, detection of cracks in suspected damaged components, verification of the successful removal of cracks prior to repair welding and verification of the quality of completed repair welds after the specified post weld hold time and to check for delayed cracking.

  • IANZ accredited Dye Penetrant Testing (PT) for the detection of surface discontinuities in a variety of non-porous materials. Generally used for crack testing non-ferro magnetic materials such as Stainless Steel or Aluminium but can also be used on steels when MPI is less convenient such as due to geometry or size of area to be covered. Example case uses include quality control of Aluminium or Stainless Steel welded structures or crack detection in non-magnetic components such as ship propellers.

  • IANZ accredited Visual Inspection (VT) of any metal products including welds for defects and dimensional compliance to the acceptance criteria specified. MEC can assist where the project specification calls for a third party or independent inspector or where the client requires a qualified welding inspector for a specific project in line with the Steel Fabricator Certification (SFC) scheme.

  • Ultrasonic Thickness Testing (UTT) for a variety of projects such as ship hull thickness testing and timber treatment vessel shell thickness testing. MEC have an ultrasonic thickness testing technician utilising the latest Olympus testing gear available. This service is not covered by our IANZ accreditation.