TPT March 2011

I nspection , T esting & Q uality C ontrol

Taken together, these verifying specialities enable the tube and pipe maker to vouch for the products that go out under the company’s name. Similarly, its patented fifth-generation instrumentation enables another company to stand behind the ultrasonic tube and pipe inspection systems that bear its name. The confidence in both instances is itself backed up by experience: of the industry and of the people who work within it. The processes under review here are highly technical, minutely calibrated, and employed at extreme speeds. In these circumstances, relationships – between and among operators and equipment suppliers – are of critical importance in ensuring that customers and end users may be as confident in the product as the agents of its manufacture.

Photo: Phoenix Inspection Systems