TCR Arabia, based in Al-Jubail, houses an independent testing laboratory specializing in metallurgical, chemical and materials testing. TCR Arabia serves a diverse client base including government, industry and commercial sector in the areas of oil and gas, steel, automotive, aerospace, public works, environmental, commercial or residential construction and consumer products.
TCR Arabia well-equipped testing facilities and dedicated group of scientists, engineers, chemists and materials specialists present a diverse depth of experience and skill set offering the TCR-KIL team the unique ability to handle a wide array of R&D and materials evaluation projects, as well as routine laboratory testing.
A state-of-the-art material testing facility is opening up shortly in Al Jubail, KSA specifically designed for laboratory operations that will house chemical analysis spectrometer, PMI, HIC, SSCC, Salt Spray, Tensile, Impact, Hardness, NDT, as well as an extensive wet chemistry lab, and a metallurgical lab.
TCR Arabia's commitment to its clients ensures that all test data will be of highest quality, timely, accurate, cost effective and confidential.
Till such a time that the laboratory is not established, TCR Arabia will outsource all samples it receives to
TCR Engineering Services (India).
Materials testing includes characterisation, research and development, process evaluation and development, yield improvement, monitoring of chemical processes, corrosion detection, failure analysis, physical and mechanical properties, quality assurance, reliability testing, production control, formulation, competitive product evaluation, visual measurements and more.
Strong fundamentals like quality, integrity, and supreme customer service have been the drivers of the TCR Arabia's growth. We are convinced about the long-term value proposition of the company - which is based on our technical depth, quality leadership and an attractive value-for-money proposition.
Corrosion Testing
TCR performs a wide range of Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Tests as part of the ASTM, NACE or client supplied specifications. Senior staff members with specific expertise are available to help and advise on corrosion problems or materials selection in laboratory or on-site inspection. A wide variety of routine tests can be undertaken to determine intergranular corrosion attack, weight loss corrosion, pitting corrosion, Sour gas service corrosion tests for sulfide stress cracking (SSC), CSC, salt spray, and hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC) in oil and gas, power, construction, shipping, petrochemical and process industries.
Mechanical and Physical Testing
Comprehensive range of Mechanical Testing with a dedicated machine shop to assist in sample preparation. Capabilities include: Tensile, Impact, Weldability, Bend, Compression, Flaring/Flattening, Hardness, Dynamic Loading, Drop Weight, Proof Load, Fasteners, Hydraulic/Pneumatic, Component Testing, and more.
Chemical Analysis
State of the art Chemical Analysis laboratory allows our expert chemists to analyze ferrous and non-ferrous metals, ceramics, glass, refractories, mineral and ferro alloys in PPB or PPM level or in percentage. Our capabilities include: Wet Chemistry, Optical Emission Spectroscopy(OES), Inductively Coupled Plasma(ICP) Spectrometer, Automatic Combustion based Carbon and Sulfur determinator, Glow Discharge spectrometer for (GDS) chemical depth profiling, and more.
Failure Analysis and Metallography Testing
TCR has completed more than 500 failure investigation assignments, including 50 major projects. Our team of experts can determine causes of failure due to mechanical, fatigue, corrosion/ stress corrosion or defective metallography of materials. Our Failure Analysis and Metallography Testing team works within the existing Physical Testing, NDT and Chemical Analysis lab and has facilities including Optical Microscope with Image Analysis system, Micro Hardness Tester, In-situ Metallography Kits, and Electronic Polishing and Etching system. TCR has access to a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and an elemental analysis by EDAX.
