The National Board Owner-User Inspection Organization Program: How it Benefits Industry

摘要

The degradation of pressure-retaining items such as boilers, vessels, piping, valves, or fittings of ferrous or non-ferrous material begins to occur once the equipment is placed in service. When organizations do not establish programs to minimize potential degradation processes and failure mechanisms that may occur during operation, chances of an event catastrophic to personnel or property can become a reality. At the very least, revenue loss due to reduction in operations will occur when equipment fails.