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Is Non-Destructive Testing of Welding Really Necessary?


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1 The British Petroleum Co. Ltd., Engineering Dept., London, United Kingdom
     

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The cost of non-destructive testing in terms of lost time is compared with other fracture safe testing techniques. It is concluded that because of code requirements NDT leads to too much repair of welding.
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H. C. Cotton
The British Petroleum Co. Ltd., Engineering Dept., London, United Kingdom

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The cost of non-destructive testing in terms of lost time is compared with other fracture safe testing techniques. It is concluded that because of code requirements NDT leads to too much repair of welding.