We recently met with Wesley Soape, Level III NDE Technician out of our La Porte, Texas office to discuss his role in industrial radiography and how he started his path in computed radiography.
What is your role at Braun Intertec?
我是，正式，一个nondestructive examination现场技术人员，但非正式地，我处理了德克萨斯州湾海岸的计算射线照相符合规范。总有一天我想帮助建立一个nondestructive testinglab in theLa Porte, Texasarea. Houston is a great market and our NDT team here is in the process of obtaining the certifications required by the clientele in this area.
How did you start on your NDT career path?
我的职业生涯开始因为我的两位兄弟都在非破坏性测试行业工作，所以它引起了我的注意。我以为我会给每两个人给予NDT，看看它是否有一个很好的契合。我最终喜欢它，现在我一直在NDT工作了14年！
A few early career highlights included working with new fabrication, manufactured products, and casting. From there, I have worked my way into being a level-III technician at Braun Intertec.
What are some of your favorite NDT projects you’ve gotten to work on?
I’ve enjoyed a lot of different projects. My favorite kind of projects though are the subsea NDT projects. I worked on hydraulic lines on several subsea manifolds.
I worked on a set of projects a few years ago where I worked on lens rings which are detectors, but I had to come up with a new way to adapt radiography to those rings, expose the parts, really. That took me a little time but now clients still use that process as a standard way of inspecting them.
What can you tell us about your NDT work in industrial radiography?
I’ve had pretty broad experience in industrial radiography, from tiny electronic components to massive parts which had to be assembled and inspected on-site because we couldn’t move them.
大约10年前，我正在使用不同的NDT公司，他们告诉网站并开始使用新的技术计算的射线照相。当时，我有零训练和零经验。该项目导致更多课堂培训和不同的数字技术。在过去的六到八年里，我被称为La Porte的数字射线照相家伙。
How do you work with computerized radiography as an NDE technician at Braun Intertec?
I actually get to build our own program here in La Porte. It has been really rewarding to start a program from scratch. Our Minneapolis area office has been implementing CR in wall-thickness measurements and information-only exposures. We are here, in Texas, building our weld-quality inspection program centered around new technologies. A lot of NDT companies are doing the same at the moment, but I feel that our thorough nature and experience will push us to the top of the market. Braun Intertec has given me the freedom to do what I need to make our program work and make it successful with standardized compliance at the forefront.
安全系数如何进入您的日常工作？
Safety is always the first thing on my mind. Any time I’m on a site, I first check for safety hazards. I also make sure everyone feels comfortable. Another important part of safety is make sure equipment is all there and that everything is calibrated. As a Braun Intertec employee, safety is the first thing you think about, and the last box you check before finishing your day.