quality & inspection
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Quality & Inspection
FracTAL
Summit Envirosolutions, Inc.
Testing Standards
ISO 13503-2 =API 19/56
API 19C- Changes (ballot pending)
• Increased balance
sensitivity 0.01g
• Required loading device
for crush
• Allows for Digital
Optical methods
(Camsizer/Tyler) with
proof of equivalency
Testing Choices&Purposes
• Land owner - Is this sand suitable/valuable for frac?
• Producer - Does it meet minimum spec?
• Producer - Does sand operation consistently meet buyers’ expectation?
• Buyer – Did it meet spec & is this what I thought I bought?
Testing Lab • ALWAYS FACT driven• Deliver information beyond data• Be responsive to your needs &
questions• Help solve problems • Relationship business more value
than commodity
Investor Grade Labs
Regional Labs
Soil Labs
Garage Upstarts & Hobbyists
Caveat emptor…. you hope to get what you pay for
“in spec” vs. performance
5K Crush Results Summary
As Received Reduce <50 No <50 Attritioned Heavy Light
% 30/50 94.6 99.3 100 100 100 100
D50 0.41 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.48 0.39
Set 1 12.7% 9.6% 8.0% 6.4% 4.3% 10.1%
Set 2 14.0% 8.8% 7.5% 5.3% 5.1% 9.6%
Set 3 13.8% 8.5% 7.2% 6.4% 4.5% 10.1%
Average (n=9) 13.5% 9.0% 7.5% 6.0% 4.6% 9.9%
Producers using Statistical Process Inventory Control Methods
Moving data to information to control & action
Migration from spreadsheets to custom process tools
Buyer’s investigating quality vs. performance
On Site Testing….
GradStat8
GradStat8
GradStat8 –cont.
Tom GapinskeSummit Envirosolutions, IncFracTAL1217 Bandana Blvd. NSt. Paul MN 55108(651) 472 2468