Specification control
Quality control verifies that products meet project specifications, drawing requirements, customer standards, and agreed acceptance criteria.
Introduction
QHSE excellence across production and documentation
BRUVAL® is committed to Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment excellence. Our systems continually evolve to support customer satisfaction, employee well-being, and responsible industrial production.
QHSE is treated as part of the production route: requirements, materials, processes, inspection records, safety controls, and release documentation must all support the same technical story.
Quality Control
Traceable processes and documented conformity
Production consistency
Controls are applied through manufacturing stages so dimensional, material, surface, pressure, welding, and documentation requirements remain consistent.
Material traceability
BRUVAL connects raw material records, heat numbers, process steps, inspection points, and final release data to the finished product where required.
Documentation conformity
Inspection records, test reports, certificates, drawing revisions, and final release notes help make technical claims visible to buyers.
Quality gates
From requirement review to final release
Requirement review
Drawings, specifications, operating conditions, acceptance criteria, and documentation needs are clarified before production.
Material traceability
Material identity and heat references are preserved through the route where traceability is required.
Production checks
Critical manufacturing stages are controlled through dimensional, process, welding, heat-treatment, or surface checks.
Testing and NDT
The selected inspection methods verify the risk areas that matter for the part, weld, surface, or pressure boundary.
Documentation review
Inspection evidence is checked before release so records support the technical requirement.
Final release
The finished product is released with the agreed evidence package and next technical step for the buyer.
Testing Methods
Mechanical examination and non-destructive testing
BRUVAL uses testing methods to verify weld integrity, pressure resistance, material hardness, surface condition, and traceability evidence. The method is selected according to the component, risk area, material, standard, and customer requirement.
Ultrasonic welding testing
Ultrasonic testing uses high-frequency sound waves to inspect welds and thick metallic sections without cutting or damaging the component.
- Detects internal discontinuities such as lack of fusion, cracks, inclusions, and voids
- Supports weld inspection where internal integrity is more important than surface appearance
- Can also support thickness checks and material condition review
- Useful when a buyer needs non-destructive evidence before release or installation
Radiographic welding testing
Radiographic testing uses X-ray or gamma-ray imaging to reveal hidden internal weld defects and create a permanent inspection record.
- Shows internal weld quality where visual inspection is not enough
- Creates documentary evidence for compliance, traceability, and customer review
- Can reveal porosity, inclusions, incomplete penetration, and other internal flaws
- Often used for critical welded pressure or structural components
Pressure testing for pressure-related components
Pressure testing confirms that pressure-related components can withstand test conditions above normal operating levels.
- Checks structural integrity and leakage behavior before delivery or use
- Hydrostatic testing uses water as the test medium
- Pneumatic testing uses air or inert gas where suitable and controlled
- Relevant for pressure boundaries, welded assemblies, fittings, flanges, and customer-specified pressure components
Brinell hardness testing
Brinell hardness testing presses a hardened steel ball into the material under a specified load and evaluates the resulting indentation.
- Useful for larger or rougher metallic surfaces where macro-hardness evidence is needed
- Supports material verification and suitability for heavy industrial duty
- Can help compare supplied material, treated material, and final component condition
- Often relevant for castings, forgings, rolls, wheels, and wear-exposed parts
Rockwell hardness testing
Rockwell hardness testing uses a steel ball or diamond cone and measures indentation depth under controlled preliminary and main loads.
- Provides a quick and widely recognized hardness rating
- Commonly used for heat-treated and wear-resistant components
- Supports checks on tread, surface, body, or reference zones depending on the part
- Useful when hardness requirements must be linked to a drawing or customer specification
Knoop microhardness
Knoop microhardness testing uses an elongated pyramidal diamond indenter for very small areas, thin layers, and fine surface zones.
- Suitable for thin films, coatings, small samples, and narrow hardened layers
- Helps evaluate hardness gradients near treated or repaired surfaces
- Requires prepared surfaces and microscope-based indentation measurement
- Useful when the inspection zone is too small for conventional hardness testing
Vickers microhardness
Vickers microhardness testing uses a square-based diamond indenter and calculates hardness from the diagonal measurements of the indentation.
- Suitable for micro-scale hardness checks across many metallic materials
- Can support case-depth studies and hardness mapping
- Useful for heat-treated surfaces, weld zones, coatings, and repaired components
- Helps connect surface treatment claims to measurable inspection evidence
Penetrant testing
Penetrant testing uses dye or fluorescent penetrant to reveal surface-breaking defects that may not be visible during normal visual inspection.
- Helps identify cracks, pores, seams, and open discontinuities at or near the surface
- Can be used on many non-porous materials where surface condition permits
- Fluorescent penetrant may be reviewed under ultraviolet light
- Useful after welding, machining, grinding, repair, or surface treatment
Magnetic particle inspection
Magnetic particle inspection uses magnetic fields and fine iron particles to reveal surface and near-surface discontinuities in ferromagnetic materials.
- Shows crack indications clearly, even when they are difficult to see by eye
- Useful for welds, shafts, wheels, heavy components, and repaired surfaces
- Supports inspection of stress zones, transition areas, and machined features
- Provides visible inspection evidence for quality records and final release
Inspection package
Documentation delivered with the work
Testing becomes valuable when it is connected to records that a buyer can review, archive, and trace back to the part, drawing, material, or inspection point.
Material certificates
Heat numbers, material certificates, and raw-material references connected to the finished component where required.
Dimensional reports
Inspection evidence for critical features, tolerances, drawing notes, and customer-defined control points.
NDT records
Ultrasonic, radiographic, penetrant, or magnetic particle records linked to the relevant welds, zones, or components.
Hardness records
Brinell, Rockwell, Knoop, or Vickers readings documented with method, location, and acceptance context.
Pressure test evidence
Pressure test results for pressure-related assemblies when the specification requires it.
Final release pack
Release documentation assembled so the technical claim can be checked against the agreed specification.
Health, Safety & Environment
Safe work, risk control, and responsible operations
BRUVAL® proactively manages hazards and supports a safe workplace through risk assessment, employee training, incident reporting, and environmental initiatives.
- Risk assessments before critical production and site activities
- Employee training and clear work instructions for workshop operations
- Incident and near-miss reporting to identify exposure and prevent recurrence
- Environmental attention to energy use, transport impact, waste, and responsible production
- Management practices aligned with the principles of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001
Project request
Send quality, inspection, or documentation requirements.
BRUVAL can review the requirement, confirm the suitable product or service route, and return the next technical step.