ZERO-DEFECT PHILOSOPHY

Steel users expect as defect-free a product as possible to permit safe and reliable service over many years. The main defects and non-confor mities occur in the steelmaking and further treatment processes. The f ollowing study sets out to indicate the technical limits to steel prod uct inspections and test possibilities and to thereby create a foundat ion for open and forthright discussion with the users and consumers ab out the ''zero-defect'' concept.