The largest volumes of materials and products for wharf structures and ocean vessels come from China. These products for ships and ports go through strict inspection and quality control protocols ensuring highest levels of safety and quality.
InTouch's intensive experience with wharf structures and ocean vessels products makes it the industry leader in China for monitoring the production of, and inspecting, such items. Some of the inspection processes InTouch uses are the following:
Metal Products for Ports and Ships
Metal sheets, propellers, cables, chains, hooks, bollards, anchors, and marine hardware are just a few of the metal products outsourced for wharf structures and ocean vessels.
- Coating Check – Ensure that product coating adheres to standards and specifications by verifying the materials used and by checking coating properties including hardness, thickness, and surface smoothness.
- Rated Load Test – Verify that rated load of hooks, chains, and related products does not exceed the standard 80% of maximum load. To achieve this, test load should be 125% of the rated capacity.
- Corrosion Resistance Test – Verify resistance of metal products to corrosion by using corrosion tests applicable to product such as the standard Salt Spray Test.
- Dimensional Check – Verify that products and materials conform to dimensional specifications such as thickness, length, roundness, and squareness.
- Weight and Density – Verify that product weight and density, for both assembled and individual parts, are within the standard limits.
- Materials Inspection – Ensure that quality and quantity of materials used in product are those declared in the contract.Wharf and Shipborne Equipment
Hoisting and rigging equipment, bilge pumps, marine generators, marine radar, communication equipment, and lighting fixtures are just some of the equipment essential for wharf structure and ocean vessel operations.
- Designated Load Check – Verify that hoisting and rigging equipment is able to lift specified shapes, sizes, and weight of not less than 125% of rated capacity as provided in ASME B30.16-2007.
- Continuous Operation Check – Verify that bilge pump is able to operate continuously for a period of 24 hours safely, without failure, and any sign of decreased efficiency.
- Ignition Protection Test – Verify that marine electric generator has sufficient protection against fire ignition under the conditions provided in UL 1112.
- Radar Detection Performance – Verify that marine radar is able to detect objects at specified distance within standard level of accuracy.
- Low Temperature Test – Verify that marine navigation and communication equipment are capable of operating under low temperature levels specified in IEC 60945.
- Dripproof Test – Verify the integrity of lighting fixture by subjecting it to dripping water in accordance with the conditions provided in UL 1149.
- Vibration Test – Verify that marine lighting fixture is able to operate seamlessly under specified vibration levels provided in UL 1149.Plastic, Fiber, and Wood Products for Marine Use
Personal flotation devices, buoys, ropes, embarkation ladders, marine plywood, and pneumatic marine rubber fenders are just a few of the marine products outsourced from China.
- Buoyancy Distribution Tests – Verify that personal flotation device including life jacket, life vest, ring buoy, and horseshoe buoy provides appropriately distributed buoyancy when wore as provided by UL1123.
- Buoyancy Test – Determine buoyancy by using test load heavy enough to submerge the buoy under water. After 48 hours, calculate buoyancy by deducting the underwater test load weight when supported by the submerged buoy from the weight without the flotation device.
- Step-Friction Test – Verify that embarkation ladder steps provide enough friction preventing users from slipping by using the conditions provided in ISO5489-2008.
- Ladder and Step Attachment Strength – Check assembled embarkation ladder for any sign of detachment, damage, elongation, deformation after subject to the test load provided in ISO 5489-2008.
- Thickness Tolerances – Verify that marine plywood adheres to the thickness tolerances provided by BS 1088, the standard recognized by Lloyd’s Register for this construction material.
- Deflection Testing – Evaluate the quantitative performance of pneumatic marine rubber fenders in absorbing and deflecting back the force provided by oncoming objects at velocities specified in ASTM F2192 - 05(2011).The above-mentioned protocols are limited to just a few of the inspection processes InTouch uses for individual products. For a complete list, please contact us.
