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tcr-materials-testing-machine-shop-lathe.jpg
  Caption: The in-house machine shop. Specimens are cut, milled and ground to the test standard before a single reading is taken.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-mechanical-testing-tensile-frame.jpg
  Caption: Tensile testing to ASTM E8/E8M and IS 1608, on a calibrated universal testing machine.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-mechanical-testing-charpy-impact.jpg
  Caption: Charpy V-notch impact testing to ASTM E23, with sub-zero conditioning where the specification calls for it.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-chemical-analysis-oes-spectrometer.jpg
  Caption: Optical emission spectrometry. The first answer on any unknown alloy, in minutes rather than hours.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-chemical-analysis-icp-spectrometer.jpg
  Caption: ICP spectrometry for trace and residual elements, where OES reaches its detection limit.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-chemical-analysis-pmi-field.jpg
  Caption: Positive material identification on the asset, not on a coupon. The alloy is confirmed where it is installed.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-metallurgical-microscope-bench.jpg
  Caption: Reading the microstructure. Grain size, phase balance, decarburisation and the evidence of service temperature.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-metallurgical-specimen-polishing.jpg
  Caption: Preparation decides the answer. A specimen that is not polished flat and etched correctly reads as a different material.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-corrosion-nace-autoclaves.jpg
  Caption: Sour-service autoclaves. NACE TM0177 and TM0284 exposures run to the full standard duration, not an accelerated proxy.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-corrosion-salt-spray-chamber.jpg
  Caption: Salt spray to ISO 9227 and ASTM B117, including 720-hour acetic acid exposures on architectural coatings.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-fatigue-test-frame.jpg
  Caption: Servo-hydraulic fatigue and fracture toughness, to ASTM E466, E606 and E1820.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-welder-qualification-booth.jpg
  Caption: Welder and procedure qualification coupons, welded and then tested under one roof.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-tmt-rebar-coupler-test.jpg
  Caption: Rebar and coupler testing to IS 16172, all diameters from 8 mm to 40 mm.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-ndt-radiography-exposure.jpg
  Caption: Industrial radiography under AERB licence, in the exposure room and on site.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-ndt-film-interpretation.jpg
  Caption: Film interpretation by an ASNT Level II or III signatory. The reading is the deliverable, not the exposure.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-replica-field-reading.jpg
  Caption: In-situ replication. Over 100,000 replicas read without cutting a single component out of service.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-tpi-dimensional-check.jpg
  Caption: Dimensional and visual inspection at the fabricator's works, against the approved drawing and the ITP.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-source-verification.jpg
  Caption: Source and vendor inspection. The consignment is verified before it ships, not after it arrives.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-machine-shop-floor.jpg
  Caption: The machine shop at Mahape. Lathes, CNC wire-cut, milling, surface grinding and stress-free grinding, under one roof with the test benches.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-machine-shop-personnel.jpg
  Caption: Specimens are machined by the people who know what the standard asks for, not to a generic drawing.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-machine-shop-mahape.jpg
  Caption: Cutting to the standard: gauge length, radius and surface finish are set by ASTM, ISO or IS, not by the workshop.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-materials-testing-hardness-tester.jpg
  Caption: A bench hardness tester. The load and the dwell time come from the test standard, not from the operator.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-ndt-film-hanger-darkroom.jpg
  Caption: Radiography ends in a film somebody has to read. The lead identification on each one ties the shot back to the component it came from.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

tcr-civil-testing-rebar-caliper.jpg
  Caption: Rib geometry on a deformed reinforcement bar, measured with a digital vernier caliper. On a reinforcement bar the dimensions are part of the acceptance criteria, not a note beside them.
  Credit:  TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

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