Advanced Manufacturing
Advanced Manufacturing (AM) is a department of NECSA that specialises in heavy engineering and manufacturing of industrial components. It is one of the few organisations in Africa that has acquired the ASME III Nuclear Certification.
NM has been in the industry since 1962 and has been active in the following industries:
- Power
- Petroleum
- Chemical
- Nuclear
- Mining Industry
- Processing Plants
Mining & Engineering
Chemicals
Nuclear & Projects
Processing Plants
Petroleum Industry
Power Industry
Advanced Manufacturing specialises in the design and manufacturing of the following:
- ASME III Components
- High quality grade components
- Pressure Vessels
- Shell & Heat Exchangers
- Distillation Columns
- Tanks and Piping Systems
- Support Structures
- High Temperature Reaction Chambers
- Hi-Tech fabrication
- UF6 Cylinders
- Valves
Advanced Manufacturing have design and draughting capabilities to design and manufacture in accordance with:
ASME III Certificates:
NS – Class 1, 2 and 3 & MC fabrication without design responsibility and with design responsibility for supports
ASME NPT – Class 1,2,3 CS and MC fabrication without design responsibility and fabrication with design responsibility and fabrication with design responsibility for Class 1, 2, 23, CS & MC appurteness and as a Material Organisation supplying ferrous and non-ferrous material.
ASME NA- Class 1,2 and 3 shop assembly
ASME N – Construction of Class 1,2,3 & MC vessels; Class 1,2,3 valves and piping systems;
Class 2&3 storage tanks; Class CS core support structures; and Class 1,2 & 3 shop assembly
ASMEVIII –U Stamp: Manufacture of pressure vessels
Certifications
ØISO 3834 – Welding Processes
ISO 9001:2015
MANUFACTURING FACILITIES
Advanced Manufacturing has facilities specializing in heavy engineering and manufacturing of power generation components and the training of technical resources.
Manufacturing Facilities
51 000 m2 of manufacturing area
Handling capacity of up to 140 tons
Rolling and bending capability of up to 70mm thickness
Welding of all grades of stainless steels, aluminium, titanium, duplex steels, carbon steels and other high alloys
“Clean room” facility for fabrication of high exotic material equipment * Workshop area 12 600 m2
Max Dimensional capability of equipment fabricated under roof at present is 25m long x 6m dia.
Sandblasting & Painting bays.
Workshops
- Building A2
- Building A West
- Building A Clean Area
- Building A cast Area
NDE FACILITIES
Nuclear Manufacturing has the following in-house capability
- Dimensional inspection facilities
- Liquid Penetrant Testing (PT)
- NDE: X-Ray Testing (RT)
- Magnetic Testing (MT)
- Visual Testing (VT)
- Physical Test Laboratory-Material test facility
- Ultrasonic Testing
- Tensile
- Hardness
- Bending
NDE PERSONNEL
Advanced Manufacturing has the following NDE Personnel
- Two trainee Level I inspectors for (RT) & (PT)
- One Level II inspector (RT), (MT) & (PT)
- One Level II inspector (VT)
- One Level III inspector (RT), (MT), (UT), (VT) & (PT) [Not full time]
ASME V Certifications
- ASME V certification requirements for Level I, II and III are prescribed in the QA ASME III Manual
- NM-QAP9-PRO-0004 Procedure for Qualification and Certification of NDE Personnel
- NM-QAP9-PRO-0005 Procedure for Control of NDE Methods and Procedures
PRESSURE VESSELS
Advanced Manufacturing has the following NDE Personnel
- Two trainee Level I inspectors for (RT) & (PT)
- One Level II inspector (RT), (MT) & (PT)
- One Level II inspector (VT)
- One Level III inspector (RT), (MT), (UT), (VT) & (PT) [Not full time]
ASME V Certifications
- ASME V certification requirements for Level I, II and III are prescribed in the QA ASME III Manual
- NM-QAP9-PRO-0004 Procedure for Qualification and Certification of NDE Personnel
- NM-QAP9-PRO-0005 Procedure for Control of NDE Methods and Procedures
