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ANMOL S. BIRRING,
President and Consulting Engineer, MS., ASNT Level III
Education: MS, Engineering
Mechanics, Iowa State University, 1980; B. Tech. Mechanical Engineering, IIT
Delhi, 1978.
Certifications:
ASNT Level III (Cert. No. 27545): Ultrasonics,
Eddy Current, Magnetic
Particle, Liquid Penetrant. Visual, Acoustic Emission and Radiography Testing.
NAS 410 Level III: Ultrasonics. Eddy Current, Magnetic Particle and Liquid Penetrant Testing.
Consulting areas:
NDT Inspections
Level III services
Develop and conduct NDT Training programs
Conduct NDT Audits
Establish NDT Programs, written practices and inspection plans for companies
Prepare NDT procedures
Review NDT documents and procedures
Interpretation of Codes and Standards
Specialized in:
Ultrasonic Phased Arrays for
weld inspections
Eddy Current testing of Heat
Exchanger Tubing - Brass, CuNi, SS,titanium etc.
Remote Field ECT of Heat Exchangers - carbon steel tubing
Ultrasonic Time of Flight Diffraction (TOFD)
Ultrasonic inspection for detection of HTHA in petrochemical plants
ECT for surface crack detection
EXPERIENCE
NDE Associates, Inc., Houston,
1994-present, President.
Birring NDE Center, Inc., Houston,
2008-present, President.
NDT Consultant to several Fortune 500
companies to include Shell Oil, ExxonMobil, NRG Energy, British Petroleum, Eastman, Rohm and Haas, Total (Europe),
and Chevron. Conduct specialized eddy current and ultrasonic inspections for petrochemical
plants and power plants. This includes inspection of heat exchangers,
vessels, piping systems, structural components etc. Develop NDT techniques and
procedures for plant inspections. Develop NDT techniques for plant
inspections. Conduct audits and review NDT procedures.
Developed NDT Training programs for the Birring NDE Center. Conduct basic NDT
and advanced training in eddy current,
ultrasonic TOFD and Phased Arrays. Conduct NDT training programs
internationally in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Canada, Mexico and
Philippines.
Houston Lighting and Power Company,
1989-1994, Staff Engineer. Fully responsible for implementing the latest NDT
technology for inspection of power plant components. These include boilers,
steam turbines, condensers, feedwater heaters and piping systems. Implemented
the state of the art automated ultrasonic and eddy current systems that
include Tomoscan, UDRPS, ECT MAD4D, ISIS and Ferroscope.
Southwest Research Institute, San
Antonio, Texas, 1980-89, Group Leader. Developed and implemented inspection
methods and systems for various applications that included measurement of
corrosion, detection of underclad cracking, sizing of cracks, detection of
hydrogen attack and measurement of wear. Developed software packages to store
inspection data, and signal processing routines to analyze data. Some of the
technology developed is currently being used by petrochemical plants and
electric utilities. Awarded US patents on detection of High Temperature Hydrogen
Attack and for ultrasonic measurement of wear.
Promoted programs with potential clients,
wrote proposals, managed projects, prepared final reports and made
presentations. Managed contracts for more than twenty five different US
companies, traveled nationally and internationally and gained diverse experience
in NDT methods.
Memberships:
American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT)
Publications: Seventy publications, twenty five
final reports and two US patents.
US Patents:
A. S. Birring, et al. "Method and Means for Detection of Hydrogen Attack by
Ultrasonic Wave Velocity Measurements" US Patent, 4,890,496, January 2, 1990
A.S. Birring, et.al." Method of Wear Monitoring Using the Ultrasonic Phase
Comparison", US Patent 4,711,120, Dec 1987.
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Anmol S. Birring, President NDE Associates, Inc., President Birring NDE
Center, Inc.
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