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FLEXIBLE RISERS
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FLEXIBLE RISERS
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FRICTION WELDING MACHINES
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Floating hoses
LAMEF - Physical Metallurgy Laboratory
We are part of the Metallurgy Department, School of Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. We have in our staff four professors, thirty engineers and one technician who together with PhD students, Masters and undergraduates compose a team of approximately 200 people working in different areas of expertise. The choice of topics for research and services in general carried out within our Post-Graduation Program in Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (PPGE3M) has been directed in accordance with the expectations of our clients from the public and private sector which ensures a balance between practical and academic issues.
We have a impressive infrastructure for the characterization of engineering materials, as well as performing mechanical tests in air and in corrosive media, process simulation via the finite elements method and non-destructive tests.
LAMEF has implemented and accredited by General Coordination of Accreditation of Inmetro a quality system based on the International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories) which aims to systematize the testing and provide reliability of our results.
1956
LAMEF foundation by Prof. Raul Cohen
1976
Electron microscopy sector inauguration by Prof. José Francisco Kiss
1990
Prof. Dr. Telmo Strohaecker takes on the laboratory coordination
2000
CT/Petro project – KS hook
2001
First resonance fatigue test of rigid pipes
2003
First fatigue test of flexible pipes
Project – New pumping unit concept
2004
CADETEC inauguration
CHÂTEAU building reinauguration after refurbishment
2006
LAMEF integration to REMATO (from portuguese, “Rede Multicêntrica de Avaliação de Implantes Ortopédicos” - Multicentric Network of Orthopedic Implants Evaluation)
LAMEF 50 years
2008
Quality manual implementation - ABNT NBR ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Standard
2009
First quality audit accomplished by SENAI
2010
INMETRO accreditation - ABNT NBR ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Standard
2011
Quality system monitoring performed by INMETRO
Laboratory infrastructure sponsored by PETROBRAS
2012
Crushing Pipes project
Circuit board prototyping equipment
Hydraluic cylinder develpment (820 tonf dinamyc / 1500 tonf static)
Quality prize given by PGQP RS – Bronze Medal
Formalization of the Environmental Management System and Safety Committee
ABNT NBR ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Standard accreditation given by Rio Grande do Sul Metrology Network (from portuguese, Rede Metrológica do Rio Grande do Sul)
2013
Start of operation GE – SEIFERT Charon XRD X-ray diffractometer
Start of operation friction welding machine MASF 1500
Reacredditation performed by INMETRO
2014
LAMEF received the innovation award as an institution of science and technology of south of Brazil FINEP 2014
The MASF project ranked second in the Innovation Award sponsored by ABM
LAMEF was accredited to act as a Embrapii Unit. Focus is on business demand for innovation in technology and pipeline integrity
LAMEF is part of a master plan to structure the actions of SibratecShop
2015
COTEQ 2015
The paper "Innovative friction welding process for pipeline construction", in which the development of the MASF 1500 machine was outlined, received the prize for the best technical paper presented in oral format at the 13th COTEQ - Equipment Technology Conference.
Premio ANPThe project "Rotating ring friction welding machine" was selected as finalist of the 2015 ANP Award for Technological Innovation in Category 1 - Technical Innovation developed in Brazil by a Science and Technology Institution (ICT). Petrobras is LAMEF's partner in this project.
Finep Award for Innovation
17th National Edition of Finep's award
The Physical Metallurgy Laboratory of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) was the winner in category ICT (Science and Technology Institution). LAMEF has its own infrastructure and develops scientific projects and performs technological services in the area of engineering.
The prize was awarded to the paper "Development of a Friction Welding Machine for Pipes with Rotatory Ring and Evaluation of Stainless Steel Duplex UNS32205 Pipe Weld Joint", presented by Daniela Ramminger Pissanti. The results presented were generated through research and development projects with Petrobras and ANP.
PetrobrasInnovation award.
2016
Best Paper9º International Colloquium SAE BRASIL for suspension and road implements.
Subsea Forum RioOutstanding Award