After more than a century, radiographic inspection is still the nondestructive method of choice for most projects, whether in the laboratory or in the field.

Stork operates radiographic laboratories around the country, staffed with certified technicians and outfitted with the latest technical and image processing equipment to process, inspect, and certify to the highest standards a wide variety of products for the aerospace, power generation, military, nuclear, and commercial industries.

We operate one of the largest inspection cells; our largest x-ray chamber in the U.S.—measuring 32 feet by 32 feet—is equipped with a 4MeV linear accelerator that is capable of penetrating the equivalent of 12 inches of steel. Our materials handling systems can accommodate items weighing up to 6 tons.

We commonly use our high energy radiographic inspection system to detect discontinuities in welds and weld overlays, castings, forgings, valves and components, machined parts, pressure vessels, structural steel, and aircraft structures, boilers, etc.

Inspection Standards

• ASTM E1742
• ASME Section 8

CEW is a large machining and fabrication facility created to handle the finishing of Columbia Steel castings, manufacturing of Columbia fabrications, and to be a full service center for the manufacture of industrial components. We're a one source supplier that assures you of:

• High product value, proven by Columbia Steel's century of service to industry.
• In-house patternmaking for economy, prompt delivery, and challenging special projects.
• Full selection of materials and metallurgy offering the optimum combination of reliability and cost.
• Castings proportioned for best thermal management, resulting in soundness and uniform chemistry.
• Consultation on component design improvements.

Columbia Engineering Works can undertake a broad range of projects which require iron or steel casting, fabrication and finishing. This includes manufacture of machinery bases, bearing boxes, retainers, rotating machinery components, press platens, mine and milling machinery, dredge machinery components, utility thermal plant pulverizer parts, and crusher maintenance parts, just to name a few.

We also offer service on complete assembled subcomponents with interference fitting and advanced tool machining on high hardness materials, including martensitic cast iron.

We can combine heavy fabrication work with ferrous castings, weld assembled, stress relieved, machined and quality assured by non-destructive testing, to the highest industry specifications.

Our specialized machining equipment can handle very large components, made from the most difficult materials -- let us put it to work to solve your manufacturing challenges.