Pulp and Paper Infrastructure Failure Analysis

Forensic Engineering and Rapid Recovery Boiler Tube Troubleshooting.

In pulp and paper processing, an unscheduled recovery boiler outage can cost a mill hundreds of thousands of dollars per day in lost production. MSI Lab acts as an emergency forensic partner for mill operations and maintenance managers. We specialize in rapid-response root-cause failure analysis on critical pressure vessels and steam piping, delivering the definitive metallurgical data you need to safely plan repairs, satisfy insurance compliance, and prevent catastrophic repeat outages.

Core Testing and Analytical Capabilities:

• Boiler Tube Failure Analysis: Comprehensive visual, microstructural, and chemical profiling to definitively diagnose the root cause of waterwall and superheater tube ruptures.

• Corrosion Mechanism Mapping: Specialized identification of aggressive chemical attacks, including stress corrosion cracking (SCC), caustic gouging, oxygen pitting, and hydrogen damage.

• Erosion-Corrosion Evaluation: Distinguishing mechanical fluid wear from chemical dissolution on pump impellers and piping elbows.

Common Applications:

• Emergency investigation of recovery boiler tube ruptures and catastrophic steam piping failures.

• Forensic analysis of fractured paper machine suction rolls, couch rolls, and dryer cylinders.

• Independent metallurgical reports for insurance sign-off and "Run, Repair, or Replace" compliance mandates.