Technical Consulting Services - · PDF file• AWS D15.1, AAR Appendix W, ASME Section IX welding procedure development, training, and welder qualifications

Salco Products Inc.1385 101st St., Suite A Lemont, IL 60439 ph 630-783-2570 • 11747 Windfern Rd., Suite 500 Houston, TX 77064 ph 281-351-0274

www.salcoproducts.com

Welding Services

Technical CONSULTING

INSPECTION Services

engineering

Compliance Services

Welding Services

Providing professional and specialized services with over 30 years experience

Technical Consulting Services

Salco Products Technical Consulting Services delivers highly technical, compliance-based, services to the railroads, switching, shipping, manufacturing, and repair industries. Our services help our customers move product from design to destination in a safe, compliant, and cost effective manner. With over 30 years leading the transportation industry, our innovative and expe-rienced minds make Salco the perfect choice for your technical and consulting needs.

• Professional regulatory assistance, interpretations and support

• Experts capable of identifying and providing process improvements through audits and assessments

• Proven work histories to provide shipping, railroad, and rail car manufacturing and repair regulatory training

• Academic and regulatory experience to develop engineering solutions associated with rail car design, maintenance, repair, qualification, and failures

• Rail and shipping corporate compliance assessments (FRA/PHMSA with PSM integration)

• Tank car qualification and maintenance plan work instructions (49 CFR 180.509)

• Plant operator hazmat and rail car training (Examination before shipping: railcar, highway cargo tank, ISO containers, and closed container blocking and bracing)

• Verbal and written Spanish services available

Engineering Services

• AutoCad and Solidworks design capabilities.

• Quality improvement initiatives

• Welding engineering support

• Rail car design, modification, and repair engineering

• Research, engineering, and product development

• Reliability analysis of fleet maintenance inspection data

• Stress, structure and failure analysis

• Torque recommendations

• Test fixture development and manufacturing

• CMM access





Inspection Services

• Railcar third-party inspection services

• Inspector and AAR field manual training

• FRA/OTMA management and root cause analysis

• Manufacturing and repair facility car inspections covering inbound inspection, estimate generation, in-process inspection, final inspection, and customer acceptance

• Pre-acquisition and lease return inspections (avoids damage and corrosion claims)

• JIC inspection representative

• Damage inspection on railroad property (with proper permission), storage facilities, and customer property

• Evaluation of in-plant railcar damage

Compliance Services

• Professionals that can impart the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to others to identify and reduce variation in the workplace

• Proven leadership in developing quality management systems, procedures, manuals, work instructions, and records conforming to regulatory requirements

• M-1002 / M-1003 (technical / quality program) certification assistance

• AAR B-3 and B-3A application support

• R-1 Preparation

• Auditor training

• Root-cause analysis training

• Internal facility and process auditing

• Supply chain (vendor) audits

• Recognized industry leaders with respect to leading change, improving processes, and ensuring compliance to regulations, rules, and standards

• Relationships that provide long-term assurance of success, continuous improvement, and peace-of-mind




Nondestructive Testing Level III, Welding Support and Training Services

• Auditing and surveillance

• ASNT NDT Level III on-site services (training, (in-house, or on-site), written practice, and procedure development)

• Probability of Detection (POD) method development

• AWS D15.1, AAR Appendix W, ASME Section IX welding procedure development, training, and welder qualifications

• AAR Field Manual Rule 82, AWS D15.1 compliance, mobile on-site welder training, bend-testing, and immediate qualification

• Welding program development and AWS CWI support




Locations

Houston, TX

Lemont, IL

Committed to Innovation

For more information call customer service at: (630) 685-4661

Documents

Technical Consulting Services - · PDF file• AWS D15.1, AAR Appendix W, ASME Section IX welding procedure development, training, and welder qualifications