Product – Hardbanding

There are three levels:

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 of 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 – 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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