API Std 1163 In-line Inspection Systems Qualification Standard, First Edition

COVER......Page 1
SPECIAL NOTES......Page 4
FOREWORD......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 7
2 Scope......Page 9
4 Terms & Definitions......Page 10
6.1 GENERAL......Page 14
7.1 GENERAL......Page 17
7.2 PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS......Page 18
7.3 QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS......Page 21
7.4 DOCUMENTATION AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS......Page 22
8.4 INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS......Page 23
9.1 INTRODUCTION......Page 24
Figure 4—Inspection Results Verification Process......Page 25
9.4 CONCLUSIONS ON USING VERIFICATION RESULTS......Page 27
10.1 IN LINE-INSPECTION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS......Page 28
10.3 REPORTING FORMATS......Page 29
11.2 QUALITY SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION......Page 30
11.3 QUALITY CONTROL......Page 31
11.5 QUALITY SYSTEM REVIEW......Page 32
Table 4—Features and POIs......Page 33
APPENDIX B—EXAMPLE: PROCESS CHECKLIST FOR IN-LINE INSPECTION SYSTEMS......Page 35
Figure 6—”Gap” Interpolation Example......Page 37
Figure 7—Metal Loss Profile for Interaction Criteria......Page 39
APPENDIX E—COMPARISON OF INDIVIDUAL VERIFICATION MEASUREMENTS USING THE PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS......Page 41
Tables......Page 0
Figure 1—Inspection Terminology......Page 15
Figure 2—In-line Inspection Process Flow Diagram......Page 16
Table 2—Reference Anomalies......Page 19
Table 6—Example: Agreement Test of Two Independent Measurements......Page 42
Table 3—POD Limitations......Page 20
Table 5—Example PODs and Sizing Tolerances for Metal Loss*......Page 34
Table 7—Sample Binomial Distribution Table (Based on a certainty of 80%)......Page 43
Table 8—Table to Establish Consistency with Performance Specifications ( Certainty = 0.80 and Confidence Level = 95%)......Page 44
Table 9—95% Confidence Intervals......Page 45