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.
Yarn and rope 3-T testing
Qualification testing of new products.
OCIMF MEG4 compliant Base Design tests of mooring lines and tails in accordance with tables B5 and B6