Assessment of welding materials quality

Today's realities require Russian enterprises to take even greater responsibility when selecting supplied welding production materials to achieve the required properties of welded joints in structures. Compliance of quality indicators of base and welding materials during their supply concerns many metalworking and equipment enterprises, as they have found themselves or may find themselves without supplies of familiar, already proven foreign materials.

Typical problems associated with replacing familiar welding materials with those offered by the market:

1. Selecting a reliable manufacturer with high and consistent quality materials.
2. Selecting materials from their product range.
3. Conducting comprehensive testing of welded joints obtained using new welding materials.
4. Issuing new regulatory and production documents with replacement of previously specified welding materials.
5. Coordinating the transition with the customer and designer.

It is good if this chain is limited only to Russian participants.

RBI Concept offers solutions to such tasks through:

• assistance in selecting welding material substitutes from those available to the Russian market;
• conducting audit inspections of manufacturers, acting both on behalf of the consumer and the welding materials manufacturer, serving as a quality guarantor for products in accordance with TU, GOST, EN, DIN, ASME, ISO, NAKS;
• developing a complete technological cycle for manufactured products using new welding materials in accordance with TU, GOST, EN, DIN, ASME, ISO, NAKS requirements;
• participating in individual stages and parts when forming document packages.

An integral part of the work is testing welded joints both at the stage of selecting welding materials and at the stage of testing finished product samples. RBI Concept can conduct them in full compliance with required documentation according to GOST EN, DIN, ASME, ISO, with issuance of complete sets of conclusions from specialized laboratories.

The list of standard tests conducted by RBI Concept includes:

• impact toughness testing;
• tensile and bend testing;
• hardness determination;
• macro and microscopic examinations;
• chemical composition determination;
• intergranular corrosion resistance determination;
• phase composition determination.

All tests are conducted in an industry laboratory with many years of practice and specialists having all necessary accreditations.

We are ready to participate in adapting your production to existing market conditions, achieve the necessary level of product quality that ensures competitiveness of your products. Interaction with RBI Concept is built on flexibility of adopted solutions with full immersion into the specifics of a particular enterprise or specific task. We engage specialists with many years of experience in specialized areas, have all necessary accreditations and, if necessary, are capable of finding additional reserves in the shortest possible time.