Inspection history per equipment
An asset's inspections on one sheet, up to ten years.
Software · Non-destructive testing reports
NDT Report Management and Data Analysis Software
Your inspectors and NDT providers produce careful reports. They end up scattered across PDFs, unreadable at asset-base scale. Integrity Loop puts them to work, links every measurement to the right equipment and keeps a running record, campaign after campaign.
The principle
NDT reports from several providers become a per-asset testing record you can consult over time.
1 · SCATTERED
- Site by site
- Your PDF reports
- Providers
Linked to the asset
3 · STEERED · ASSET CONDITION
| EQUIPMENT | STATUS |
|---|---|
| Vessel | Up to date |
| Weld | To schedule |
| Piping | Check due |
Traceable to the source report
An NDT report management software centralises the non-destructive testing records of an asset base and makes them usable.
Integrity Loop, developed by Assets 4.0, imports your PDFs, a single file or a whole folder. It extracts the measurements, findings, deadlines and locations, then links every value to the right equipment.
You get a per-asset history, health KPIs recomputed at each import and an exportable audit dossier.
The software puts to work the reports produced by your inspectors: it does not drive testing instruments and does not take the measurements. Everything runs locally, off-cloud.
Non-destructive testing
The NDT report
Valuable testing data, trapped in PDFs.
An NDT report (non-destructive testing) is the deliverable of an inspection. It covers ultrasonics and thickness measurements (UT), radiography (RT) and penetrant testing (PT). It also covers magnetic particle (MT), visual testing (VT) and eddy current (ET).
It holds numerical measurements, indications, defect locations, a severity rating and, often, a re-inspection deadline. It is dense technical data, produced by certified technicians, instrument in hand.
The problem is not the quality of the testing: it is done, and done well. The problem comes afterwards. The report lands in a network folder, an email attachment or a local desktop. Each provider has its own layout.
The thickness measurement of a precise nozzle, taken two years ago, exists. But finding it and comparing it with this year's means reopening each PDF by hand.
At the scale of a multi-site group, this runs into thousands of NDT reports. The data exists in bulk. It stays unreadable for lack of being gathered, linked to the right equipment and made comparable from one campaign to the next.
The NDT measurement already exists. The problem is finding it and comparing it.
One format per provider
Every contractor delivers its own layout. No common filing from one report to the next.
Thicknesses not comparable
Comparing a measurement year over year means reopening each PDF and copying by hand.
Deadlines that slip
The next re-inspection is written in the report, but no one sees it coming at asset-base scale.
Worth remembering
An NDT report analysis software does not carry out the testing. It puts to work what has already been produced, linking each measurement to the equipment it concerns. The measurement becomes findable and comparable.
Definition
What Integrity Loop does, and does not do, with your NDT reports
Integrity Loop puts to work the NDT reports you already hold. It turns these non-destructive testing reports into structured integrity tracking. It centralises and makes readable what already exists, without replacing your tools or your inspectors.
What the software does
It turns your NDT reports into integrity tracking
- Imports your NDT reports as PDF, by file or by folder.
- Extracts the measurements, findings, deadlines, identifiers, dates, locations and severity.
- Links every value to the right equipment or zone, even with several providers.
- Keeps the inspection history per piece of equipment, up to ten years.
- Recomputes health KPIs per asset and per site at each import.
- Assembles an audit dossier exportable to Excel, PDF or CSV.
What it is not
Neither an NDT instrument nor a CMMS
- It is not an NDT instrument: it does not measure.
- It is not a field inspection app: it puts finished reports to work.
- It is not a CMMS/EAM: it does not plan the interventions.
- It does not carry out the inspections and does not judge in place of the certified technician.
NDT data extracted
- Thickness measurements and metal loss.
- Indications, findings, severity and locations.
- Equipment identifiers and inspection dates.
- Re-inspection deadlines and periodicities.
Users concerned
- Inspection managers and integrity engineers, for the per-asset summary.
- Technical and QHSE management, for multi-site steering and the audit dossier.
Decisions supported
- Which equipment to re-inspect first.
- Which deadlines to prepare and where.
- Where defects recur.
- How to prove up-to-date tracking.
The current method
How NDT reports are used today, and where it breaks down.
In most sites, using NDT reports rests on a spreadsheet. The inspection manager opens the PDFs received and copies the measurements that matter. They note the open findings, then work out the next deadlines by hand.
This work is serious, but slow. It starts over with every campaign.
Manual re-entry
- Re-keying introduces errors.
- The tracking goes stale as soon as the next report arrives.
Thickness comparison
- Comparing year over year means reopening the old reports.
- A departure from the team takes away part of the asset-base knowledge.
Audit preparation
- Rebuilding a complete dossier per piece of equipment takes days.
- The risk of missing a finding stays present.
What the software changes
Integrity Loop starts from this method and automates it. You keep receiving your reports as you do today. The software reads them, links them and keeps the tracking up to date, with no migration and no change to working habits.
How it works
How the software turns NDT reports into tracking, step by step
You provide your existing reports. The software does the rest, in verifiable steps, without you changing tool.
Your NDT reports
UT, RT, PT, MT, VT: a single file or a whole folder, whatever the provider.
The software reads and links
A per-format calibrated adapter; every measurement matched to the right equipment.
Tracking per asset
History, defect mapping, health KPIs and deadlines.
Import
You drop in an NDT report or a whole folder of PDFs, whatever the provider and testing method.
Adapter-based analysis
A per-format calibrated adapter reads the report. A format that is not covered is archived and flagged rather than guessed.
Matching to the equipment
Every finding is matched to the right equipment or zone. Identity is validated before matching.
Extraction and structuring
Measurements, findings, deadlines, identifiers, dates, locations and severity are extracted and filed.
History and mapping
The data feeds the equipment history and the 2D mapping of defects and repaired zones.
KPIs and dashboard
Health indicators are recomputed at each import and surface in a pilot dashboard.
Fidelity principle
The software invents nothing. Linking a measurement to a piece of equipment is validated before recording. A format not covered by an adapter is archived and flagged rather than interpreted at random. The software performs no character recognition on images.
What you drop in, what you get back
Inputs you already have, outputs you can use right away
Inputs: your current NDT reports. Outputs: tracking traceable back to the source PDF, that the field and management use straight away.
What you drop in
Your current NDT reports
- Ultrasonic thickness measurement (UT) reports.
- Radiography, penetrant, magnetic particle and visual testing records.
- Periodic inspection and requalification certificates.
- The inspection history already accumulated, whatever its format.
What you get back
Tracking you can steer
- A per-equipment summary, dated and linked to the source PDF.
- An inspection history up to ten years, campaign after campaign.
- Recomputed health KPIs and deadlines that surface on their own.
- An audit dossier assembled in minutes, exportable.
Traceability
Every value stays linked to its original PDF. One click opens the source NDT report at the right page. You check a measurement or a finding without leaving the tracking.
Key capabilities
What the software keeps up to date
2D defect mapping
Position of defects and repaired zones on the equipment sheet, campaign after campaign.
Recomputed health KPIs
Conformity rate, critical assets, overdue inspections and open recommendations, at each import.
Re-inspection deadlines
Computed from the periodicity: upcoming inspections and overdue items surface on their own, before the deadline.
Prioritisation
From the isolated finding to the tracked action
Once the NDT reports are linked to the equipment, the software helps you prioritise.
Critical equipment
- Ranking by criticality and risk.
- The most exposed assets rise to the top.
- A sound basis to arbitrate the next campaign.
Recommendations tracked
- Inspectors' recommendations become actions.
- Every action carries a status, from finding to closure.
- Nothing is lost between two campaigns.
Year-over-year comparison
- An asset's thicknesses compared year over year.
- The wear and corrosion trend becomes readable.
- Recurring defects stand out at asset-base scale.
Equipment covered
The NDT reports the software puts to work, by asset family
Non-destructive testing targets equipment exposed to corrosion. Wear and regulatory periodicities add to it. Integrity Loop links every report to its asset family.
Pressure equipment
- Vessels, drums, autoclaves and steam generators.
- Thickness measurements and requalification deadlines.
- Explore Integrity Loop.
Piping and lines
- Piping networks and sensitive nozzles.
- Corrosion and thickness-loss tracking.
- Corrosion and thickness tracking.
Tanks, vessels, exchangers
- Storage tanks, vessels and heat exchangers.
- Findings and repaired zones mapped per asset.
- Inspection data management.
In practice
IllustrationWhat the shift from scattered PDFs to tracking looks like
Take a multi-site operator, with pressure equipment and piping inspected by several NDT providers. Over a year, the reports arrive in different formats. Thickness measurement tables for some, in-house layouts for others.
You drop the whole set into the software. It reads each document and links every measurement to the right equipment. It then classifies the finding by testing method, result, severity and deadline.
The integrity engineer opens the sheet for a specific vessel. They see the thickness history, the open findings and the next re-inspection.
Technical management views the same asset base across every site. Which assets carry a critical finding, which deadlines are coming, where the same defects return. The data has not changed source. It has become findable and comparable.
An illustration of how it works on a generic case. It is not a quantified client result.
Regulatory framework
Centralised NDT tracking also serves your obligations
Centralising NDT reports helps with meeting in-service monitoring obligations.
In France, the order of 20 November 2017 governs pressure equipment. It requires an operating file per piece of equipment and sets periodicities. A periodic inspection is due at most every six years. Requalification is in principle every ten years, brought down to six for a corrosive fluid.
The tracking produced by the software helps keep this register up to date. It gathers findings by asset and makes deadlines visible ahead. The certification of NDT technicians is a matter for COFREND, under the EN ISO 9712 standard. COFRAC accredits COFREND. The software does not intervene in the qualification of technicians.
For a group operating outside France, the traceability logic is comparable. In the United States, mechanical integrity relies on the in-service inspection codes API 510 (vessels), API 570 (piping) and API 653 (tanks). It also relies on the mechanical integrity records required under the OSHA Process Safety Management program.
In all these frameworks, the stake is the same: a reliable, up-to-date and retrievable record of every inspection. That is what the software consolidates, without substituting itself for the standards or the bodies that maintain them.
Tool comparison
CMMS, EAM, DMS, field inspection, IDMS, AIM: where Integrity Loop fits
An NDT report analysis software comes in addition. It fills the gap between these tools: turning accumulated testing reports into consolidated integrity tracking.
| Criterion | CMMS | EAM | DMS (documents) | Field inspection app | IDMS | AIM | Integrity Loop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main role | Plan maintenance work | Manage the asset lifecycle | Store and classify documents | Capture checks on site | Manage inspection data | Manage integrity, often heavy to deploy | Exploit existing NDT reports |
| Reading NDT measurements | Not designed for it | Not designed for it | Not designed for it | Produces field records only | Depends on data entry | Depends on configuration | Extraction via calibrated adapter |
| Linking to the equipment | Depends on configuration | Via the asset register | Manual | Per check | Central, after entry | Central, after entry | Validated before recording |
| Thickness comparison | No | No | Impossible | No | Depends on setup | Depends on configuration | Automatic, per asset |
| Audit dossier | Partial | Partial | Compile by hand | Not consolidated | Often yes | Often yes | Assembled in minutes |
| Hosting | Cloud or server | Cloud or server | Server or cloud | Mobile and cloud | Cloud or server | Cloud or server | Local, offline |
To place each term: a DMS stores documents without understanding them. A CMMS and an EAM plan maintenance and manage the asset lifecycle. A field inspection app captures checks on site.
An IDMS (Inspection Data Management System) and AIM software (Asset Integrity Management) manage integrity. That often comes at the cost of heavy data entry and deployment. An NDT instrument takes the measurement in the field.
Integrity Loop starts from the reports already produced and makes them usable, with no migration. It is an NDT data management software.
Scope
What Integrity Loop does not replace
- It does not carry out the testingTesting stays performed by your certified technicians. The software puts to work their reports, produced instrument in hand.
- It does not drive NDT instrumentsIt is not a measuring instrument and does not capture field data. It starts from the report already produced.
- It does not diagnose in place of the expertIt classifies and consolidates findings. The technical interpretation of a defect stays the responsibility of the qualified technician.
- Output quality depends on inputsAn illegible or incomplete report produces a more cautious summary. The software flags what it cannot link with certainty.
Local deployment
Your NDT data stays with you
Integrity Loop runs locally, off-cloud. Your testing reports stay on the workstation or the company network.
Local and sovereign
Data stays on the company workstation or network, under your control.
Works offline
No external connection required to import, analyse and consult your NDT reports.
Traceability to the source
Every value stays linked to its original PDF, viewable in one click.
Open exports
Audit dossier and tracking exportable to Excel, PDF or CSV, to share as you wish.
Going further
For the measurement-focused view, see the inspection data management system. For asset-base tracking, see inspection report tracking. To manage integrity end to end, see the asset integrity management software.
Frequently asked questions
What inspection and NDT teams ask us
Does Integrity Loop carry out the non-destructive testing?
No. The software does not take the measurements and does not drive NDT instruments. Testing stays performed by your certified technicians and providers, instrument in hand. Integrity Loop comes after. It imports the reports produced, extracts the data and links it to each piece of equipment.
Does the software read NDT reports from several providers and formats?
Yes, that is its whole purpose. A per-format calibrated adapter reads each report and brings it back to a common structure per asset. A format that is not covered is archived and flagged rather than interpreted at random. You import a single file or a whole folder without changing your habits.
Does it use OCR to read NDT reports?
The software relies on per-format calibrated adapters to extract the technical data. It claims no character recognition on images. A report whose format is not covered is archived and flagged rather than interpreted uncertainly, to preserve the reliability of the tracking.
How is a measurement linked to the right equipment?
Matching relies on the identifiers present in the report and the equipment's identity in your asset base. That identity is validated before recording. If the software cannot link a measurement with certainty, it flags it for your teams to decide. Nothing is assigned at random.
Can thickness be compared from one campaign to the next?
Yes. An asset's measurements are kept in its history and compared year over year. The wear and corrosion trend becomes readable on the equipment sheet, without reopening the old PDFs. Every value stays linked to its source report for one-click verification.
Does our NDT data leave the company?
No. Integrity Loop runs locally, off-cloud and offline. Your reports and testing data stay on the company workstation or network, under your control. Nothing is uploaded to read, analyse or export a report, which suits industrial confidentiality requirements.
Our expertise
Written from field experience
Assets 4.0
Integrity Loop was born in the field, in close contact with non-destructive testing.
- Seven years in industryB2B business development, on both the provider and operator sides, in contact with inspection and technical management.
- The same scene, everywhereSerious NDT reports, produced by certified technicians, that stay unused for lack of being brought together.
The software answers that precise gap, without encroaching on the inspectors' work.
Published on 11 August 2026. Updated on 11 August 2026.
Useful references
- COFREND · certification of non-destructive testing technicians
- Order of 20 November 2017 (in-service monitoring of pressure equipment) · Légifrance
By the Assets 4.0 team · Published on 11 August 2026 · Updated on
The return on investment
How much do your NDT reports cost you today?
Manual searching, re-entering measurements, rebuilding audit dossiers: estimate, from your own figures, what centralised tracking can save you.
Calculate the ROIYour NDT reports already exist. Let's turn them into tracking.
Integrity Loop turns the reports you accumulate into a per-asset history. You get health KPIs and an exportable audit dossier, running locally.
