Inspection Method Approval for API

[Heyns1]

Hi Everyone

Can anyone tell me how we can go about getting an inspection method qualified /approved by API so that it can be mentioned in the relative standards.

As an example MFL inspection is mentioned a few times in API 653 but this is not the only method to inspect tank floor bottoms.

Thank you

 

[nde3rich]

API does not approve or qualify any particular inspection method. Their standards just recommend what is most commonly done in the field.

Richard S.
ASNT NDT Level III
API 510,570,653, AWS-CWI

 

[Duwe6]

Don't 'paint yourself into a corner' be specifying the inspection methods. Some things are appropriate in one tank that are totally inadequate in another. Leave those decisions up to your API-653 Inspector, prefferably after he/she gets a view of the floor after opening and cleaning.