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Originally Posted by worth
There's no way that anyone ships massive pieces from a factory without doing non destructive testing like magnetic particle inspection. The pieces were painted. The NDT would most likely have been done before paint in order to fix any welds. It's ridiculous to think that they wouldn't have done that.
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True, but I wouldn't hold it against some companys to get around it. Still happens to this day, that's why there are 3rd party inspections.
Another scenario... possible shipping damage not found earlier? Cold weather metal contraction problems?