Welding
Prequalified WPS or qualified by testing? What AS/NZS 1554.1 asks of a fabricator
The three documents a principal means by "your welding procedures", the qualification routes, and how to choose between them.
Insights
Practical engineering, written plainly.
Short technical articles for maintenance teams, fabricators and asset owners. Each one answers a question that comes up on real jobs: what a document has to contain, what a standard asks for, and how to make a decision you can defend.
Weld repair
NDT found a defect. What happens next?
From the NDT report to a documented weld repair: indications versus defects, choosing the pathway, and what a repair procedure contains.
Ageing plant
Repair or replace? A defensible way to decide on ageing plant
Criticality, condition, cause, buildability, lead time and whole-of-life cost: making the call on evidence.
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