Are you searching for a trusted service provider to investigate pipeline and equipment failures? Do you need traceable, verifiable, and complete (TVC) materials records per 49 CFR 192.607?

Kiefner has a state-of-the-art materials analysis laboratory capable of extensive mechanical, metallographic, and corrosion testing for the oil & gas and process industries. We provide expertise in pipelines, pressure vessels, and associated equipment, such as valves, rotating shafts, flanges, bearings, and threaded connections.

• • Complete Material Test Reports (MTRs)

• • Fractography and metallography

• • Tensile, hardness, and toughness testing

• • Chemical deposit analysis (solid or liquid)

• • Scanning electron microscope (SEM)

• • Full-scale burst testing for seam and anomaly evaluation

• • Fracture mechanics analysis