Qualification of Inspection Procedures [Hardcover]

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques for the inspection of industrial structural components have to be qualified in respect to the minimum performance to be achieved. The qualification schemes relate to all aspects of the tests: procedure, equipment and personnel and the qualification of inspection should be codified in Standards. Such Standards are of two main types: those that detail the methods and procedures to be used and those that define the results which must be achieved.
The European Network for Inspection Qualification (ENIQ) has as its aim the creation of a European collaboration for critical studies, assessment and qualification of inspection procedures for industrial structural components. The final goal is to support international Codes and Standards bodies via technical tools, expertise and demonstrative exercises that can be sponsored and managed at the European level.
Based on the lectures given during the Eurocourse on `Non-Destructive Testing Techniques for the Inspection of Industrial Structural Components', held at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, October 25--29, 1993Foreword. Critical comparison of inspection standards; S. Reale, E. Capurro, L. Tognarelli. Qualification of inspections; J. Whittle, C. Waites. Personnel qualification in Europe: a status report; M.J. Whittle, J.M. Farley. Inspection qualification strategies as developed in PISC III Action 8 and in ENIQ: Part 1 -- Overall process; G. Engl. Inspection qualification strategies as developed in PISC III Action 8 and in ENIQ: Part 2 -- Aspects of qualification; J. Whittle. PISC-I and PISC-II: Looking for effective and reliable inspection procedures; S. Crutzen. Evaluation of the sizing results of 12 flaws of the full scale vessel installatilÓ