Fearnley Procter NS-1™ Certification
Duraband
®
NC Certifications
Duraband
®
NC is Fearnley Procter NS-1™ certified for new application to tool joints. It is also certified for re-application to tool joints over itself and the following hardbanding products as specified in the NS-1™
approval certificates
Duraband ® is certified for application over the following products.
Duraband
NC (a registered trademark of Postle Industries Inc.)
Tuffband
NC (a registered trademark of Postle Industries Inc.)
Arnco 150XT™ (a registered trademark of Arnco Technology Trust Ltd.)
Arnco 350XT™ (a registered trademark of Arnco Technology Trust Ltd.)
Arnco 100XT™ (a registered trademark of Arnco Technology Trust Ltd).
Castolin OTW 12Ti
Smooth X® (a registered trademark of NOV Grant Prideco)
Armacor M-Star® (a registered trademark of Liquid Metal Technologies)
Titanium™ (a registered trademark of NOV Tuboscope)
TCS8000® (a registered trademark of NOV Tuboscope)
Titanium™ (a registered trademark of NOV Tuboscope)
Duraband NC Certifications Tuffband NC is Fearnley Procter NS-1™ certified for new application to tool joints. It is also certified for re-application to tool joints over itself and the following hardbanding product(s) as specified in the NS-1™ approval certificates .
Tuffband
NC (a registered trademark of Postle Industries Inc.
Smooth X® (a registered trademark of NOV Grant Prideco
What are these certifications? In 2000, Fearnley Procter Group 1 purchased Shell SQAIR rights from Shell UK 2 and published certifications under the NS- 1™ designation. To be qualified for NS-1™ Certification, Initial Application, the Duraband procedure had to be approved by a committee of experts. A number of tool joints were welded using this manual, and exhaustive testing was conducted on them to ensure integrity, bonding and consistent hardness. In addition to this testing, Duraband ® is required to be casing wear tested, in this case by Mohr Engineering 3 , Houston, TX.
NS-1™ re-application certification is handled a little differently. The Duraband ® re-application procedures are examined. Tool joints with worn hardbanding products on them are then welded according to the re-application procedures and appropriate sections are taken from the tool joint and tested for bonding, hardbanding integrity, hardness consistency and heat affected zone integrity.
Why is NS-1™ important? For the most part, hardbanding is a self regulated procedure, unless third party inspectors are employed during the process. In that respect, it is extremely important to have an outside party examine, evaluate, and regulate hardbanding products. Postle qualifies each and every applicator. Applicators are visited on a frequent basis for compliance to Postle Industries’ manual and procedures. Non-compliant applicators are reviewed and handled accordingly.
Duraband ® is certified for application over the following products.
Duraband
NC (a registered trademark of Postle Industries Inc.)
Tuffband
NC (a registered trademark of Postle Industries Inc.)
Arnco 150XT™ (a registered trademark of Arnco Technology Trust Ltd.)
Arnco 350XT™ (a registered trademark of Arnco Technology Trust Ltd.)
Arnco 100XT™ (a registered trademark of Arnco Technology Trust Ltd).
Castolin OTW 12Ti
Smooth X® (a registered trademark of NOV Grant Prideco)
Armacor M-Star® (a registered trademark of Liquid Metal Technologies)
Titanium™ (a registered trademark of NOV Tuboscope)
TCS8000® (a registered trademark of NOV Tuboscope)
Titanium™ (a registered trademark of NOV Tuboscope)
Duraband NC Certifications Tuffband NC is Fearnley Procter NS-1™ certified for new application to tool joints. It is also certified for re-application to tool joints over itself and the following hardbanding product(s) as specified in the NS-1™ approval certificates .
Tuffband
NC (a registered trademark of Postle Industries Inc.
Smooth X® (a registered trademark of NOV Grant Prideco
What are these certifications? In 2000, Fearnley Procter Group 1 purchased Shell SQAIR rights from Shell UK 2 and published certifications under the NS- 1™ designation. To be qualified for NS-1™ Certification, Initial Application, the Duraband procedure had to be approved by a committee of experts. A number of tool joints were welded using this manual, and exhaustive testing was conducted on them to ensure integrity, bonding and consistent hardness. In addition to this testing, Duraband ® is required to be casing wear tested, in this case by Mohr Engineering 3 , Houston, TX.
NS-1™ re-application certification is handled a little differently. The Duraband ® re-application procedures are examined. Tool joints with worn hardbanding products on them are then welded according to the re-application procedures and appropriate sections are taken from the tool joint and tested for bonding, hardbanding integrity, hardness consistency and heat affected zone integrity.
Why is NS-1™ important? For the most part, hardbanding is a self regulated procedure, unless third party inspectors are employed during the process. In that respect, it is extremely important to have an outside party examine, evaluate, and regulate hardbanding products. Postle qualifies each and every applicator. Applicators are visited on a frequent basis for compliance to Postle Industries’ manual and procedures. Non-compliant applicators are reviewed and handled accordingly.
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Citations
1 Fearnley Procter Inc.
1001 South Dairy
Ashford, Suite 120
Houston, TX 77077
2 Shell U.K. Limited
Shell Centre
London
SE1 7NA
Mohr Engineering Division
13602 Westland East Blvd
Houston, TX 77041-1205
Fearnley Procter NS-1 is a registered trademark of Fearnley Procter Group
1 Fearnley Procter Inc.
1001 South Dairy
Ashford, Suite 120
Houston, TX 77077
2 Shell U.K. Limited
Shell Centre
London
SE1 7NA
Mohr Engineering Division
13602 Westland East Blvd
Houston, TX 77041-1205
Fearnley Procter NS-1 is a registered trademark of Fearnley Procter Group
