DNFM Services
DNFM Services
DNFM Services
French Metallurgists
2681 Coral Ridge Rd
Brooks, KY 40109
Phone: 502.955.9847
SERVICES
Fax: 502.957.5441
Dissimilar Metal Weld
• Visual inspection
Basic Boiler Tube Analysis • Sample preparation
• Visual inspection • Metallography
• Photography • Condition of weld on tube-to-tube & lug-to-tube welds
• Sample preparation • Illustrate weld defects
• Ring dimensional and hardness measurements ID Deposit Analysis
• Pit depth measurements • Elemental analysis by energy dispersive spectroscopy
• Stereomicroscopy (EDS)
• Metallography • Analysis via ion chromatography (IC) for soluble ions
• Scale thickness measurements
• Wall thickness loss
OD Deposit Analysis
• Elemental analysis by energy dispersive spectroscopy
• Report preparation
(EDS)
24hr online FTP report access
Failure Analysis ID Deposit Weight Density (DWD)
• Deposit removed and weighed using ASTM and NACE
• Basic boiler tube analysis
standards
• Establish failure mechanism
• Separate measurements for hot and cold sides
• Recommend corrective actions
Life Assessment (Steam Filled Tubes Only) Material Verification
• Optical emission spectroscopy (OES) for composition
• Basic boiler tube analysis
compared to ASME standards
• Larson Miller Parameter evaluation for creep
Mill Re-Certification- Mechanical Properties Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Fracture surface examination, analysis of inclusions or
• Visual inspection
foreign material, coatings, morphology of oxide and
• Sample preparation
fireside deposits, frequently needed as part of a failure
• Mechanical Testing
analysis.
• Material Verification
• Report preparation Mechanical Testing
• 24hr online FTP report access • Tensile test
• Metallography • Hardness test
• Charpy test
• Flaring and flattening tests