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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.