Investigation and Measures of Corrosion Accidents: Corrosion and Corrosion Protection Consultant Services

JFE-TEC provides commissioned consultation services for corrosion and corrosion protection including investigation, analysis and measures of corrosion accidents and breakage.

It is reported that economical loss due to corrosion reaches several hundreds billion US dollars every year, and total amount of corrosion measures spending was US$390 billion which is 0.77% of GDP in Japan.
Corrosion cost is a total of corrosion loss amount plus corrosion measures spending. It is critical to minimize this total corrosion cost because corrosion loss amount decreases by increasing corrosion measures spending and corrosion loss amount increases when corrosion measures spending insufficient.
JFE-TEC provides commissioned services including cause investigation of corrosion accidents or breakage/damage in plants, equipment, machinery, piping, steel components, etc. and corrosion investigation including troubleshooting for failure or defects of plants, equipment, machinery, piping, steel parts, etc. We also provide not only corrosion cause investigation and corrosion resistance evaluation but also consultation services as a professional corrosion problem expert including onsite field investigation and corrosion environment measurement, monitoring by ACM sensor, proposal of corrosion protection technologies and corrosion measures, etc. We are happy to assist clients in solving your corrosion related troubles.

Corrosion Investigation Services

JFE-TEC provides investigation and analysis of corrosion accidents and troubles, and study on the cause of corrosion problems, including but not limited to the following:

Corrosion morphology observation, material investigation (composition analysis, intensity level, microstructure, segregation, precipitates, surface analysis), field investigation, environment investigation, rust analysis, rust cause investigation, corrosion products investigation, dismantling investigation of actual equipment, corrosion part investigation, attached substance investigation, corrosion section observation, fracture surface analysis, quantitative elemental analysis, electrochemical measurement, corrosiveness evaluation, corrosion resistance evaluation, corrosion cause investigation, corrosion mechanism study, cause estimation, and microorganism corrosion analysis.

Corrosion Consultant/Corrosion Protection Consultant Services

JFE-TEC provides proposals and cooperation for improvement plan for corrosion accident and solution for corrosion accident, including but not limited to the following:

Data analysis and discussion, corrosion test, simulation experiment, corrosiveness investigation of material, selection test of corrosion resistant material, field investigation, environment investigation, monitoring, corrosion diagnosis, durability evaluation, life prediction, proposal of corrosion resistant material, proposal of surface treatment material, proposal of corrosion protection technology, advice on preventive measures, recommendation on corrosion protection design, and commissioning of corrosion research

• Example of investigation of corrosion accident/damage
• Corrosion test
• Corrosion/corrosion protection
• Electrochemical measurement

Example of object of corrosion investigation

Large-scale structures, production lines, pilot lines, test equipment, buildings, installations, piping, tanks, water treatment facilities, incinerators, power generation equipment, home appliances, air conditioners, electric equipment, major appliances, electronic parts, electric/electronic circuit parts, electric/electronic materials for automobiles, industrial machines, outdoor units of air conditioner, outdoor receiving equipment for mobile phone, transmitters, materials for ship, buildings, roofing materials, walls, electric poles, steel towers, concrete structure materials, civil and construction, welded structures, steel members, automobile parts, suspension springs, valve springs, valve seats, exhaust manifolds, parts around engine, vibration parts, pumps, motors, coils, chains, gears, bearings, valves, turbines, boilers, pressure vessels, compressors, pipes, tubes, heat exchangers, bolts, nuts, capacitors, ferrite parts, connectors, wiring covers, sensors, transducers, power sources, battery cases

Major object materials

Metallic materials: iron & steel materials, plates, sheets, pipes, sections, plain carbon steel, high carbon steel, low carbon steel, special steel, low alloy steel, high alloy steel, OCTGs (oil country tubular goods), surface treatment steel sheets, galvannealed steel sheet, painted steel sheets, coated materials, chemical treatment materials, corrosion resistant materials, welded materials, solders, thermal spraying materials, castings, cast steel, bars & rods, stainless steel, vibration dumping steel sheets, nickel-base alloys, intermetallic compounds, composite materials, shape-memory alloys, PVD & CVD treated materials, inorganic materials, non-ferrous metallic materials (ex; aluminum, magnesium, titanium, and copper), new materials, ceramics, and organic materials (ex; polymer compounds, synthetic resins, plastics, rubbers, and FRP)