Seismic Qualification Service
Seismic Qualification is often required in safety related nuclear applications where there is concern that equipment will not continue to operate during or after a “seismic event” (earthquake). In many cases, this can be determined through engineering analysis.
In other cases the equipment must be shaken on a “Seismic Table” to simulate an earthquake in order to be seismically qualified. A Seismic Table is a device for shaking structural models or components with a wide range of simulated ground motions. It is used in the nuclear industry for seismic qualification of safety related components.
Amidyne’s provides seismic testing on its state-of-the art triaxial seismic table can shake a 10,000 lb load up to 18 G force (ZPA) at 200 Hz. The 3’ X 3’ table can be extended to accommodate larger test requirements. Amidyne can provide seismic testing services for a long-list of equipment including instrumentation and control equipment, valves, circuit breakers, and panels.
Amidyne performs these tests to the American QA program 10CFR50 Appendix B, or to the applicable Canadian QA programs (CSA CAN Z299.2, applicable parts of N286.1 and N286.2, and applicable parts of ISO 17025).
Seismic Table:
A device for shaking structural models or components with a wide range of simulated ground motions. Used in the nuclear industry for seismic qualification of safety related components.
• 3ft x 3ft tri-axial t-slotted shaker with 10,000 lb capacity
• 10-inch stroke actuators
• 160,000 ft-lb overturn capacity
• Random, sine-sweep, continuous sine-wave or white noise excitation
• Capacity to operate with ZPA of up to 18 g
• Frequencies of up to 200 Hz
