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Innerspec Corporation is a provider of nondestructive testing (NDT) solutions that primarily use their own patented technology products

Recently, Innerpsec was involved in a project to provide quality control (QC)

According to the engineers, before conducting the analysis, it is necessary to determine what kind of defects the company is dealing with, and the scale

Main activities and project steps:

• Design and pre-qualify the calibration block with the SPR personnel

• Develop nondestructive testing procedures, including phased array ultrasound, ToFD, ACFM, and visual inspection using Creaform's 3D nondestructive testing technology products

• Phased array ultrasonic NDT multi-party verification and witness/training/consulting with other parties on PAUT implementation

• Time-of-flight diffraction NDT multi-party verification and witness/training/consulting with other parties on ToFD implementation

• ACFM/ECA non-destructive testing is multi-party verification and comparison with subcontractor penetration testing or magnetic test results

• Geometry and dimensional evaluation using Creaform's 3D scanner and Pipecheck software (visual weld inspection)

• Preparation of a comprehensive daily report on the weldments under test (including progress reports based on initial plans or expected percentages for multi-party verification)

• Weekly chart reports showing defect rates for each welding type, welding process, shop floor and welder

• A bi-weekly project analysis report is submitted, including proposals, conclusions and recommendations to resolve any process issues

Prior to using Creaform's nondestructive testing technology and equipment, Innerspec used welding-specific gages and cameras for visual weld inspection

By applying advanced non-destructive testing technologies and equipment, such as those offered by Creaform, productivity can be significantly increased and the data can be used for other purposes, such as finite element analysis (FEA) and/or fracture mechanics calculations

Creaform's technology products are an ideal choice

How do Creaform's NDT technology products influence, change or improve Innerspec's practices and processes?

Welding engineers have increased their productivity and they can now write more comprehensive quality reports

Key clients find that they have essentially instant access to test results no matter where they are