Field-tested insight on inspection techniques.
Practical articles on inspection methods, asset integrity strategy, and the technical decisions behind reliable NDE data — written by the AIT team.
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A free browser-based markup tool where inspectors drop CML bubbles and leader lines onto PDF piping drawings, add redline annotations, and navigate multi-page PDFs. Export a clean, flattened professional PDF — the original drawing is never altered. No install needed.
When One Collar Sees Nearly 500 Feet of Pipe
One bi-directional Guided Wave UT collar screened roughly 473 linear feet of coated 8-inch process piping in a rack — what that long shot really shows, where elbows win, and how AIT turns GWT into integrity decisions.
From Clipboards to Coordinates: How Digital Twin 3D Capture Is Changing API 653 Tank Inspections
Why capturing the tank interior in 3D at inspection and after repair turns the inspector's painted patch boundaries into a permanent, navigable record — and gives owners, FFS engineers, and MI managers verification that the contractor placed the patches where the API 653 inspector called for them.
Which Way Do You Go? API 583 & CUI Inspection With 19 Different NDE Methods
API RP 583 lists 19 NDE methods for Corrosion Under Insulation. A field-tested breakdown of what each one does, where it fits, and how to combine screening, confirmation, and sizing into a CUI program that actually finds damage.
When the Report Beats the Truck to the Gate: Fast Tubing Inspection That Keeps the Bundle Decision on Schedule
Why method selection (ECT, RFT, NFT, IRIS) and analysis-alongside-acquisition reporting determine whether tubing data lands in time to drive the bundle decision.
When the X-Ray Truck Has to Go: Why More Operators Are Replacing Radiography with Phased Array UT
How encoded PAUT (and TOFD) is displacing radiography for volumetric weld inspection — safety footprint, schedule throughput, code acceptance, and where field judgment still matters.
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