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An audit does not look at the weld. It looks at the procedure, the film and the record. UT Quality USA’s Level IIIs review all three: the NDT and welding procedures a project is inspected to, the radiographic film and digital images behind the accept and repair calls, and the inspection records an operator has to stand behind. The review is independent of whoever did the original inspection.
NDT and welding procedures read against the code and acceptance criteria your specification names (API 1104, ASME Section V and Section IX, ASME B31, AWS D1.1), with conflicts, omissions and unqualified variables written up.
Independent Level III review and re-interpretation of radiographic film and digital (CR/DR) images against the governing code, including film shot by someone else.
Level III review of inspection records and procedures to help an operator prepare for a PHMSA audit: what the records show, what is missing, and where the documentation will not support the call that was made.
Findings documented procedure by procedure, image by image and record by record, in a form you can hand to a client or an auditor.
Every finding referenced to the code and acceptance criteria your specification names.
Read by a Level III who did not perform the original inspection.
Findings ordered by what actually puts a record or an acceptance decision at risk.
Film in storage can be converted to full-resolution DICONDE images indexed to job, line and weld, with a documented chain of custody.
Our Level III reviews the images against the governing code’s acceptance criteria. Film digitization →
Three things: NDT and welding procedures against the project code; radiographic film and digital (CR/DR) images; and inspection records, including reports, technician certifications, procedure qualification and traceability.
No. UT Quality is not PHMSA, does not act for PHMSA, and holds no PHMSA certification, approval or authorization. We do not determine compliance. Our Level IIIs review your procedures and records so you can prepare for an audit.
Yes. Independent review and re-interpretation of radiographic film and digital images is the service, read against the acceptance criteria of the governing code.
Yes. It can be digitized to indexed DICONDE images first and then reviewed on screen.
UT Quality is not PHMSA and does not act for PHMSA. We hold no PHMSA certification, approval or authorization and do not determine compliance. Audit review is an independent Level III review of your procedures and records to help you prepare.
Tell us what needs reviewing (procedures, radiographic film or inspection records) and a UT Quality representative will follow up.
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