Oil, Gas & Energy Equipment Manufacturing worked example

NDE Inspection Workload at 7.2% setup, marking, and reporting allowance: a worked example

Suppose setup, marking, and reporting allowance falls to 7.2%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate NDE inspection labor hours from the number of welds or joints to inspect, the inspection rate, and an allowance for setup, marking, and reporting, so quality teams can staff RT, UT, MT, or PT and plan inspection hold points.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Welds or joints to inspect: 120 units (held at the documented default)
  • NDE inspection rate: 12 units / min (held at the documented default)
  • Setup, marking, and reporting allowance: 7.2 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 10)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base NDE inspection time = welds or joints to inspect รท NDE inspection rate.
  • Required NDE inspection labor works out to 10.72 hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base NDE inspection time works out to 10 hr at these inputs.
  • Setup and reporting allowance applied works out to 7.2 % at these inputs.
  • NDE inspection rate works out to 12 pieces / min at these inputs.

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 2.55% below the baseline at 10.72 hr.
  • It computes the total NDE inspection labor hours for a batch of welds or joints, with an uplift for setup, marking, and reporting. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Required NDE inspection labor: 10.72 hr (headline result)
  • Base NDE inspection time: 10 hr
  • Setup and reporting allowance applied: 7.2 %
  • NDE inspection rate: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live NDE Inspection Workload calculator, set setup, marking, and reporting allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.