Matteo Gennari

Non Destructive Controls (CNDs) are the set of examinations, tests and surveys that seek and identify any structural defects in a product, conducted using methods that do not alter the material and do not require the destruction or removal of samples from the structure in exam.

The acronym for Non Detective Testing is often used or the corresponding acronym PnD, derived from the Non Destructive Test.

In the industrial sector, every critical product (building beams, support screws, aeronautical components, automotive components, pressure vessels) must be checked to check its integrity and compliance with applicable standards. It is well-known that a small surface-clinker, which is harmless under normal conditions, undergoes fatigue stresses, constantly grows in size until the component breaks. The Non-Destructive Test Methods are used to analyze each single piece, replacing the most uncertain “destructive sample control” in many fields.

Among the methods of non-destructive controls, the following methods can be cited:

• PT – Penetrating Liquids, is based on the increased visibility of open surface defects by the use of liquid substance penetrating capillary defects (penetrating) and a background (detector or part itself)
• RT – Radiography, includes X-ray Systems, Neutron Method and Range Rays.
• UT – Ultrasound, a technique that uses high frequency acoustic waves (in the order of MHz for metallic materials, kHz for more heterogeneous materials such as stone and cement composites), and also includes the TOFD.
• ET – Induced current, technique based on the examination of parasitic currents induced by an alternating magnetic field
• VT – Visual test, visual control system
• MT – Magnetoscopy, based on attracting ferromagnetic particles and dispersed in liquid) attracted by the magnetic field dispersed close to any cracks
• AT – Acoustic emission, faulty propagation detection system
• TIR – Thermography, analysis of the thermal response in the presence of discontinuity of the material.

SMS Welding.it Studio, can carry out VT, MT, PT and TT (Civil, Electrical, Industrial, Welding) controls with qualified personnel and instrumentation.

For all other tests, including the destructive controls provided by International Standards, SMS Welding uses National and International Laboratories Recognition from Accredia® and the Ministry of Infrastructure.

Our consultants once understand your needs, add those factors of competence, knowledge and professionalism that can lead to to concrete productive improvements; in this context, there is a substantial relationship between the client and the counselor.

Our advice with the presence of qualified personnel in accordance with the latest international standards for certification of personnel and production processes can help you in different areas of production.

Our main field of activity is consulting and training related to welding and metallurgy processes through staff training and process qualification, product and quality system, helping companies maintain or increase their competitiveness on the market.

A good quality management system at the Enterprise translates into multiple organizational benefits and achieves optimal standards of efficiency and effectiveness.

These results in a significant reduction in costs attributable to inefficiencies within production and business processes.

In addition, the observance and application of specific National, European and International Technical Standards, which also have statutory value, is becoming increasingly important.

Consulting Areas with regard to Special Welding and Metallurgy Processes :

• The interpretation and study of the main laws, laws, decrees and international codes ( UNI EN ISO ASME );
• Study of Welding Heat Treatment Materials and Processes.
• Research and Development of Special Processes for Welding.
• Specific Growth Production Problem Resolution.
• Calculation of costs and optimization for welding specific products.
• Creating technical documents such as welding specifications (WPS e pWPS) or welding process specifications (WPAR, WPQR);
• Creating technical documents such as WI (welding instructions) specific manufacturing procedures (WPT);
• Development of specific technical documentation for the destructive and non destructive controls;
• Perform non-destructive examinations and inspections (by our certified and certified staff)
• Perform destructive examinations and inspections (performed and recognized by laboratories certified and recognized by Accredia®)
• Complete creation of Welding Manual and Welding Book.
• Training and Qualification of Staff with reference to the specific needs of the client;
• Training and Certification of Personnel with specific customer needs, issued by Certified Tertiary Entities recognized by Accredia®;
• Qualification of welding processes used in accordance with contractual requirements;
• Training and Qualification of Staff with reference to the specific needs of the client;
• Implementation of UNI EN ISO 3834 quality welding systems (compulsory for civil engineering works according to the DM of 14/01/2008 published in OJ of 04/02/08) in order to obtain proper management of the process of Welding in the production of metal artifacts.
• Advice on every single stage for FPC certification and drafting according to the harmonized European standard EN 1090-01 for Structural Steel Structural Materials and Products (CE MARKING).

What is Finance Formation?
In order to ensure continuous training, SMS Welding.it Studio has dedicated staff to design and develop personalized training courses that can guarantee corporate finance in a single or associate form. Such funding can be attributed both to the inter-branch joint funds and to any regional and European funds.

Interprofessional Equity Funds finance corporate, sectoral and territorial training plans, which single or associate companies will decide to implement for their employees.

In addition to financing, in whole or in part, company, sector and territorial training plans, with the changes introduced by Art. 48 of Law 289/02, the Interprofessional Funds will also be able to finance individual training plans as well as additional preparatory activities or anyway related to training initiatives.

SMS Welding.it Studio interacts with all the major Interprofessional Equity Funds and in particular:

FONDIMPRESA
FAPI – Fondo formazione PMI
FONDOPROFESSIONI
FORMA.TEMP
FORMAZIENDA
FONDIR
FOR.TE.

Our Studio provides counseling and training at no cost to the client if the company, private or public, adheres to an interprofessional fund (Fondimpresa, Forte, Fon.ter, Foncoop, Fart, Fonarcom, etc.).
Subscription to these funds is COMPLETELY FREE and allows you to make use of the financial resources set aside for training and counseling.
We can then activate and develop through Training Agencies and Associations of Accredited Category and included in the list of suppliers of the European Community, development of corporate, territorial and sectoral training plans for businesses, public bodies and individuals.

SMS Welding.it through its experienced professionals in the industry, supports its companies in all management practices: after a detailed needs analysis, our consultants will follow and coordinate the administrative activity of the funding identified, accompanying the customer from the phase of Planning to the final reporting.

Our offer can range from Training and Qualification / Personnel Certification to review and fine-tuning Business Specifications and Technological Upgrades.

Qualification and Certification, let’s get some clarity :

An Organization qualifies its Company Management System, or its own Person or Product when properly and knowingly applies the requirements of ISO, UNI and / or EN standards etc.

By doing so, it receives the benefits of minimizing costs and raising the the training and quality of its own Personnel and the Product offered, it is to qualify means enjoying an advantage over the uncompetitive competition as well as a major general Business quality improvement.

An Organization certifies your Company Management System, your Personnel or your Product that you believe you have already qualified, by contacting an Independent Body recognized by Accredia® that is responsible for ensuring that the Organization Customers actually Management System or its own staff or product meets the quality and / or safety requirements of others.

We can activate both solutions because:

1. Our staff is Qualified and can exhibit our Certified by National and International Certified by Accredia® and IIW®, which, in turn, can Internally Qualify Staff on Request by Companies.
2. We work in collaboration with Certified Third Party Authorities Certified by Accredia® National and International Authorities that can issue Qualified Companies, Personnel, Product and Process Certificates.
3. We rely on all the destructive and non-destructive examinations required by the Companies or Regulations at National and International Laboratories recognized by Accredia® and the Ministry of Infrastructure.

Some examples :

• UNI EN ISO 3834 – Implementation of Quality Management System,
• DM 14/01/2008 – New Technical Standards for Buildings;
• Standard 1090 – CE marking according to Directive 89/106 / EEC and European Regulation no. 305/2011
• UNI EN 15085 – Welding systems in the railway sector;
• EN 17660 – Welding of steel for reinforced concrete;
• PED Certification – According to Directive 7/23 / EC (PED);
• Safety at Work D.Lgs. 81/08
• UNI EN ISO 15609-5 Resistance Welding.

… it’s still :

• Welding qualification (UNI EN ISO 9606-1, 9606-2);
• Brazing qualification (UNI EN ISO 13585);
• Qualification of welding processes, (UNI EN 15614);
• Qualification of brazing procedures (UNI EN 13134);
• Internal Qualification in Polyethylene Welders (UNI EN 9737);
• Internal staffing of CND staff (EN 473 / ISO 9712).
• Qualification UNI EN ISO 14732, qualification of welding soldering operators and resistance welding preparations, for fully automatic and automatic soldering.

We organize directly in your company, training courses of the following nature:

• Theoretical and practical training for welders (Electrode Process, Continuous Wire Mig / Mag, Tig, etc.);
• Theoretical and Practical Training for Welding Operators (Electrode Process, Continuous Wire Mig / Mag, Tig, Submerged Arc Welding, Plasma, etc.);
• Theoretical and practical training for Saldobrasatori.
• Theoretical and practical training for resistance welding operators.
• Theoretical training on weld quality (for welders and coordinating staff).
• Training Welding Coordinator, Welding Coordinators, with end frequency certificate release.
• Training for Non Destructive and Destructive Controls, with end-of-attendance certificate.
• Theoretical and Practical Training on Welding Management Conforming to D.M. January 14, 2008.
• Theoretical and practical training on the safety and quality of welding imperfections.
• Training and qualification of Polyethylene welder (UNI EN 9737);
• Training and qualification PED – According to Directive 2014/68/EU (PED)
• Training on Standard 1090 – CE marking according to Directive 89/106 / EEC and European Regulation no. 305/2011

This training can then be added to the Qualification or Certification of Personnel in progress (in accordance with UNI EN ISO 9606-1, UNI EN ISO 14732, UNI EN ISO 13585, etc.).