QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF A WELDED STRUCTURE BASED ON A TEMPORARY BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION – A CASE STUDY

Currently, manufacturing companies operate in difficult market conditions. The demand for specific products depends on many factors, including mainly meeting customer requirements by the offered goods. Due to the variety of offers available on the market, users have ever bigger and stricter requirements. At the same time, ensuring high quality products and optimizing the company's operations requires the use of appropriate solutions that allow for an effective combination of these two aspects. In the case of the welded structure of a temporary bridge, the appropriate quality of the welds is a very important role. Therefore, after the final assembly of the structure, a detailed analysis is carried out. For this purpose, specific methods are used, the task of which is to identify and assess the occurring non-conformities. The article discusses the issues related to the corrosion protection of the welded structure surface. An analysis of the results obtained by using the control method in the study was carried out, and on this basis, the identification of any non-conformities was made. Finally, recommendations for companies in the metal industry are presented, which will allow for quality improvement in the production process.