ACTIVITIES

DEPARTMENTS

 

Quality Services

The Quality Services department is oriented toward the application of NDT regulations. Its main activity is to support the NDT sub contractors and main contractors to improve the quality of their process by following properly the national / international set of requirement. More than 40 companies are taking benefit of the knowledge and experience of our experts, acting as a level 3 or NADCAP pre-auditors.

Activities :

  • Audit NADCAP and pre-audit NADCAP

NADCAP Accreditation

A unique accreditation recognized by all prime contractors

- NADCAP (National Aerospace and Defence Contractors Accreditation Program) Process and Product certification is provided by an independent and unbiased Performance Review Institute (PRI).

- NADCAP goes much further than current specifications to ensure quality of special processes of your business

- NADCAP is needed for all companies that carry out special processes to create end products purchased by prime contractors

- NADCAP accreditation provides to your company a :

* Worldwide and recognized Non Destructive Testing quality

* Unique audit for all prime contractors

* Unique audit for several NDT methods (MPI, FPI, Ultrasonic and X-rays)

  • Examination Centre

NDT EXPERT is an COFREND/COSAC accredited examination centre for Aviation Qualification Audit once a year by the national board

- COFREND is the French confederation for non destructive tests

- COSAC is the Sectoral Aerospatial Committee of Certification of COFREND

- COSAC secretariat is insured by AFENDA

  • Level III Services

Improve your performance

- Method and technique

We help you to select method and technique for a specific inspection as well as to prepare and verify the adequacy of procedures in the qualified method.

- Check and approval

You have the capability to check and approve Non Destructive Testing procedures and work instructions from Aerospace standard.

- To provide internal or external audits on NDT activity for production line and maintenance.

- To provide accreditations

Pre-audit for NADCAP for non-destructive testing activity on production line.

Initial and re-accreditation audit to PRI NADCAP (PRI organization)

  • Periodic Checking

To guarantee the quality of equipments

- Periodic checking is the way to guarantee that NDT equipments fulfil the requirements of current standards and all inspections carried out are relevant, in compliance with the specifications of the Customers / Primes.

- It is carried out using a normative support with gauged and calibrated equipments.

- A periodic checking is supposed to prevent breakdowns and represents a starting point to change obsolete parts from the manufacturers / suppliers.

- It gives a progress report on the ageing of equipments, thus allowing the follow-up and the forecast of investments. Periodic checking can be carried out :

On site :

- No immobilization of the equipment
- No shipping costs
- No damage

In NDT EXPERT buildings :

- Reduced immobilization (1 week maximum)
- Reduced cost (unit price by equipment)

Main references : AIRBUS, EADS, AIR FRANCE INDUSTRIES, TRESCAL, AEROLIA, EUROCOPTER...

 

Contacts

  • Bernard Marloye

COSAC Level III : PT, RT, UT

Quality Services & Examination Center Manager

+33 (0) 5 34 36 12 07

+33 (0) 6 62 12 78 90

b.marloye@ndt-expert.fr

  • Olivier Christaud Braize

COSAC Level III : MT, PT

Program Manager – Quality Services

+33 (0) 5 34 36 12 24

+33 (0) 6 61 96 68 64

o.christaud-braize@ndt-expert.fr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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