Services
WHAT WE DO
Comprehensive Engineering and Risk-Based Solutions
CompTex offers a full range of engineering services, from Risk-Based Design and Verification to manufacturing-ready drawings. We reduce technical and commercial risks, manage day-to-day design tasks, and streamline operations to enhance your competitive edge.
Our services include Approved Inspection Authority (AIA), Quality Assurance & Quality Control (QA/QC), Project Management, Failure Analysis, Risk-Based & Preventative Failure Assessments, and Engineering Design. We also provide Recertification & Legal Compliance, ensuring regulatory adherence.
We specialize in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), including Ultrasonic Testing (UT) Scanning and Fitness-for-Service evaluations, and offer Non-Metallic Training for advanced material handling.
With CompTex, you gain a trusted partner dedicated to optimizing the performance, safety, and longevity of your industrial systems.
Approved Inspection Authority
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We are a Certified Approved Inspection Authority (AIA):
CompTex is a Certified Approved Inspection Authority (AIA), accredited in accordance with SANS 10227 standards. Our certification underscores our commitment to ensuring the highest levels of safety, compliance, and quality in all inspections and assessments. As an AIA, we provide independent, unbiased inspections of industrial equipment, ensuring that they meet regulatory requirements and are fit for service.
Our Approved Inspection Authority services include:
Our services include thorough inspections, recertification, and detailed reporting, helping clients maintain compliance with local and international standards. With CompTex, you can trust that your assets are in expert hands, ensuring their continued safe and efficient operation.
Quality Assurance & Quality Control
Our comprehensive inspection services include:
CompTex provides comprehensive inspection services, supported by thorough documentation, photographs, design calculations, and, when required, structural test results.
Our inspection process include:
- Kick-Off & Pre-Inspection Meetings – Ensuring alignment on project goals and inspection requirements.
- Site Supervision and Management – Overseeing and managing on-site activities to ensure compliance and quality.
- Document Reviews – Reviewing Quality Control Plans (QCPs), Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), calculations, drawings, and manufacturing procedures.
- Testing Management & Reviews – Overseeing and reviewing testing procedures to verify compliance and performance.
- Staged Inspections – Conducting inspections at key project milestones to monitor progress and quality.
- Final Inspections & Acceptance – Ensuring that all requirements are met for final acceptance and compliance.
- Databook Reviews – Reviewing and verifying all documentation and records to ensure completeness and accuracy.
Our standards of Quality and Compliance:
Project Management
We deliver end-to-end Project Management services:
At CompTex, we specialize in delivering end-to-end project management services across diverse industries. From initial feasibility studies and detailed engineering to tendering, procurement, and fabrication, our team ensures seamless execution at every stage of your project.
Our Project Management expertise include:
Our expertise extends to installation, quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC), and commissioning, ensuring compliance with industry standards and the highest levels of operational excellence. With a commitment to precision and innovation, CompTex is your trusted partner for achieving project success.
Failure Analysis
Our Expert Failure Analysis services include:
At CompTex, we provide comprehensive Failure Analysis services to identify the root causes of equipment failure and prevent future incidents. Our expert team uses advanced diagnostic techniques, including material testing, stress analysis, and root cause investigation, to determine the underlying factors contributing to failures.
We deliver detailed reports and recommendations:
We deliver detailed reports and recommendations to help clients improve system reliability, enhance safety, and optimize operational efficiency. With CompTex, you gain valuable insights that enable informed decisions on maintenance, repair, and design improvements, minimizing downtime and reducing risks.
Risk Based & Preventative Failure Assessments
We specialise in Risk-Based & Preventative Failure Assessments:
At CompTex, we specialize in Risk-Based & Preventative Failure Assessments to evaluate the safety, reliability, and performance of fiberglass vessels and piping systems. These assessments systematically identify potential failure risks, helping to mitigate issues before they impact operations.
Our Risk Based approach include:
Our risk-based approach identifies potential failure modes such as material degradation, corrosion, structural weaknesses, or environmental factors, and assesses the likelihood and impact of these risks. Preventative failure assessments focus on enhancing the reliability of systems by evaluating their ability to perform consistently over time and under varying operational conditions.
Our Risk Based assessments include:
Through these assessments, we provide clients with critical insights into the health of their assets, enabling informed decisions on maintenance, repairs, and system improvements. This proactive approach helps extend the service life of equipment, reduces downtime, and optimizes performance across industries.
By conducting thorough site surveys and design assessments, we identify vulnerabilities and help clients plan for necessary actions such as:
- Fabrication
- Repair
- Failure Investigation
- Modifications
- Mechanical & Piping Assessments
- Civil & Structural Assessments
CompTex works closely with a network of experienced inspectors and testing facilities to deliver customized solutions that ensure compliance, enhance asset performance, and extend the lifespan of critical systems. We aim to reduce operational risks while improving reliability and safety across all industrial applications.
Engineering Design
Our Preliminary Design include:
- Material selection:
- Selection and determination of materials suitable for your processes.
- Work with the Research and Development laboratories of the main resin and/or thermoplastic suppliers.
- Design Feasibility:
- Evaluation of the design and feasibility of your complex equipment.
- Adaptation of old metal equipment to ‘plastic’ construction.
- Technical specifications:
- Assistance in the drafting of specific technical specifications.
- Elaboration estimates:
- Assistance in drawing up budgets.
- Audit of manufacturers:
- Visit and evaluation of potential manufacturers for the realization of your equipment.
- Experience in monitoring manufacturers in low cost regions (Asia; Middle East).
- Purchasing Assistance:
- Technical clarifications.
- Technical alignment of offers.
Our Detailed Design & Verification include:
- Design Calculations:
CompTex offers a comprehensive range of design and verification services, starting from initial general arrangement concepts stemming from feasibility studies to the creation of detailed design calculations and drawings ready for manufacturing.
- Detailed Design & Drawings of Process Equipment, Pressure Vessels, Storage Tanks, Heat Exchangers, Pressure Piping (Metallic, GRP, FRP & Thermoplastic) and steel structures.
- Finite Element Analysis
- Piping Flexibility (Caesar II), Structural Steelwork (Design & Shop dwgs).
- Compliance of Equipment (Pressure & Process Vessels, Piping, Storage tanks & Buildings iaw the OSH Act, SANS 347 & PER.
- Specification Development:
- Tank and piping specifications.
- Piping Line classes.
- Piping Supports.
- Repair procedures.
- Design Verification:
CompTex offers verification services aimed at certifying designs and equipment to ensure compliance with both client specifications and state regulatory standards.
- Verification of in-house designs
- Verification of 3rd party designs
- Construction
- Material qualification
- Technical specifications
- 3rd party inspection services
Recertification & Legal Compliance
We ensure strict adherence to engineering standards:
Our Compliance expertise include:
- Mechanical Equipment, Pressure & Process Vessels, Piping, Storage Tanks, and Buildings: Compliance with the OSH Act, PER, SANS 347, ASME, EN, API 650, API 620, API 653, API 579, ASME PCC-2, and ASME PCC-3 standards.
- Engineering Services: Comprehensive design calculations, fabrication drawings, and professional engineering approvals.
- Advanced Assessments: 3D scanning, non-destructive testing (NDT), and on-site measurements for accurate evaluations and reporting.
NDT - UT Scanning & Fitness for Service
About Non-destructive testing (NDT):
Non-destructive testing (NDT) is essential for assessing the condition, integrity, and fitness-for-service of fiberglass vessels and piping systems without causing damage. This approach employs various techniques, including ultrasonic testing (UT), visual inspections, radiography, and other advanced methods, to detect flaws, defects, or structural irregularities.
About Ultrasonic testing:
Ultrasonic testing, in particular, is a valuable NDT method for fiberglass materials. It enables precise measurement of wall thickness, identification of delamination, and detection of hidden voids or cracks within the structure. UT scanning provides critical insights into the internal condition of fiberglass components, which are not readily visible through other techniques.
About NDT techniques:
In the context of fiberglass vessels and piping, NDT techniques are used to evaluate material properties, identify potential weaknesses or damages, and assess the overall structural health. This process ensures compliance with safety standards, regulatory requirements, and determines whether these components are suitable for continued operation.
Our Fitness-for-service assessments involve:
Fitness-for-service assessments involve a comprehensive evaluation of structural integrity, accounting for factors such as corrosion, fatigue, and environmental degradation. Through the application of NDT techniques like UT scanning, engineers and inspectors can accurately determine the remaining service life of fiberglass vessels and piping. This enables informed decisions regarding repair, maintenance, or replacement strategies.
In summary, the use of NDT, particularly ultrasonic testing, is integral to the safe operation of fiberglass vessels and piping systems. It minimizes downtime, optimizes reliability, and extends the longevity of these critical components in various industrial applications.
Non-Metallic Training
About our Fibre Reinforced Plastics / Thermoplastics course:
Attending our FRP (Fibre Reinforced Plastic) course equips Plant Engineers and technicians with a deeper understanding of the unique properties and advantages of FRP materials, and how they can be integrated into their plants.
Delegates will gain knowledge about the design principles, manufacturing techniques, and quality control measures specific to FRP composites. This knowledge enables them to make informed decisions and contribute effectively to projects involving FRP components, leading to improved product performance, cost efficiencies and organisation success.
Who the course is aimed at:
The course is aimed at mining, petrochemical and chemical plants within SA, but of course is applicable globally to various processing plants.
Our Course Highlights:
- 3-day theoretical Engineering course.
- ECSA accredited (CPD points).
- A certificate will be issued on completion.
- Lectured by ECSA registered professionals with a combined ±60 years industry experience.
- Course can be tailored to the delegates experience, position & needs.
- Course can be presented on site (if required).
- Following core topics are covered:
- Introduction to FRP materials, properties, applications, and benefits.
- FRP manufacturing methods and techniques.
- FRP design principles and analysis.
- FRP manufacturing and layout tank drawings and Piping isometrics.
- FRP quality control and inspection of new equipment.
- Maintenance and repairs of existing FRP equipment.
- Safety considerations.
- RBI (Risk Based Inspection).
- UT (Ultrasonic testing).
- Q & A sessions daily.