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MECHANICAL INTEGRITY
Do you have a Mechanical Integrity (MI) Program in place to periodically inspect and evaluate your pressure vessels, pressure piping, and storage tanks?

ATS is pleased to offer you a turnkey Mechanical Integrity (MI) Program completely customized to suit your company's requirements.
Failure of A Pressure Vessel Typical Plant/Faciltiy
 Federal Regulations
The federal government has mandated that owner/operators of chemical storage and process facilities have a Mechanical Integrity Program in place to assure the ongoing integrity of equipment used to process, store, or handle hazardous chemicals.


 Fully Customized Mechanical Integrity Program
An ATS designed Mechanical Integrity Program provides:
  • Inspections
  • Evaluations and Calculations
  • Repair Recommendations
  • Future Inspection Intervals

All of this is provided in an organized and professional engineering report.
ATS references many industry standards for pressure vessels, pressure piping, and storage tanks.
  • ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • API - American Petroleum Institute
  • NBIC - National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors Committee
  • ANSI - American National Standards Institute
  • NFPA - National Fire Protection Association and many more
Grid Orientation for Ultrasonic Thickness Measurements Typical Tank Rollout Drawing
Typical Tee Connection
 Inspection Procedures
ATS follows tried and true procedures developed over years of delivering quality inspections and evaluations. Standard forms and procedures for gathering inspection data are used to insure quality and accurate results.
 Detailed Calculations
ATS uses both commercially available and in-house developed software to assist in evaluating vessels, piping, and storage tanks.
Isometric Drawing of a Typical Piping System Computer Model of a Pressure Vessel
 Personnel Qualifications
  • Engineers
    Professional Engineers (P.E.), Mechanical Engineers, Civil Engineers, Industrial Engineers, Materials Engineers, Chemical Engineers
  • Inspectors
    API 510 Certified Pressure Vessel Inspectors
    API 570 Certified Pressure Piping Inspectors
    API 653 Certified Storage Tank Inspectors
    CWI Certified Weld Inspectors
 Nondestructive Testing
We also offer a wide range of Nondestructive Testing (NDT) services to meet all of your inspection and testing needs. ATS has one of the largest inspection services organizations in the Southeast.

American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Level II & III Inspectors
  • UT - Ultrasonic Testing
  • UTT - Ultrasonic Thickness Testing
  • PT - Penetrant Testing
  • MT - Magnetic Particle Testing
  • RT - Radiographic Testing
  • ET - Eddy Current Testing
  • VT - Visual Testing
NDT Personnel Acquiring Ultrasonic Thickness Measurements:
We also offer fully recordable VIDEOPROBE inspections/evaluations, as well as SPARK TESTING of lined tanks and vessels.
Deteriorated Storage Tank



Applied Technical Services, Inc.
1049 Triad Court - Marietta, GA 30062
770-514-3288 - 678-819-1055 FAX - E-mail rluttrell@atslab.com