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Testing Services

TTI Testing offers a complete range of services which include:

  • Expert witness support in the field of wire, fibre, chain, umbilicals and associated  components
  • Forensic examination of failed or retired samples to determine condition and causes of degradation.
  • Torsion, reverse bend and tensile testing on rope wires.
  • Galvanising coat assessment.
  • Metallurgical sections and hardness testing.
  • Optical Microscope and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).
  • Carefully designed testing to replicate a specific service condition, and particularly the way in which the rope interacts with other ropes or hardware.
  • Breaking strength measurement of both fibre and wire ropes.
  • Standard fatigue characterisation of elements under Tension-Tension (T-T), Cyclic Bending over Sheave (CBoS), Bending-Tension (B-T) and Tension-Torsion loading.
  • Yarn-on-yarn abrasion testing.
  • Qualification testing of new products.
  • Fibre optic and electrical continuity monitoring.