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KTA-Tator, Inc. (KTA) is a consulting engineering firm founded in 1949. KTA provides coating consulting and construction inspection services, steel fabrication inspection services, testing and coating failure analysis, and distributes coatings inspection and monitoring equipment. An independent and unbiased philosophy has permitted KTA to provide expert professional services to its clients for 60 years.

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Certified Contractors, Inspectors and Coatings Specialists, receive 10% discount on inspection equipment. Click here for details.

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KTA Is An IACET Authorized Provider
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Each year KTA attends the Paintings and Coatings Exposition (PACE) presented by Painting and Decorating Contractors of America (PDCA) and SSPC: the society for protective coatings. KTA is a highly visible participant and our employees present numerous papers. The links below will take you to a listing of the papers for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

PACE2009 Papers

PACE2008 Papers

PACE2007 Papers

PACE2006 Papers

PACE2005 Papers

NEW
Nuclear Power Coatings Inspection Course

Our new training offering was developed over a five year period by KTA professionals with a combined nuclear experience of over 200 years of work inside 70 nuclear power plants across the country.

KTA’s Nuclear Coatings Inspection Course offers five consecutive days of interactive, hands-on training for nuclear facility owners, engineers, nuclear coatings inspectors, nuclear inspection supervisors, QA and QC personnel, and coating contractors who work in existing and new facilities.

Click here for more information on KTA’s newest course.

Advanced Nuclear Inspection Instrument Kit

*Kit shown with optional NIST Calibration Standards

Ambient Conditions

• DeFelsko Dew Meter

Surface Preparation

• Blotter Paper
• SSPC Surface Preparation Specifications
• Testex X-Course Press-O-Film Tape
• Textex Micrometer
• Inspection Mirror

Coating Application

• Paint Thermometer
• Wet Film Thickness Gage

Dry Film Thickness

• Positector 6000 F2 with plastic shims
• SSPC-PA2

Hard Carrying Case

Price: $1,795.00

A basic nuclear inspection kit is available for: $1.098.00

Additional Instrument Recommendations (for both basic and advanced kits)

• Certifications of calibration through an A2LA or NAVLAP certified laboratory
• pH Colorfast Strips
• SSPC-VIS 1, Abrasive Blast Cleaning Visual Standards
• SSPC-VIS 3, Hand/Power Tool Cleaning Visual Standards
• Ferrous/Non Ferrous DFT gage (Elcometer, DeFelsko, Electrophysik, Fisher, Testcoat)
• DFT gage with memory and downloading (Elcometer, DeFelsko, Electrophysik, Fisher, Testcoat)
• Positector 200 (measurement of coatings on concrete)
• Elcometer Model 106 Adhesion Tester
• Instrument Book, "Using Coating Inspection Instruments"

Certificates of Calibration are available for many of the instruments.

The KTA Instrument Sales Department can be reached at 1.800.KTA.GAGE.

Visit ktagage.com for all of your inspection instrument needs.