Consultancy Services
Reinforcing Steels
Alongside the testing capability, R-TECH can provide technical advice on a range of technical and quality issues relating to the reinforcing steel sector:
- Non-standard testing
- Expert witness in cases of dispute
- Failure examination
- Advice on standards and specifications
- Supplier technical or quality audits
- Product development issues
- Processing problems
- Advice on welding and fabrication
- Advice on standards and certification issues
- Implementation of quality management systems (ISO 9001 and UK CARES).
- Identification of reinforcing steels in refurbishment contracts.
Because of their size, and nature of their business, many companies in the reinforcing steel industry do not have access to metallurgical expertise. R-TECH can provide such services, in a fully confidential, professional manner.
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General Consultancy
In addition to its specialist reinforcing steel services, R-TECH is able to offer consultancy advice more generally to the metals industry. Consultancy contracts have included:
- A strategic review of materials certification systems for a global certification business.
- Market modelling for a construction-related business.
- Quality system implementation for a steel manufacturing company.
- Major failure investigation on high strength pre-stressing steels.
- Component failure in the marine industry.
- Metalllurgical training for steel mill personnel.
- Advice on steel purchase for a major international construction project.
In support of consultancy services, R-TECH is able to utilise specialist test equipment located within the ECM² centre in Port Talbot. This includes chemical analysis, electron microscopy, metallography and mechanical testing facilities. This equipment, and our backgrounds in R and D mean we are able to offer technical assistance in almost all areas of steel metallurgy. Please contact us to discuss your requirement.
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