Machinery Safety

Steam and Pressure Technology

Operate with safe and efficient steam and pressure equipment

Operate with safe and efficient steam and pressure equipment

Steam and Pressure Technology

Steam and pressure equipment designers, manufacturers, and operators face a complex set of challenges. They must be certified and compliant with standards around the world. They must ensure that equipment works efficiently and optimally. They need plans in place to reduce the risk of accidents – which can sometimes be catastrophic. They must ensure top-line growth in the wake of increasing price pressures from global competitors and stringent safety, quality, and environmental standards. 

Quality flaws in equipment will affect availability and maintenance costs, inevitably leading to reputation loss, reduction in orders, and an impact on your bottom line. It’s complex but the high-quality engineers at TÜV SÜD can help.  

TÜV SÜD provides inspection and certification for manufacturers to the following standards:



 

services for steam and pressure equipment manufacturers and operators

For decades, our experts have been conducting steam and pressure equipment safety and quality services. We not only stay on top of the latest trends, but we also preside on national and international standards committees. Partnering with TÜV SÜD ensures that you receive the very best expert consultation.

TÜV SÜD is an approved Notified Body 0036 and cooperation partner of an authorized inspection authority. You can obtain the CE Mark and ASME CODE acceptance from a single source. As a Notified Body 0036, we are able to provide CE Marking and ASME code acceptance from a single source. TÜV SÜD can perform a fully integrated assessment of your entire plant or installation. We use the most advanced technological equipment in order to do this. Our steam and pressure engineering experts partner with you so that you can operate with maximum availability, safety and efficiency.

Pressure Vessels

  • Review of license and permit applications
  • Design examinations as per industry standards
  • Monitoring of construction and assembly
  • Testing and certification of assemblies including instrumentation and control technology (I & C)
  • Accident and damage investigations, analyses, and expert opinions

Tank Systems / Water Conservation

  • Assessment of licenses governed by construction code and water laws
  • Testing of fuel stations and tank farms
  • Registration and assessment of installations
  • Design examinations as per industry standards

Control of Major Accident Hazards

  • Alarm and emergency response planning, hazard analysis as per PAAG or HAZOP procedure and fault-tree analysis
  • Impact assessments
  • Assessment of plant-specific explosion protection

Steam and Hot Water Boilers

  • Review of license and permit applications
  • Test and deadline management
  • Design examinations as per industry regulations
  • Monitoring of construction and assembly
  • Testing and certification of assemblies including instrumentation and control technology (I & C)
  • Accident and damage investigations, analyses, and expert opinion
  • Evaluation of the water chemical conditions
  • Evaluation of hot water boilers regarding risk of corrosion
  • Evaluation of the efficiency of devices for the physical removal of dissolved gases (oxygen, carbon dioxide) from feed water
  • Procedural evaluation of condensate and feed water systems regarding the external entry of air
  • Evaluation of the contamination risk of branched condensate systems following the entry of product or foreign matter
  • Evaluation of steam purity through continuous measurement of sodium and conductivity in saturated and superheated steam
  • Training of operational staff by means of lectures, courses, and specific on-site training

Pipelines

  • Testing and certification of assemblies including instrumentation and control technology (I & C)
  • Accident and damage investigations, analyses, and expert opinions
  • Design examinations as per industry regulations
  • Static and dynamic short and long-term internal pressure testing to ASTM D 2992
  • Short and long-term compression testing
  • Stress testing
  • Control of major accident hazards against Hazard Analysis as per HAZOP
  • Monitoring and inspection of construction and assembly
  • Testing and Professional Engineer (PE) certification
  • Failure Analysis, damage investigations, and expert opinions
  • Non-destructive testing of the area of the pipe support for exterior corrosion of the pipe, and of the insulation coupling for interior loss of anode material to EN 473

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Boiler and Machinery Engineering

We provide credible B&M loss potential estimates for insurance underwriting purposes based on accepted definitions.

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Pressure Equipment Directive

Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU

From our origins as a steam boiler inspection association in 1866, we have been trusted experts in the field of pressure equipment.

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Rail Maintenance Training

Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive 2010/35/EU

TÜV SÜD is an authorized inspection and testing body for the European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by road and rail.

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