Central Non-Destructive Testing Department

The Central Non-Destructive Testing Department (ÚDSŽ) performs the function of the top professional Non-Destructive  body for ŽSR. It cooperates directly with the “Certification Body for Non-Destructive Testing Personnel on Railways” (COO NSD), which verifies the professional competence of the staff performing Non-Destructive  activities at and for ŽSR. Furthermore, the ÚDSŽ within scope of its activities:

• assesses proposals for the creation of Non-Destructive centres and Non-Destructive workplaces, their scope of work, instrumentation and the prescribed qualifications of employees,
• cooperates in drawing up the conditions for ensuring Non-Destructive tests and inspections performed at and for ŽSR,
• performs calibration of the used Non-Destructive instruments in accordance with the regulation “Metrological Regulations of ŽSR” and regularly checks the used instruments and equipment,
• draws up expert opinions when providing new instrumentation,
• elaborates new technological procedures of Non-Destructive tests on request,
• verifies and approves technological procedures developed outside the ÚDSŽ and cooperates with the relevant internal organisational units in their implementation,
• cooperates in the statistical evaluation of the results of the Non-Destructive tests and inspections carried out,
• keeps central records of technological procedures used within ŽSR,
• draws up expert opinions and assesses improvement proposals in the field of Non-Destructive,
• in disputable cases of evaluation of the results of Non-Destructive tests, it provides an advisory service and, upon request, also verification tests,
• performs complex and special Non-Destructive tests and inspections on request, develops the methodology and determines the criteria for the evaluation of these Non-Destructive tests,
• cooperates in development of regulations in the field of Non-Destructive,
• acquaints employees with newly introduced instrumentation and provides training on its operation based on the request.