COMPLETION ASSEMBLY QUALITY CONTROL

摘要

A method of controlling the completion of a joint forming part of a completion assembly comprising the steps of: capturing, prior to the completion of the joint, data relating to one or more features of the completion assembly that represents the quality of the completion assembly or the joint; automatically analysing said features to predict the quality of the completion assembly or the joint; automatically generating a quality control signal based on the predicted quality of the completion assembly or the joint; and preventing the completion of the joint until an appropriate quality control signal has been received by a control system of the completion assembly.A control apparatus for controlling completion of an electrofusion joint forming part of a completion assembly, the control apparatus comprising a processing device and control box for electrically linking to an electrofusion fitting, the control box adapted to prevent completion of an electrofusion joint comprising an electrofusion fitting linked to the control box until an appropriate quality control signal has been received, wherein the quality control signal is automatically generated by the processing device based upon data representative of the quality of a completion assembly.