Bangkok--30 Jan--Dacon Inspection Services
Dacon recently held a “Rope Access” demonstration for representatives of Thailand’s major refining and petrochemical companies. The event was well received by PTT Maintenance and Engineering, SCG group, Dow group, Rayong Engineering and Plant Service (REPCO), UBE Chemical (Asia), PURAC (Thailand), CR Asia (Thailand), Unithai Shipyard and Engineering (UTSE) and Star Petroleum Refining (SPRC).
Rope access is a form of work positioning, initially developed from techniques used in climbing and caving, which applies practical rope work to allow workers to access difficult-to-reach locations without the use of scaffolding, cradles or mobile elevated work platforms. Dacon’s staff are certified and bound by rigorous adherence to safety characteristics developed and controlled by IRATA International. All types of inspection can be performed using rope access, providing huge time and cost savings to customers. Rope access has been in the inspection sector probably for longer than it has been in any other. This is probably because no machine or cradle can navigate a tubular steel construction better than a rope access technician. Through rope access we are able to offer our clients a thorough means of inspection due to the ability to closely access and inspect all areas of a structure.
During the demonstration Dacon also presented other technology such as “Eddy Current Testing (ECT), “Time of Flight Diffraction (TOFD)” and “Phased Array”. Dacon aims to be the center for Rope Access training in Thailand and expects to receive IRATA training accreditation in the near future.