Qualification and testing
The process for forge testing involves 12 Standard Operating Procedures. Each forge has a unique number with full traceability through each process.
- SOP 1 – Receipt Inspection
- SOP 2 – Material Certification & Identification
- SOP 3 – Process Pipe Selection & Identification
- SOP 4 – Profile Machining
- SOP 5 – Profile Check (Eddy Current)
- SOP 6 – Fusion
- SOP 7 – Pipe Forge Area Extraction
- SOP 8 – NDT
- SOP 9 – Test Coupons
- SOP 10 – Material Testing
- SOP 11 – Join Qualification (Data Pack)
- SOP 12 – Final Acceptance (Process Completion)
QA Certification
- ISO 9001:2000 'Quality Management Systems' (QMS) Awarded Feb 2008
- PD ISO/TS 29001:2003 'Petroleum Petro-Chemical/Natural Gas QMS' Awarded Feb 2008
- BS EN 13980:2002 Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Application of Quality Systems (ATEX)
- Direction 98/37/EC The Machine Directive (CE-Marking)