RTD Quality Services, s.r.o. - Pardubice 2

Company description

Mission

RTD aims to efficiently provide its clients in both onshore and offshore industries with the assurance that quality, safety and reliability are achieved during the manufacturing, construction, operation and maintenance phases of technical installations.

It does so by profitably supplying up-to-date non-destructive testing, destructive testing, data collection, data management and inspection management services; it maintains a competent workforce and plays an active role in the development of effective and efficient techniques and systems necessary to do so.

In fulfilling its mission in the interest of its clients RTD acts responsibly and ethically towards its shareholders, employees, the society and the environment.

History
In 1937 Rotterdam had to deal with industrial radiography. In his work for the Piet Smit shipyard the marine engineer Lambertus van Ouwerkerk from Overschie saw ships hulls were being welded more and more instead of being riveted. Van Ouwerkerk found out that in Germany and the United States a system had been introduced whereby it was possible to see through welds by means of X-rays. Van Ouwerkerk acquired this knowledge and found two businessmen willing to establish a business with him and start using X-rays in the Netherlands. On 9 November 1937 Mr Van Beuningen from Rotterdam, Mr Philips from Eindhoven and Mr Van Ouwerkerk founded the company. Röntgen Technische Dienst bv was born. RTD's initial accommodation was on a farm in Rotterdam, which is now the Kleinpolderplein road junction. RTD opened its first office in Hengelo just prior to the Second World War.

RTD therefore found most of its work in the shipyards in Pernis where the construction of the first refineries was commenced just after the war. A refinery is full of pipes. RTD was brought in to ensure that all welded joints were good and reliable. These days RTD is an essential partner in the construction and maintenance of refineries in the Europoort and Botlek area.

When gas was discovered beside Slochteren in Groningen, this also represented a great deal of work for RTD. The decision to supply the whole of the Netherlands with gas meant that thousands of kilometres of gas pipes had to be laid criss-cross throughout the Netherlands. RTD inspected all welds as well as other parts of the brand-new gas network.

Now, in addition to the eleven offices in the Netherlands, RTD has offices in, amongst other countries, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Italy, Slovakia and Switzerland.

Products

Standard NDT and inpection services
Special NDT and inspection services
Pipelines
Probe production
Materials Testing Technology (MTT)

The RTD Nederland department is responsible for carrying out all standard non-destructive inspection methods and engineering inspection services. The inspections can be carried out during construction or maintenance phase. The wide range of services contains test methods which can be used on-stream en off-stream.

Keeping installations in service is one of the most important subjects in the industry. Despite the fact that regular maintenance to pipelines, tanks and piping is of great importance, it is not always necessary to shut down (part of) the installation for these maintenance inspections. More and more installations are being inspected on-stream and the trend towards Risk Based Inspection is increasing more and more.

The Operations Pipeline Project Services (PPS) department carries out pipeline inspections throughout the world using conventional crawler radiography and mechanised ultrasonic inspection. RTD's reputation is based on the quality of the work that its inspectors provide. All projects worldwide are co-ordinated from RTD's head office in Rotterdam.

As one of the largest NDT service organisations in the world, RTD knows how important it is to select the correct probe, and has therefore given it a lot of attention. Thus, many years ago, the founding of a group particularly involved with the design of ultrasonic probes and accessories was justified. Gradually this service has attracted the attention of customers, and sales of optimised probes, often preceded by development work, became common practice. In this way RTD ultrasonic probes are the product of more than 30 years of probe manufacturing and field experience.

In collaboration with Stork Materials Technology, within Materials Testing Technology (MTT) various services are provided with regard to the selection, production and use of metals and other structural materials, destructive testing, leak detection as well as, heat exchanger and tube inspection. Stork Materials Technology and RTD both own 50% of MTT.

Materials

• General constructionsteel
• Aluminium (alloys)
• Stainless steel