THE POSITION OF RÖMATEC IN THE AREA OF NDT:

RÖMATEC AS TESTING LABORATORY (TEST CENTRE):

Monitoring and quality assurance of the X-ray emitting equipment parameters. RÖMATEC already operates according to the newest European standardisation concepts which are elaborated from the "Technical Commission CEN/TC 138". These standards are about to be overtaken into binding standards shortly. (=> Meanwhile most of the concepts have become binding standards. Remark dd. 01/01/2005)

RÖMATEC practises quality assurance according to the following guidelines:

  • Focal spot characterisation according to EN 12543-2: "NDT charactersisation of focal spots in industrial X-ray sets for non-destructive testing", Part 2: Radiografic pinhole camera procedure. A description of this topic you will find >>HERE<<.
  • Border energy determination according to EN 12544-3: "NDT measuring and evaluation of X-ray tube voltage", Part 3: Spectrometer procedure. A description of this topic you will find >>HERE<<.
According to the common CEN/CENELEC rules the following countries are required to overtake this European standard: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, United Kingdom.