Reliable and trusted expertise for failure analysis of utilities pipe materials, joints and installations.

Exova has built a high level of expertise for pipe materials, particularly within the European utilities sector, that encompasses materials, joints and general installation and safety practices. In addition, the background of design, quality, processing, mechanical testing and analytical work provides a similar high level of expertise for polymeric materials in general. This is regularly used to great effect across a wide range of investigations and failure analyses including:

• Investigation of cracking of multilayer insulation coatings during reeling
• Failure analysis of polymeric rope and lifting slings used in marine/offshore applications
• Environmental stress cracking of various polymeric tank, pipe and lining materials
• Fracture mechanics (slow crack growth and fast fracture) of pipe materials
• Abrasion of pipe and lining materials during hydraulic slurry transportation
• NDT and destructive investigation of fusion jointing of plastic pipes
• De-formulation of polymers to understand performance characteristics
• Failure investigation of GRP/GRE pipes and joints
• Investigation of injection moulding defects in various polymer components
• Modelling of lifetime of materials in specific service conditions

Please request a quote or contact us to find out how Exova’s expert and failure analysis services can assist you.

These analyses may be conducted on behalf of any stakeholder in the investigation or failure process, including legal and insurance representatives. All work is conducted on a basis of complete independence and confidentiality up to a level of expert witness as required.