INVITATION
Failure Analysis Tutorial

04/10/06

Outline of Topics:

• Common types of failures in mechanical equipment including piping, pressure vessels, tanks, valves, fittings, and rotating machinery.
• Common material failure mechanisms including corrosion, stress-corrosion cracking, brittle fracture, fatigue, high-temperature creep, wear, and hydrogen embrittlement.
• General steps involved in performing a failure analysis.
• Methods for root-cause analysis.
• Procedures for metallurgical examination.
• Methods for laboratory analysis of samples.
• Relation of failure analysis to equipment integrity management and maintenance programs.
• Establishment of an action plan for performing failure analyses and using their results.
• Examples of typical failure analyses.

Target Audience: Engineers and technicians involved with failure management, maintenance, integrity, and reliability assessments for the oil & gas production, transmission pipelines, and chemical processing industries.

Instructor: The tutorial will be lead by Michiel P. Brongers, P.E. from CC Technologies in Dublin, Ohio. Mr. Brongers has been with CC Technologies since 1997, and has performed numerous failure analysis investigations. He holds a masters degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Mr. Brongers is a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio.

Registration: To register for this tutorial, send an email to Mr. Burke Delanty at bdelanty@cctechnologies.ca or call (403) 250-9041. The fee¹ for the tutorial is $150. Cheques should be made payable to CC Technologies Canada, Ltd. and mailed to CC Technologies Canada, Ltd., Bay 123, 2340 Pegasus Way NE, Calgary, AB Canada, T2E 8M5. Attendance will be limited to 20 participants, so please register early.

Please call us if you have any questions or need more information.
Tel. 403-250-9041 • Fax 403-250-9141

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