Periodical Control Services
Periodical Control Services with Kiwa: Ensure safe working conditions by ensuring compliance with Occupational Health and Safety laws.
Inspection by Kiwa to meet legal requirements and fulfil quality goals.
You manufacture products, execute projects, work according to certain processes. How do you make sure they meet all relevant quality standards, requirements and legal obligations? By having them independently and impartially inspected. Inspection can help you reduce risks, control quality, verify quantity, and meet regulatory requirements, no matter the market sector or country you operate in. Kiwa is fully independent and offers a broad range of world-leading inspection services to bring you confidence.
What Kiwa can do for you
Seeing the invisible and preparing for the unexpected
Whether mandatory or voluntary, inspections yield essential data you can use to ensure the quality, safety, efficiency and optimal operation of your equipment and your organisation. The resulting information is valuable and provides early warnings for future problems. That way, you can avoid costs or, worse, accidents and emergency breakdowns. Thus, inspections bring confidence: in your employees, production processes and assets, as well as in how you affect your environment. In other words, inspections make the invisible visible and help you prepare for the unexpected.
We inspect practically everything, practically everywhere
Our inspection services include all kinds of examination, measurement, gauging, and comparison of materials or items. We inspect practically everything, from small measuring devices to powerful pressure vessels. We carry out inspections at every level, ranging from design review, installation and manufacturing to modernisation, maintenance and in-service or batch inspections. Thus, we determine the condition of a certain material, an item, a process or a situation, and whether or not it conforms to the applicable or specified requirements, regulations and standards.
Note that Kiwa is a notified organisation for many European directives. It means we are authorised by a national accreditation body to perform inspections in compliance with international standards.
Some of our Services:
- Periodic inspection of Boilers (Boiler, Hot Water Boiler, Steam Boiler, Hot Oil Boiler);
- Pressure Vessels (Compressor, Pressure Tank, Air Tank, Autoclave);
- Lifting Vehicles (Crane, chain Hoist, Mobile Crane, Forklift, Workshop Lift, Elevator).
2006/42/AT Machine Directive
Machine Safety Regulation (2006/42 / EC) is aimed to prevent damage to human health and safety through the proper installation of the machines.
Elevator Directive 2014/ 33/ EU
Elevator Directive 2014/ 33/ EU
Pressure Equipment Directive Quality (ISO 9001)
Pressure equipment with a pressure higher than 0,5 bar excluding: distribution networks, aerosols, machines covered by the Machine Directive, equipment for nuclear use, wellhead for controlling equipment, blast furnace(s), bottles or cans for carb...
Inspection of Fire Safety Equipment
Risks and accidents may occur if your fire safety systems are not maintained, inspected and used properly. Kiwa supports real estate owners and property occupiers to ensure the safety and reliability of their equipment by regular inspections or assessment...
Pressure Equipment Directive Quality (PED)
Pressure Equipment Directive Quality certification with Kiwa: prove the safety and conformity of your pressure equipment, be ready for ISO 9001 and be competitive in the European market.
Organic association inspection Naturland
Naturland promotes organic agriculture worldwide and is one of the largest organic farming associations with over 50,000 farmers in Germany. As a future-oriented association, organic competence and social responsibility belong together for Naturland.
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The process of inspection
You want your product, installation or a situation to be independently and impartially inspected according to a certain regime - because it's mandatory or because you have your own set of regulations. Kiwa helps you by performing all necessary inspection activities and provide you with results that make sense.
Preparing for inspection
Many inspections are mandatory, others are voluntary and perhaps based on regulations you have drawn up yourself. In the latter case, it's up to you to decide what to have inspected. As we know how to navigate the world of inspections, we help you through the entire process, including communication with other parties involved, such as authorities.
Inspection itself
An inspection usually takes place on-site. It may be a visual inspection or involve sensing technologies such as ultrasonic testing. An inspector may be physically present on-site and perform the inspection manually, but in some cases it can also take place remotely using cameras, sensors, drones or other automated devices.
Results
After the inspection, we'll interpret the results for you and provide you with a comprehensive inspection report.
Pricing
Our high-quality inspection activities have their price. How much you pay depends on the complexity and duration of the inspection process. Naturally, Kiwa will always provide you with an estimate of the time and cost involved. Usually, you can earn back these costs easily as an inspection brings efficiency, confidence and less down-time in general.
Kiwa approval
We act as a strictly independent third party when we inspect your products, (raw) materials or installations. But we, too, are being 'inspected' ourselves by national and European accreditation institutions. Kiwa is a notified organisation for many European directives. It means we are authorised by a national accreditation body to perform inspections in compliance with international standards. Thus, we close the loop, bringing trust and confidence.