A WHOLE SYSTEMS APPROACH TO BEST PRACTICE IN NDT

Recent catastrophic incidents on the railways have shown the effects of increasing fragmentation of inspection responsibilities. Moreover, there has been concern for some time about the reliability of inspection work in the oil industry, where documented procedures, trained personnel and state-of-the-art equipment have not guaranteed high quality NDT. A survey of working practices in NDT for the American Petroleum Institute has concluded that a more holistic approach is needed. This paper will discuss some of the issues and suggest a way forward. (A) For the covering abstract see ITRD E118270.

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  BRITISH INSTITUTE OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

  1 SPENCER PARADE
  NORTHAMPTON,   United Kingdom  NN1 5AA
• Authors:
  • EDWARDS, G R
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 241-6
• Serial:
  • NDT 2002. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING, HELD SOUTHPORT, 17-19 SEPTEMBER 2002
  • Publisher: BRITISH INSTITUTE OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Nondestructive tests; Quality assurance; Railroad tracks; Surveillance; Test procedures
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 6216: Non destructive testing; 9123: Quality assurance; 1062: Railway track; 9101: Surveillance; 6288: Test method
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00962612
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-903132-30-3
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 3 2003 12:00AM