{"id":733,"date":"2015-10-30T15:16:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T15:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bergeng.com\/blog\/?p=733"},"modified":"2023-12-04T16:49:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T16:49:39","slug":"everday-ndt-how-nondestructive-testing-creates-a-safer-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bergeng.com\/blog\/everday-ndt-how-nondestructive-testing-creates-a-safer-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyday NDT: How Nondestructive Testing Creates A Safer World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The safety of our infrastructure doesn&#8217;t make the news. Every day, thousands of people drive over bridges and fly in airplanes&#8211;and nothing bad happens. What\u00a0<em>does<\/em> make the news? The tragedies. Let&#8217;s take a moment to think about the incredibly safe world that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bergeng.com\/\">NDT (nondestructive testing)<\/a> creates for us in railroad safety, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bergeng.com\/product\/DM5E.html\">oil and\u00a0gas safety<\/a>, manufacturing, and construction.<\/p>\n<p>You may not realize how many things you encounter every day which NDT makes safer. The reality is, <i>everything<\/i> could be safer with NDT. Let&#8217;s take a look!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BERG_infographic_REFS.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-767 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BERG_infographic_REFS.jpg\" alt=\"BERG infographic\" width=\"1128\" height=\"3762\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Infographic\u00a0\u00a9 2015 by Berg Engineering. Licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">Creative Commons 2.0<\/a>. You are free to republish this infographic&#8211;simply provide linked attribution to Berg Engineering.<\/p>\n<h3>Share this Image On Your Site<\/h3>\n<p><textarea title=\"attribution\" style=\"width: 540px; height: 100px;\">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please include attribution to http:\/\/www.bergeng.com\/blog\/ with this graphic.&lt;\/strong&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#8217;http:\/\/www.bergeng.com\/blog\/everday-ndt-how-nondestructive-testing-creates-a-safer-world\/&#8217;&gt;&lt;img src=&#8217;http:\/\/www.bergeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BERG_infographic_REFS.jpg&#8217; alt=&#8217;Everday NDT: How Nondestructive Testing Creates A Safer World&#8217; style=&#8217;width: 100%; max-width: 1128px;&#8217; border=&#8217;0&#8242; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;p&gt;<\/textarea><\/p>\n<h3>REFERENCES:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/199974\/us-car-sales-since-1951\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/199974\/us-car-sales-since-1951\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artba.org\/economics\/bridges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.artba.org\/economics\/bridges\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_bridge_failures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_bridge_failures<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rita.dot.gov\/bts\/sites\/rita.dot.gov.bts\/files\/publications\/national_transportation_statistics\/html\/table_01_10.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.rita.dot.gov\/bts\/sites\/rita.dot.gov.bts\/files\/publications\/national_transportation_statistics\/html\/table_01_10.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_pipeline_accidents_in_the_United_States_in_the_21st_century#2013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_pipeline_accidents_in_the_United_States_in_the_21st_century#2013<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fra.dot.gov\/Page\/P0362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.fra.dot.gov\/Page\/P0362<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rail_usage_statistics_by_country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rail_usage_statistics_by_country<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/safetydata.fra.dot.gov\/OfficeofSafety\/publicsite\/Query\/inctally3.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/safetydata.fra.dot.gov\/OfficeofSafety\/publicsite\/Query\/inctally3.aspx<\/a> (with editorial interpretation)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iata.org\/pressroom\/pr\/Pages\/2014-10-16-01.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.iata.org\/pressroom\/pr\/Pages\/2014-10-16-01.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aviation-safety.net\/statistics\/period\/stats.php?cat=A1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/aviation-safety.net\/statistics\/period\/stats.php?cat=A1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The safety of our infrastructure doesn&#8217;t make the news. Every day, thousands of people drive over bridges and fly in airplanes&#8211;and nothing bad happens. What\u00a0does make the news? The tragedies. Let&#8217;s take a moment to think about the incredibly safe world that NDT (nondestructive testing) creates for us in railroad safety, oil and\u00a0gas safety, manufacturing,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,133,134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ndt","category-ndt-careers","category-safety","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Everyday NDT: Nondestructive Testing Creates a Safer World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NDT (nondestructive testing) ensures that bridges, auto parts, railroads, &amp; more are working within spec. That directly affects public safety. 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