Quality Assurance and Testing
Several testing is possible
X-Ray examination | ASME VIII, DIV1, UW-51 / EN10246-10 |
Hardness testing | NACE MR0175 / NACE MR0103 / EN ISO6506-1 / ISO15156 / ASTM E10 |
Liquid dye penetrant testing | ASTM E165 / EN10246-11 |
Ultrasonic testing | ASTM E213 / ASTM A999 / ASTM A388 / ASTM A578 / EN10246-6 / EN10246-7 |
Eddy current testing | ASTM E426 / ASTM A999 / EN10246-2 / EN10246-3 |
Hydrostatic testing | ASTM A999 / EN10246 |
Mechanical testing | ASTM A370 |
Chemical analysis | ASTM A751 |
Tension test / Tensile testing | ASTM A370 / ASTM E21 |
Flaring test | ASTM A999 / EN10216-5 |
Flattening test | ASTM A999 / EN10216-5 |
Grain size test | ASTM E112 |
Microstructure examination | ASTM E562 |
Macroscopic examination | |
Intergranular corrosion testing (IGC) | ASTM A262 practice E / EN ISO3651-2 Method A / ASTM G48 |
Huey Test | ASTM A262 practice C |
Oxalic Acid Etch Test | ASTM A262 practice A |
PMI Spectrum analysis (Positive material identification) | Niton / Spectro |
Ferrite testing (max. 3% on the weld / base material) | Feritscope MP30 |
Impact testing at room temperature or -196°C | ASTM A370 / ASTM E23 / EN10045-1 |
Roughness examination / Rugosity | Mitutoyo |
WPS/PQR | ASME IX / EN15614 |
Visual inspection | |
Dimensional inspection | |
Ring gage check | |
Go no go check | |
Metallurgical tests | |
Sulphur/carbon analyses | |
Magnetic particle examination | |
Heat treatment diagrams | |
Stabilizing heat treatment | |
Special mechanical properties | |
NORSOK requirements | |
MESC requirements | |
Fumigation | |
Certificate EN10204/3.1 and EN10204/3.2 | |
And many more … |

PMI with Spectro

PMI with Niton hand gun

PMI results Niton hand gun

Special heat treatment (stabilizing heat treatment) on elbows of 24” SCH XXS in 321H

Ultrasonic wall thickness measurement

Ultrasonic testing of seamless pipes

Flattening test on test piece of 24’’ seamless pipe

IQI on X-Ray films

Sharpy impact testing

Tensile testing

Microscopic examination (200 x enlarged) on duplex 1.4462 pipes

Dye penetrant investigation on 36’’ 300 lbs RTJ blind flanges

Intergranular corrosion testing

Ultrasonic testing on 24’’ 150 lbs blind flange

Packing can be in prefumigated boxes as per IPCC