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EXPERIENCE

SURVEYORS
Quality Technical Services employs experienced and trained surveyors to perform inspections on transportation equipment during manufacture and in-service. Quality Technical Services has a policy of cross-training its surveyors, to provide them with inspection experience on a variety of equipment types.

EQUIPMENT INSPECTION EXPERIENCE
Quality Technical Services surveyors have experience to inspect the following transportation equipment built at factories in China:

Locomotives - Diesel locomotives for New Zealand.
Skeletal Container Wagons - Transport of intermodal shipping containers in Australia.

Coal Wagons - Transport of coal in Australia.

Well Wagons - Transport of intermodal shipping containers by double stack in Australia.

Ballast, Rail & Sleeper Wagons - Railroad track building wagons for use in Saudi Arabia.

Mobile Bridges - Wheeled bridges for USA.

Shipping Containers for Rail - 20', 40' & 48' containers rated in accordance with R-series requirements for transport by rail in Australia.

Double-Stack Containers For Rail - 48' Containers for Australia.

Blast-Resistant Modules - Installations for refineries in Australia.

Intermodal Shipping Containers - 20', 40' & 45' intermodal shipping containers for transport of general cargo by road, rail and ship.

Refrigerated Containers - 20', 21', 40' & 46' intermodal shipping containers for transport of perishables by road, rail and ship.

Insulated Containers - 10', 20' & 40' intermodal shipping containers for use with CO2 refrigerant for deep frozen cargoes.

Flatrack - 20' & 40' long flatracks for intermodal transport of heavy and/or odd-size cargoes.

Super Flatrack - 40' flatrack with adjustable height corner posts from 8'6" to 13' 6" high for project cargo transported by road, rail & ship.

Platform & Platform Based Containers - 20' & 40' Transiflat platforms for road & rail transport in Australia.

Glass Stillages - 20'"A" frame platform based containers for road transport of glass plate in Australia.

Trailer Chassis - 23.5', 40' & 45' skeleton frame trailer chassis for transport of intermodal shipping containers by road in the USA.

WELDING INSPECTION
Quality Technical Services inspectors have performed inspections of welding & NDE during the manufacture of transportation equipment in accordance with the following standards:

American Welding Society (AWS)
Chinese Industrial Standards (GB)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Chinese Industrial Practices (TB)
Australian Standards (AS)
International Standards Organization (ISO)

SURFACE PREPARATION & PAINTING INSPECTION
Quality Technical Services inspectors have performed inspections of surface preparation & painting during the manufacture of transportation equipment in accordance with the following standards:

National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE)
Swedish Industrial Standards (SIS)
Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC)
International Standards Organization (ISO)
Various Paint Manufacturers Paint Technical Data Sheets

MECHANICAL COMPONENT INSPECTION
Quality Technical Services inspectors have performed inspections on the following mechanical components during the manufacture of transportation equipment:

  • Bogies
  • Hinges
  • Screw Threads
  • Bearings
  • Hydraulic Cylinders
  • Springs
  • Brakes
  • Pipes
  • Linkages
TESTING
Quality Technical Services inspectors have witnessed the following tests on transportation equipment & related components:
  • Air Leakage
  • Heat Leakage
  • Tensile
  • Bend
  • Hydrostatic
  • V-Notch Impact
  • Cooling Performance
  • NDE (PT, MT & UT)
  • Marco Etch
  • Hardness
  • Structural Load Tests
  • Weld & Welder Qualification Tests
CONTACT US
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