Product – Hardbanding
A NS-1™ Approved Hardbanding Wire must hold both a NS-1™ Product Approval for its Initial Application onto bare tool joints and an NS-1™ Process Approval for its re-application, as a minimum over itself.
To achieve an NS-1™ Approval Level 2 as laid out below must be achieved.
There are three levels:
Level 1
Process assessments shall be conducted on the Quality Management System with regards to:
- the applicator's in house systems and processes, relevant to the welding process for the application of hardbanding products, and services supplied in conformance to the NS-1™ standard and ISO/TS 29001 requirements
- a quality management process on all applicators – to include but not necessarily limited to:
- the quality of the welders
- their training programmes
- the quality of and maintenance their equipment
- their reporting systems and complaint procedures with their clients.
Level 2 - (Product Application Approval)
Within this level the hardbanding products, and their application processes are tested for performance.
The testing of the hardbanding product to include:
- chemical make-up and construction
- hardness
- casing wear
- adhesion tests
- magnetic particle imaging and dye penetrant inspection.
A sample of the same batch/lot is retained in case future testing is required.
Level 3
To achieve this level the casing wear test must also be witnessed.
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