METCO
METCO's dedicated professional staff is recognized by national and international standards for each of our specialized services offered. Now able to accommodate materials up to 36,000 lbs in our Houston facility.
INDUSTRIES SERVED
- Aerospace
- Construction
- Manufacturing & Fabrication
- Marine/Offshore
- Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Upstream (exploration & production)
- Downstream (refineries, petrochemical & distribution)
- Power Generation
- Pulp & Paper
- Rail
Inspection & Consulting
Consulting
- ASNT Level III Services
- Quality & Technical Capability Audits
- Quality Management System Development
- Training (ASNT, API and Safety)
NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING SERVICES
- (RT) Radiography (X-ray, Iridium 192, Selenium 75 and Cobalt 60)
- (UT) Ultrasonics (Shearwave, Thickness and Phased Array)
- (MT) Magnetic Particle
- (PT) Liquid Penetrant
- (VT) Visual Inspection
- (PMI) Positive Material Identification
- (PED) Pressure Equipment Directive (Certified)
INSPECTION SERVICES
- API 510, 570 & 653 Inspectors
- AWS Certified Welding Inspectors
- Third Party Inspection
- NACE Certified Inspectors
- ACCP Inspectors
PROJECT SERVICES
- Project Management
- Project Coordination
- Project Site Management
- Technical Staffing for On-Stream Programs
- Technical Staffing for Turnarounds, Outages or New Construction
- Vendor Surveillance
- Expediting
- Data Management
Laboratory Services
Metals Testing Services
- Mechanical Testing
- Tensile Testing to 120,000 lbs with Stress/Strain Diagram
- Guided Bend Testing
- Charpy Impact Testing to -320°F
- Hardness Testing
- Rockwell-HRA, HRB, HRC
- Brinell-King, Telebrineller, EquoTip, Pin
- Vickers Microhardness-500 gram and 1Kg loads
- Vickers Macrohardness-1Kg, 5Kg, 10Kg, 30Kg loads
- Stress Relieving to 1600°F
- Delta Ferrite by Fischer Feritscope
- In-House machine Shop
- Chemical Analysis
- PMI (Positive Material Identification)
- Portable XRF Spectroscopy
Weld Testing
- Written Welding Procedures
- Procedure Qualification
- In-House Welder Testing and Certification
- SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, FCAW Processes
- Pressure Containing, Structural, Pipeline, Shipfitting Tests
Metallography
- ASTM E112 Grain Size Determinations
- Delta Ferrite Determinations by Point Count per ASTM E-562
- Macrography
- Micrography
Metallurgical Engineering
- Microstructural Evaluation
- Deposit Weight Density Determinations
- Boiler Tube/Heat Exchange Tube Evaluation
- Failure Analysis
- Consulting
Extensive Metallurgical Experience in
- Pulp/Paper
- Petrochemical Process Metallurgy
- Upstream/Downstream issues
- Fully Integrated Metallurgical Lab with "state of the art" Optics and Digital Photography
Other Services
- Please call us for more information