Oil, Gas & Energy Equipment Manufacturing worked example

NDE Inspection Workload at 12% setup, marking, and reporting allowance: a worked example

This scenario runs the nde inspection workload calculation on the strong side: 12% setup, marking, and reporting allowance, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when sizing NDE coverage on a weld package and you need defensible inspection hours before you commit the schedule.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Welds or joints to inspect: 120 units (unchanged)
  • NDE inspection rate: 12 units / min (unchanged)
  • Setup, marking, and reporting allowance: 12 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 10)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base NDE inspection time = welds or joints to inspect รท NDE inspection rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 11.2 hr for required nde inspection labor, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10 hr for base nde inspection time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 % for setup and reporting allowance applied.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 pieces / min for nde inspection rate.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where setup, marking, and reporting allowance sits at 10% and the headline result is 11 hr, this scenario comes in 1.82% above the baseline at 11.2 hr.
  • Use it when planning inspector coverage for a weld package, or when estimating the NDE labor portion of a pressure-vessel or pipe-spool quote. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Required NDE inspection labor: 11.2 hr (headline result)
  • Base NDE inspection time: 10 hr
  • Setup and reporting allowance applied: 12 %
  • NDE inspection rate: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live NDE Inspection Workload calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.