Sideco ensure the carrying out of specific examinations, which may range from the control of production to presence at destructive or nondestructive tests and which always includes checks on the material test certificates issued by manufacturers.

Inspectors at sideco undergo periodic training and updating. Inspections are carried out according to specific quality plans or check lists and type of test that can be performed on materials. The following test are usually witnessed by sideco when required by client or when foreseen in applicable quality plans:

• tensile test
• bending, flattening, flaring test
• hardness test
• impact test
• chemical analysis
• metallographic examination
• corrosion test
• hydrostatic test
• pneumatic test
• functional test
• x-ray, dye penetrant, magnetic particle, ultrasonic and eddy current tests
• final visual and dimensional examination
• check of marking, packing
• loading operations