John E. Bringas, P.Eng.: About the Author
President and Metallurgical Engineer, Codes and Standards Training Institute (CASTI)
Mr. Bringas is a professional engineer who has practiced metallurgical engineering and inspection for 44 years. He has been a certified API 510, 570, 653, 571, 577, and 580 inspector, an AWS Certified Welding Inspector, an Alberta In-Service Pressure Vessel Inspector and Welding Examiner, and a CGSB certified NDE examiner in UT and RT. He is a long time committee member of ASTM A01 (Steels), A05 (Coated Steels), B02 (Nonferrous Alloys), E04 (Metallography), E28 (Mechanical Testing), J01 (Joint ASTM/NACE on Corrosion), F42 (Additive Manufacturing Technologies), NACE STG 32 (Oil and Gas Production-Metallurgy) and STG 36 (Process Industry-Materials), and Canadian Representative on ISO TC 17-SC 4 (Steels). He is the author of the ASTM Handbook of Comparative World Steel Standards, ASTM Handbook of Steel Data: American and European, ASTM Passport to Steel Database, and the CASTI Metals Data Books. Mr. Bringas has engineering work experience in the steel making, foundry, consulting, refinery, pipeline, and petrochemical industries and is the founder of Codes and Standards Training Institute and CASTI Publishing Inc.
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Published Articles
This blog article provides examples on addressing widely scattered pitting through the performance of a fitness-for-service assessment using the three conditions set out in the API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspection Code.
