Free Equipment Management Software for NDT Companies in Brazil

The Brazil NDT inspection landscape

Brazil concentrates a distinct mix of NDT-spend industries. The dominant verticals across our 2 curated Brazil city pages are Offshore oil and gas (Petrobras HQ), Pre-salt operations, Naval, Offshore services hub (Campos / Santos basin), Subsea, and Helicopter logistics. Inspection contractors who win across Brazil run multi-city operations: a single Level III may sign reports for jobs in Rio de Janeiro on Monday and Macaé by Thursday, with calibrated kit rotating between sites in between.

That cadence is what breaks spreadsheet-based equipment registers. Once your fleet sits at three or more job sites simultaneously, you cannot answer the basic auditor question — "where is asset 14, when was it last calibrated, and who is qualified to operate it?" — without a single live source of truth. The free the equipment registry provides that source for Brazil contractors of every size, with no card-on-file and no per-instrument fee.

The pages below let you drill into any specific Brazil city for industry-specific compliance context (named facilities, code authority overlays, audit windows). For multi-city contractors, this country rollup is where you start.

Regulatory landscape in Brazil

Brazilian NDT personnel are certified by ABENDI (Associação Brasileira de Ensaios Não Destrutivos e Inspeção) under SNQC, aligned to ISO 9712. Petrobras vendor qualification overlays drive most refining and offshore inspection scope. Pressure equipment falls under NR-13 (Ministry of Labour). Aerospace MRO under ANAC RBAC 145. Offshore upstream regulated by ANP and IBAMA.

Code authorities and personnel schemes recognised in Brazil

• • ABENDI / SNQC — NDT personnel certification
• • Petrobras vendor qualification — refining / offshore
• • NR-13 — pressure equipment safety
• • ANP — offshore upstream regulator
• • ANAC RBAC 145 — aerospace MRO
• • API 510 / 570 / 653 — refining (by reference)
• • ASME Section VIII / IX — pressure equipment (by reference)

The free the equipment registry does not replace your written practice or procedure-level compliance under any of these authorities — it tracks the data layer (instrument calibrations, personnel cert levels, due-dates) that auditors check against your written system.

Cities served in Brazil

Every Brazil city we cover has its own deep-dive page with local code authorities, named facilities, audit windows, and a city-specific compliance checklist. Pick yours below.

• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Macaé, Brazil

Why Brazil inspection contractors choose the equipment registry

Five capabilities matter most to multi-city Brazil NDT operations. Each is in the free tier — no upsell, no "Pro" gating.

• ✓Equipment registry with serial numbers, manufacturer, model, status — covers UT, RT, MT, PT, ET, VT, hardness, borescope, and reference-block hardware.
• ✓Calibration due-date tracking on every instrument, with status badges (Active, In Calibration, Out of Service, Retired).
• ✓Notes field per instrument — log repair history, customer-specific qualifications, and on-job assignments.
• ✓Export the full equipment register for client audits and pre-job submissions.
• ✓Cross-link instruments to live calibration alerts so a single change propagates to your scheduling.

Combined, these capabilities replace the spreadsheet-and-binder system that breaks above two job sites. Brazil contractors using the free tools report a 70-90% reduction in pre-mobilisation document scramble time.

City-level code authorities across Brazil

Aggregating across our covered Brazil cities, the most-frequently-encountered code regimes are listed below. The free tools track the metadata each of these authorities audits.

• • ANP (Agência Nacional do Petróleo)
• • ABNT NBR
• • API 510 / 570
• • DNV
• • ANP
• • ABS

Named facilities served across Brazil

A representative sample of the named facilities Brazil NDT contractors mobilise to. The free tools support pre-job submissions, audit-pack exports, and cert-traceability proofs for every facility type below.

NDT methods most used across Brazil

Brazil's industry mix dictates the method mix. Below is the high-level method emphasis by dominant industry. The free the equipment registry supports the full ASNT SNT-TC-1A method list across every category — UT, RT, MT, PT, ET, VT, LT, AE, GWT, PAUT, TOFD, DR, CR, CT, NR, IR, MFL, plus shearography, hardness, PMI, RFT, and ACFM.

Frequently asked questions about equipment management in Brazil