Destructive Testing Services

Destructive testing includes a number of invasive mechanical, corrosion resistance and chemical tests, that give deep insights and help determine the product integrity by completely destroying the specimen and rendering it unusable. The specimen/product is broken down to its failure point and the performance is monitored closely using high end equipment.

For example, if a material used in fabrication of critical equipment is not tested for the load it can bear, it can prove fatal. Not only will the welded joint pose a safety threat, it will also add to your recurring repairs and overhauling cost, thus, affecting your overall profitability. It is critical to know exactly at which stress level the welded joint will give in. Destructive testing provides important real-time data about how, when and at what point the product will fail. The material, structure and metal composition is also probed closely based on the test requirements. The findings are then compared against the existing regulations and quality guidelines and the gaps are identified.

Corrections and replacements are adapted in the design, structure and materials used. Destructive testing is cost effective and highly recommended for organisations that undertake mass production and can easily spare a few specimens for testing by just incurring minimal costs.

Mechanical testing

• Tensile test
• Elevated tensile test
• Proof load test - for bolts and nuts
• Brinell hardness test
• Vickers hardness test
• Vickers micro hardness test
• Rockwell hardness test
• Bend test
• Re-bend test
• Charpy - V-notch impact test
• Flattening test - tubes and pipes
• Flaring test
• Cupping test
• Surface roughness
• Macro-structure test
• Micro-structure test
• Inclusion rating test

Corrosion testing

• Inter-granular corrosion test (IGC)
• Hydrogen induced cracking corrosion test (HIC)
• Sulphide stress corrosion cracking test (SSCC)
• Salt spray test 

Chemical analysis

• Ferrous base – alloy and low alloy steel by Optical Emission Spectrometer
• Non-ferrous base – copper/aluminum/nickel and its alloys by Optical Emission Spectrometer
• Ferrous base and non-ferrous base – carbon and sulphur by LECO CS analyser 

• Comprehensive testing – The specimen/material is completely broken down and tested for its mechanical, corrosion and chemical properties. We carry all these
  tests under one single roof with precision to deliver accurate results, thus, minimising the risk of failure and delay in results.
• Enhance safety – Some specimen/components are safety critical, especially, because of the extreme pressure they have to withstand. By conducting destructive tests, you can determine the integrity of the material, the resistance of the product and can, thus, avoid safety incidents.
• Minimise cost – By determining any weaknesses material composition, weld or quality of samples, you can save cost in terms of product failure and rejections. Also, it is highly economically beneficial to test samples of mass produced objects, as it is cost-optimised and does not impact your balance-sheet in an adverse manner.
• Fast turnaround time – Our cutting-edge equipment undertakes real-time monitoring and enables you to get error-free results in a faster turnaround time.
• Reliable and accurate findings – Our state-of-the art destructive testing equipment, cutting-edge technology and experienced experts ensure that you get accurate results for defect determination and guidance for corrective actions. You can then initiate procurement of a similar relevant material as eplacement or even reverse engineering for better outcomes.
• Total quality assurance – With our advanced technology, we help you detect and predict irregularities and possible failures, thus, enabling you to maintain highest standards of quality throughout the product life-cycle.
• Adhere to standards – Carrying out destructive testing and implementing timely corrective actions, can enable you to achieve regulatory compliance to ASME, API, ASTM, EN, ISO, NACE and BIS by maintaining standardised quality and ensuring complete safety of your offerings. We carry out tests that comply to both local as well as global standards, to meet regulatory as well as your business requirements.

We are a one-stop solution provider for different kinds of destructive tests, all of which are conducted under one single roof. Our fully equipped state-of-the-art non-destructive and destructive testing lab and highly experienced and certified technical lab experts and on-site inspectors ensure that your products, assets, components, assemblies, materials, equipment and systems continue to operate safely, effectively and efficiently for a long time. We perform testing according to ASME, API, ASTM, ISO, EN, NACE and BIS standards.

Our sophisticated lab is equipped with latest and advanced DT machinery with innovative testing software. This ensures accuracy of test results, easy repeatability of tests and prompt service to customers. Our lab has the capability to carry out different types of hardness tests, tensile tests, compression tests, impact tests and others. We also undertake all the critical corrosion tests and testing of various materials for metallurgical composition and verification of alloys.

Our countrywide network of offices and pan India presence assures a timely collection of samples from your doorstep and quick transfer to our destructive testing lab. Whether you want to analyse the grain structure of the metal or metal alloy at a molecular level or determine the strength of a weld under a certain degree of stress, our destructive testing lab offers many permutations and combinations of testing methods that ensure that you get accurate results. We undertake project management and consultancy and based on the findings our experts will guide you to go for the right material composition.
For excellent results, wherever required, we even offer a combination of NDT and DT services for asset optimisation, quality assurance and cost saving.

Validation and verification through destructive testing is highly accurate as it disintegrates the specimen/product and gives real-time data about its mechanical and chemical properties like strength, hardness, load bearing capacity, corrosion propensity, elemental and alloy composition. As the name suggests, destructive testing is accomplished by making the specimen/part fail deliberately. It is a cost-efficient and faster method of deciphering the product quality. Maintaining a sound and persistent product integrity can help you establish market credibility and gain consumer trust.

Destructive testing puts the specimen through a number of critical tests to gain insights that can save costs, reduce safety incidents, avoid failures and product rejections. Through destructive testing services you can benefit from improved customer satisfaction with a faster turnaround time and reduced time to market.

TÜV SÜD is widely known as an independent third-party solutions provider that offers impartial and unbiased testing, inspection and assessment services that our clients can base their decisions on. With an established international presence, we can maintain a consistent level of premium TÜV SÜD quality in key markets globally. Our organisation possesses innovative technology, multidisciplinary expertise and extensive experience working with owners and operators of power stations, refineries, chemical and industrial plants, pipelines, railways, automotive, aeronautic/aerospace, electronics and infrastructure in the field of destructive and non-destructive testing.