SPECIALTY MECHANICAL, NDT, & HEAT TREATMENT SERVICES
TECHNICAL BOLTING, TOOL CALIBRATION, RESISTANCE HEAT TRAINING, & NDT
Red Flame Industries is a leader in specialty industrial bolting and thermal technologies by providing highly productive and cost-effective methods to various industries for nearly 35 years. With an emphasis on continuous improvement and innovation, Red Flame Industries has earned an international reputation for reliable services and quality products. RFI offers convenience for all your industrial needs. Whether it is experienced on-site personnel or technical support, product purchases, torque calibration, thermal products, or rental tools, our professional staff is ready to meet your dynamic industrial requirements around the clock.
TECHNICAL BOLTING
Torquing • Tensioning • Stud/Nut Removal
From flange assemblies to complex bolted connections, our technical bolting service ensures optimal joint integrity every time. We employ both torquing and tensioning methods to reliably achieve rated gasket compression values. Whether it’s tightening, stud removal, or hydraulic tensioning, Red Flame’s certified bolting team delivers safe, precise results—on time, every time.
PRESSURE TESTING
Isolation Hydro Testing • Spool/Line Testing • Plug & Blind Flange Rentals
Ensure system integrity before it goes live. RFI’s pressure testing services cover everything from hydrostatic isolation to flange/blind plug testing. Our team delivers accurate, reliable results—identifying leaks, verifying strength, and confirming sealing performance under full-rated pressures. Trust us to validate your equipment and piping systems with precision and safety.
Stop leaks without shutting down. Our online leak repair services handle bonnet, flange, and valve-pack system failures using same-day repair methods, composite line wraps, repair sleeves, and custom enclosures. With photo/laser scanning and specialized injection techniques, RFI delivers immediate, reliable fixes—keeping your operation running and safe.
ONLINE LEAK REPAIR
• ONLINE VALVE & LINE LEAK REPAIR
• OUT-OF-TRUCK REPAIR SOLUTIONS
• COMPOSITE LINE REPAIR
• REPAIR SLEEVE (TYPE A & B)
• CUSTOM LEAK ENCLOSURES
• ON-SITE LASER OR PHOTO SCANNING
• ONLINE DRAIN VALVE REPLACEMENT
• BASIC LEAK REPAIR & INJECTION WORK: BONNETS, VALVE PACKINGS, FLANGES; ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE IN THE SAME DAY
We bring the machine shop to your site — no teardown, no transport. RFI’s field machining service delivers precision in-place machining for components ranging from flanges, shafts, and piping to structural bases and repair zones. With advanced portable tools and experienced technicians, we restore surfaces, bore to spec, cut and bevel, and realign critical parts — all while your facility stays operational.
FIELD MACHINING
• STUD SPEED (CORE) DRILLING
• COLD CUTTING & PIPE END PREPARATION (BEVELING)
• FLANGE RECLAMATION (RE-FACING)
• PIPE TRANSITIONING
HEAT TREATMENT
Under pressure? We temper, normalize, quench, and post-weld heat treat—right on site or in our certified facility. RFI’s heat treatment services restore mechanical properties, relieve residual stress, and ensure metallurgical integrity for critical components. Precision, control, and compliance—designed to bring out peak performance in every application.
• INDUCTION HEATING
• INDUCTION EXPANSION FOR STUCK BOLT & STUD REMOVAL
• THERMAL EXPANSION
• ROTATING ROTOR EXPANSION
• INDUCTION TUBE HEATING
• TURBINE SHELL BOLT REMOVAL
• BOILER TUBE REMOVAL WITH INDUCTION HEATING & HYDRAULIC PULLER
• INDUCTION BRAZING: HEAT TREATMENT INVOLVES THE USE OF HEATING, TO CALCULATED TEMPERATURE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED RESULT OF STRESS RELIEF, HARDENING, SOFTENING, OR NORMALIZING OF A MATERIAL.
PUT PRECISION INTO THE RIGHT HANDS.
CONTACT RFI’S CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS TODAY TO PLAN YOUR NEXT OUTAGE, REPAIR, OR MECHANICAL SERVICE WITH CONFIDENCE.
NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING SERVICES IN CANADA
With over 30 years of Non-Destructive Testing experience, AM Inspection, provide competent qualified, and professional Technicians to suit your next project. We work with you through effective preliminary planning, and broad Technician coverage for call-out or large-scale projects, we are your NDE solutions provider. From new pipeline construction, modular builds, structural/integrity inspections or re-certifications of your equipment, AM Inspection has you covered.
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Dry Powder
Wet Fluorescent
Black/White Contrast
Process for detecting surface and shallow subsurface discontinuities in ferromagnetic materials using an electronically powered magnet (yoke) and magnetic particles (most often in spray form)
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Mainline Rigs & Pipeline Crawlers
Auto Processing Units
Using gamma rays to produce images on film of welding layering to locate defects or degradation in material properties that would lead to failure
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PMI & Spark/Spectrometer Testing
Analysis of metallic alloy to establish composition by reading the quantities by percentage of its constituent elements
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Lifting Devices (Pickers/Cranes/Manlifts)
Downhole Tooling Inspection
Streamline Asset & Certification Tracking (Online Asset Tracking & Records)
Utilizing visual and magnetic particle techniques to asses structural integrity in the welds of rated lifting equipment
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UT Thickness (Low & High Temperature Applications)
UT Shear Wave Flaw Detection
Very short ultrasonic puls-waves are transmitted into materials to detect internal flaws & ultrasonic thickness
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Ferrite Testing
Acid Etch Testing
Enables you to elvaluate a materials property such as strength, ductility and wear, resistance, to determine whether a material or material treatment is suitable for the purpose your require
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GGSB Inspectors
API 510 Certified Technicians
Use of NDT techniques along a piping system or vessel to detect any flaws