Testing Facility

To test pipes to the rigorous levels required to qualify for Oil and Gas applications, Magma Global has invested in a state-of-the-art test facility in Portsmouth (UK). It also uses specialist external test houses for additional trials and studies.

In House Test Facility

Magma's Trafalgar Wharf facility is fitted with bespoke rigs and equipment designed to carry out a wide range of structural and flexion tests on pipes. A wide range of tests can be designed and data output for full analysis by its team of specialist engineers.

Tests include:

• Four Point Bend Test
• Tensile Test
• Compression Test
• High strain flex ILSS (Inter laminar shear strength)
• Ring Compression
• Impact
• Flex to Failure
• Cyclic Flex
• Collapse (open end and closed end)
• Burst (open end and closed end)
• End Fitting Test
• Bore Seal Test
• Long-term high strain (creep)
• Stress cycling
• Resonance Fatigue
• Chemical Testing