Focus NDT
1087-2nd. Ave. NW , Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Focus NDT is a diverse non-destructive testing and inspection company serving the mining, oil & gas and pulp & paper industries. Founded in 2007 in Ontario, we serve customers throughout North America and globally from our strategically located offices in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.  We provide leading edge specialized services supported by an experienced and well-equipped team who consistently provide quality service and workmanship safely, reliably and competitively priced.  Our services are provided 24/7, 365 days of the year, on-site, in the field and at our four facilities.  Focus NDT is continually evolving to build our staff complement to respond to our industry’s services and technological advancements and applications. We’re a growing organization of dedicated employees.

NDT was born out of the Military world to assess Quality Control in Aerospace. Due to its ability to check steels and metal alloys, NDT was quickly adopted in other transport sectors such as ship building, submarine & vehicle (cars / trucks, tanks) manufactured both in the military and private sectors.

It was later extended to artillery gun barrels, ammunition shell casings and any manufactured component that required Quality Control assessment. At that time guidelines were developed as Military Specifications and Standards so that private sector industry could bid on Defense contracts and legally meet such requirements.

Today, the NDT technician has become the front-line diagnostic professional providing material “healthâ€Â measurement and monitoring to all industries.  Due to the versatility of NDT techniques, assessments of material quality are performed on both new constructions to ensure minimum standards as well as in maintenance capacities to assess wear and time when overhauls to existing structures should be performed.  Thus not surprisingly, the insurance industry has become a driving force at present to require NDT testing in its risk assessment and liability programs.

Oil & Gas

To be certain of the material integrity of aging components in the Refinery Industry, periodic Non-Destructive Examinations are a necessity. History has revealed many subtle flaws and failure mechanisms that require inspection equipment and techniques with a high Probability of Detection (POD) and accurate and repeatable flaw sizing. At Focus NDT ultrasonic techniques such as Phased Array, ToFD and Automated Ultrasonic Testing are employed to meet this demand.
Some critical assessments accomplished by NDT in the Refinery industry are outlined below:

• ToFD / Shear wave UT on Hydrocracker Reactors to detect and monitor cracks (flaws detectable at initial stages)
• AUS (Acousto-Ultrasonic Systems) in H-Scan on Reformer Tubes for early detection of ID / OD creep voids (more sensitive than Radiography)
• Â Shear wave UT & Phased Array on Pressure Vessels for the identification of fatigue cracks in Vertical and Circumferential weld seams as well as Skirt to Shell welds.