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Manufacturing industry

As an entrepreneur in the manufacturing industry, you face high stakeholder and customer demands and an ever more globalising market. Kiwa is well aware of your needs. We offer calibration services for your assets, help you develop people competencies through education and thus make sure manufacturing keeps flowing as smoothly as possible.

Gas Stations and ATEX

All network operators' gas stations with accessible spaces where hazardous explosive atmospheres may occur are subject to the ATEX regulations. Network operators should therefore ask themselves many questions about safety. Kiwa Technology can advise you.

ATEX

Hydrogen Combustion

Kiwa Technology has developed a ‘boil-off management system’ for the BMW Hydrogen 7. The ‘boil-off management system’ is a safety device for limiting the pressure in a car's hydrogen fuel tank.

Innovation

Innovative products and technologies

Innovative new products and services that can be used in the construction, maintenance, repair, replacement and management of gas distribution networks regularly appear on the market.

Innovation

Pipe leaks - damage investigation and copper corrosion

Water supply systems regularly suffer from copper leakages, which can be caused by various causes. A leak is not always clearly visible from the outside and can cause a lot of inconvenience and material damage. Kiwa can support clients with specialized ma...

Corrosion of Copper Pipes

Permeation and chemical compatibility

Kiwa is your partner for assessing the chemical compatibility and material performance of applied materials and the corresponding tests like permeation, immersion or rapid gas decompression tests. Testing material samples, pipes, components or even comple...

Permeation

Technical Audits, Valuation and Due Diligence

The energy distribution sector is continually evolving. When taking control of networks, it is important to obtain insight into their technical condition. The quality of the assets being acquired is a determinant factor in their value.

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Tensile impact test plastic according to ASTM D1822 or ISO 8256

Plastic pipes and components are often used for water and other underground infrastructures. Detailed knowledge of the properties of plastics is indispensable to ensure that these materials can perform well for years to come.

Tensile impact test

Destructive and non-destructive testing electrofusion joints

Electrofusion joints are often used in polyethylene piping systems for, among other things, water and gas. Even though the installation technique is known and a Dutch quality standard (NTA 8828) exists, failing connections still regularly occur. In such c...

Electrofusion joint

Evaluation fuel reformers and fuel cell systems

Kiwa Technology has the possibility to mix all kind of complex (natural) gas compositions, which will be distributed in Europe or elsewhere in the world.

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Network design

Network design for new areas or minor adjustments to existing networks is a determinant factor in the relationship between your investment costs and delivery reliability. You don't want to lay a large amount of pipeline capacity unnecessarily, but you do ...

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Accidents and Incidents Analysis

The independent investigation of incidents enables them to be used objectively as lessons to be learnt for the future. By learning from incidents, the correct measures can be taken to reduce these. For gas network operators in the Netherlands, Kiwa Techno...

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Advice on gas measurement

Gas measurement takes place in the entire gas supply chain from gas production to delivery to industry and large business consumers and gas for household use. All the market parties benefit significantly (in financial terms) from correct and accurate gas ...

Industry

Risk Based Asset Management

Kiwa Technology can offer support to operators of pipelines such as gas distribution companies, water boards and heat energy companies when implementing RBAM.

Asset Management

Investigation accidents involving gas

Kiwa Technology investigates the cause of all types of accidents involving gas. These investigations are required in order to continue to use gas safely and also in order to assign responsibility for damages to the right parties.

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PAS55 en NTA 8120

PAS 55 - In the process leading to the certification, Kiwa can create added value on many different levels. In this way, Kiwa Technology can offer excellent support with consultancy in the setting-up of the necessary processes and systems

Collage distribution

Test possibilities materials

At Kiwa Technology, we have years of experience conducting independent damage and material investigations for a wide range of market players, including energy companies, water utilities, contractors, suppliers, manufacturers and insurance companies. Our e...

Testing and analysis - Kiwa Technology

Gas distribution safety

Gas distribution safety is currently a topic of high social interest. Organisations such as the supervisory bodies, the Dutch Energy Council and the Dutch National Mines Inspectorate explicitly hold network operators accountable for their responsibilitie...

Asset Management

Jointing techniques materials

Problems in pipeline systems often arise at the connections. At Kiwa Technology, we have years of experience investigating and identifying the causes of connection failures. Our expertise in welding plastic pipes (PE, PEX, PA, PP, etc.) and other joining ...

Heat Distribution Pipes

Heat Pump Tumble dryer

Kiwa Technology has carried out a feasibility study for a manufacturer concerning the possibilities of a tumble dryer powered by a heat pump. We compared the greenhouse effect (TEWI) of CO2 as a cooling agent with conventional products such as R410a and R...

Tumble Dryer

Work procedures and instructions

Under occupational health legislation, technical distribution work, among other things, must be carried out safely. A basis for this is the application of correct and complete work procedures which detail the work methods, materials and personal instructi...

Safety work procedures