On-staff welding inspectors make the difference
Qualify your welders and welding procedures with the help of our Senior Certified Welding Inspector (SCWI) services. Our knowledgeable staff can assist with ensuring your products meet the requirements of challenging welding codes, domestic and international standards, and other third party demands. With a proven record of short lead times, we provide our clients with fast, accurate, and efficient Procedure Qualification Record (PQR) and Welder Performance Qualification (WPQ) services and reports.
Analysis Techniques
- Base material evaluation
- Bend testing
- Braze qualification
- Brinell hardness
- Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) services
- Charpy impact
- Deposit analysis
- Draft welding documentation (WPS, PQR, WPQ)
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Hardness traverse survey
- Macro
- Micro
- Heat Affected Zone (HAZ) evaluation
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Impact testing
- Un-notched
- U-notch
- V-notch
- Knoop hardness
- Lateral expansion
- Load testing
- Metallography
- Microstructure evaluation
- Peel testing
- Percent elongation
- Percent reduction in area
- Percent shear
- Procedure Qualification Record (PQR)
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Rockwell hardness
- Macro
- Superficial
- Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
- Senior Certified Welding Inspector (SCWI) services
- Tensile strength
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Vickers hardness
- Macro
- Micro
- Welder Performance Qualification (WPQ)
- Welder Qualification Test (WQT)
- Yield strength
Industry Standards
- ABS (American Bureau of Ships)
- ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
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ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
- ASME Section I
- ASME Section V, Article 6
- ASME Section V, Article 9
- ASME Section VIII
- ASME Section IX
- ASME B16.34
- ASME B31.1
- ASME B31.3
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ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials)
- ASTM A488
- ASTM B962
- ASTM B963
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AWS (American Welding Society)
- AWS B2.1
- AWS D1.1
- AWS D1.2
- AWS D1.5
- AWS D1.6
- AWS D9.1
- AWS D14.1
- AWS D14.3
- AWS D14.4
- AWS D17.1
- DIN (German institute for Standardization)
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EN (European Standards)
- EN 9606-1
- EN 9606-2
- EN 15614-1
- EN 15614-2
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NAVSEA (Naval Sea Systems Command)
- S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248
- T9074-AS-GIB-010/271
- Norsok (Qualification of Manufacturers of Specifications)
- PED (Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU)
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SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers)
- SAE-AMS-STD-2175
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TARDEC (Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center)
- 12479500
Materials Analyzed
- Alloy Steels
- Brazing Alloys
- Carbon Steels
- Cobalt Base Alloys
- Copper, Brass, Bronze Alloys
- Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Alloys
- Ferroalloys
- Hastelloy™
- Inconel™
- Iron & Iron Base Alloys
- Lead
- Magnesium
- Monel
- Nickel & Nickel Base Alloys
- Stainless Steel
- Tin
- Titanium
- Tool Steels
- Tungsten & Tungsten Base Alloys