De-Tect Unit Inspection expanded its capabilities and market reach through a strategic merger with Sonartech, a Gauteng-based company specialising in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), metallurgical analysis, and failure investigations. This merger strengthened De-Tect’s technical expertise and positioned the company to better serve both local and international NDT call-out markets.
During this period, De-Tect successfully completed three outage projects at Koeberg Nuclear Power Station and continued to invest in skills development, with trainees completing Phase One Eddy Current training in collaboration with Framatome.
The company also renewed its association agreement with Rotek Engineering (Pty) Ltd for a further three-year period, focusing on the provision of NDT services on turbine components.
In addition, De-Tect contributed to a specialist consulting team investigating fracture and failure mechanisms in three in-service vessels at an international chemical plant. As part of this project, the company successfully implemented Ultrasonic Creep Wave Technology for advanced defect detection.