Standards for Procedures

The following standards and specifications were some of those we use to write NDT procedures for you.  We use the latest versions or the version you require.  For aerospace applications we use the specification applicable to the component or system upon which you are working.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASME B31.1 – Power Piping

ASME B31.3 – Chemical Plant and Petroleum Refinery Piping

ASME B31.4 – Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids

ASME B31.8 – Gas Transportation Distribution and Piping Systems

ASME Sect. V – Nondestructive Examination

ASME Sect. VIII, Division I – Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels, BPVC

American Welding Association

AWS D1.1 – Structural Steel Welding Code

ANSI/AAHTO/AWS D1.5 – Bridge Welding Code

American Petroleum Institute

API 620 – Design and Construction of Large, Welded, Low Pressure Storage Tanks

API 650 – Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage

API 653 – Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction

API 1104 – Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities

American Society for Testing and Materials

E 94 Standard Guide for Radiographic Testing

E 142 Standard Method for Controlling Quality of Radiographic Testing.

E 164 Ultrasonic Contact Examination of Weldments.

E 165 Standard Test Method for Liquid Penetrant Examination

E 428 Fabrication and Control of Steel Reference Blocks Used in Ultrasonic Testing

E 587 Ultrasonic Angle Beam Examination by the Contact Method.

E 747 Standard Practice for Design, Manufacture, and Material Grouping Classification of Wire Image Quality Indicators (IQI) used for Radiology

E 999 Standard Guide for Controlling the Quality of Industrial Radiographic Film Processing.

E 1025 Standard Practice for Design, Manufacture, and Material Grouping Classification of Hole-Type Image Quality Indicators (IQI) used for Radiology

E 1032 Standard Test Method for Radiographic Examination of Weldments

E 1079 Standard Practice for Calibration of Transmission Densitometers

E 1219 Fluorescent Penetrant Examination Using the Solvent-Removable Process

E 1417 Standard Practice for Liquid Penetrant Testing

E 1444 Standard Practice for Magnetic Particle Testing

E 1815 Standard Test Method for Classification of Film Systems for Industrial Radiography.

International Organization For Standardization

ISO 5580 Industrial Radiographic Illuminators – Minimum Requirements