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

ISO 3834 – Welding Processes

ISO 9001:2015

MANUFACTURING FACILITIES

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.

Advanced Manufacturing has mainly four Workshop Areas.

Workshops

Building A2
Building A West
Building A Clean Area
Building A cast Area

WORKSHOPS

A2 Area 4300 m2

A-West Area 5200 m2

A-east Area 1800 m2

A-Clean Area 4200 m2

NDE FACILITIES

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

Advanced Manufacturing outsourced tests

Ultrasonic Testing
Tensile
Hardness
Bending

NDE PERSONNEL

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

Triple lock decompression chamber for the marine industry. Mass 30 tons, Pressure3600 kPa.

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

Drum for the Petro Chemical industry. Mass 6 tons, Pressure 1350 kPa.