Pressure Vessel Inspections
What Happens During a Pressure Vessel Inspection?
Understand inspection scoping, field evidence, findings and close-out records so your team can make informed decisions about pressure equipment condition.
Pressure equipment reference
Practical guidance for Australian equipment owners.
Plain-language notes on inspection, testing, registration and integrity decisions for pressure equipment.
Pressure Vessel Inspections
Internal vs External Pressure Vessel Inspections
Compare the evidence, access requirements and limitations of internal and external pressure vessel inspections when planning an equipment integrity review.
Pressure Vessel Inspections
Preparing for a Pressure Vessel Commissioning Inspection
Prepare identity records, installation information and inspection access before a pressure vessel commissioning review, with clear close-out responsibilities.
Air Receiver Inspections
Air Receiver Inspection Planning for Workshops and Fleets
Plan workshop, depot and truck-mounted air receiver inspections using reliable equipment identification, access details and a practical fleet scheduling approach.
Boiler Inspections
Planning a Boiler Shutdown Inspection
Coordinate boiler inspection scope, preparation, access and findings during a shutdown, with clear responsibilities for evidence and return-to-service decisions.
Pressure Vessel Inspections
Nameplates, Drawings and Reports: Preparing an Asset Scope Review
Gather the right nameplate photos, drawings, previous reports and site information for an initial pressure equipment scope review without guessing missing data.
Non-Destructive Testing
Choosing the Right NDT Method for Pressure Equipment
Match non-destructive testing to material, damage mechanism and access, and understand why thickness testing, flaw detection and PMI answer different questions.
Ultrasonic Thickness Testing
Ultrasonic Thickness Testing and Reliable Corrosion Trends
Build useful wall-thickness trends with repeatable locations, consistent records and careful interpretation of uncertainty and changing operating conditions.
Ultrasonic Thickness Testing
Corrosion Mapping: Understanding Localised Wall Loss
Understand when corrosion mapping adds value, how coverage is defined and what an engineering reviewer needs to assess localised pressure vessel wall loss.
Hydrostatic Pressure Testing
Hydrostatic Pressure Testing: Planning and Documentation
Plan a controlled hydrostatic pressure test with a defined technical basis, test boundaries, hold points and traceable records, rather than generic test values.
Pressure Relief Valve Testing
Pressure Relief Valve Testing and Traceable Records
Connect relief valve bench-test evidence to the installed asset using clear identity, service history and controlled records for review and reinstatement.
Plant Registration
Recovering Missing Records for Legacy Pressure Equipment
Build an evidence-led recovery plan for legacy pressure equipment, separating reliable identity records, missing design information and condition assessment needs.
Plant Registration
Does Your Pressure Vessel Need Plant Item Registration?
Identify the equipment, classification evidence and jurisdictional questions needed to review plant item registration without assuming every vessel follows one rule.
Plant Registration
Plant Design Registration vs Item Registration
Distinguish pressure equipment design records from individual item records and organise evidence for the relevant registration and verification review.
Fitness-for-Service Assessments
Fitness-for-Service Assessments: Inputs and Decisions
Understand the inspection evidence, design inputs and operating assumptions needed for a pressure equipment fitness-for-service assessment and its decisions.
Fitness-for-Service Assessments
Remaining-Life Assessment: What Thickness Trends Can Tell You
Understand how thickness trends support remaining-life assessment, why uncertainty matters and what changes can invalidate a pressure equipment forecast.
Pressure Vessel Repairs
Pressure Vessel Repairs: Planning Through Return to Service
Plan pressure vessel repairs from defect evidence and engineering scope through hold points, post-repair verification and a controlled return-to-service record.
Engineering & Design Verification
Re-rating, De-rating and Alteration Engineering
Review proposed changes to vessel duty or configuration using design evidence, condition inputs and verification planning before adopting revised operating limits.
Compliance Asset Management
Building a Useful Pressure Equipment Asset Register
Create a pressure equipment register that links stable asset identity, condition evidence, action ownership and planning dates rather than just listing vessels.
Compliance Asset Management
Managing Pressure Equipment Compliance Across Multiple Sites
Coordinate pressure equipment registers, priorities and reporting across sites while retaining local operating conditions, jurisdictional context and action ownership.