Prof. Alber Alfons Sadek

Head of Welding and Inspection Division

Activities:

• The Welding Technology and Inspection Lab. (WTID) at CMRDI has the responsibility of numerous R&D projects and technical services with many of Egyptian industries as well as foreign companies. Most of these projects aimed at, transferring the technology of welding and nondestructive testing for special steels, nodular cast-iron and aluminum alloys to Fertilizer plants, Oil refineries and Oil fields, Chemical and Petrochemical plants, and Power Stations.
• Research and development for welding and sheet metal industries.
• Industrial project consultation and supervision.
• Technical support for industries
• Testing and evaluation of materials, welding consumables and products.

• Non destructive testing.

•  Third party inspection.
• Training and qualification of welding engineers, welders,welding inspection personnel (up-to ASNT Level II).
• Qualification and certification of welding process (WPS, PQR, WQR).
• Failure analysis and trouble shooting.
• Research and development activities.
• Technical Services:

Testing and Inspection Services
WTID has full fledged mechanical, metallurgical, NDT and electronics laboratories to carryout various types of tests conforming to national and international standards.
Mechanical Testing, Chemical Testing and NDT
WTID laboratory is well equipped to carryout the following tests as per applicable sections of various codes like ASTM, EN, IBR, BIS, ISO, AWS. API etc.
Weldability Evaluation of New Materials
WTID houses a wide range of equipment to assess the fabrication and material weldability aspects to enable defect-free welding. Determination of materials resistance to Hydrogen Induced Cracking, Liquation & Hot cracking, Lamellar Tearing etc. and optimization of welding parameters can be done. Facilities like indigenously developed Implant Test Equipment, Trans-Varestrain Testing, Elastic Restraint Rig, Lamellar Test Rig, Thermal Cycle Simulator (Dilatometer) are available for ascertaining phase transformation during cooling as well as the susceptibility of the material to cracking.

Non-Destructive Inspection:
Essentially the non-destructive inspection is the technique of detecting flaws and deterioration in such diverse facilities as power plants, oil refineries and pipelines, chemical and fertilizer plants without having to damage or destroy the object being inspected. This inspection demands the intelligent applications of advanced technologies and must be executed by comprehensive inspection service, we at WTID/CMRDI are pledged to achieve the following goals:

• Requirements and insurance high reliability.
• Smooth process control and management.
• Planning and execution of safety management programs.
• Strict confidentiality of inspection documentation.

In performing inspections, we are careful to remain at arm’s length from our customer, ensuring that inspection personnel maintain the objectivity of a third party in executions inspections and diagnosis and in relating inspection results to clients. The maintenance of this position of neutrality is vital, we feel, to gaining customer confidence in the reliability of our work.