For independent RT shops · 2–30 people
The Level II still signs. We draft the weld report.
Ingest industrial .dcm / DICONDE. Map each image to a CAD or isometric seam ID.
Classify the defect. Point to the region. List findings in a human station.
Emit a code-named draft ready for a stamp.
Who has the problem
You sell RT of welds. You invoice per joint. You do not buy cabinets.
Independent Level II shops, film-digitizing labs, and small CR/DR crews. Owner-operators and TIC majors already have Rhythm, D-Tect, or a factory CT cell. You got the viewer free with the scanner. It does not know the isometric.
Cost of the problem
Interpretation is the expensive part of a $156 weld.
A North Carolina municipal award (GUC 25-81, Dec 2025) paid $156.54 per field butt weld all-in — film, develop, interpret, mob. Film stock is a few dollars a sheet. The rest is people and time. One missed lack of fusion is a cut-out. One slow report is a crew on the ditch.
Software on that bench is usually $0 extra, bundled, quote-only. A 35 kEUR/year AI licence is a different buyer.
Existing solutions and their shortfalls
Viewers exist. CAD-mapped signable RT does not.
Sweep of 36 products, 2026-08-30. CAD/isometric seam registry as input: 0. Named-code signable draft plus e-sign: 0. Published per-seam shop price: 0.
| What shops actually use | Stack | CAD seam map | Signable named-code draft |
|---|---|---|---|
| DÜRR D-Tect X | viewer, often bundled with CR | no (drawings as documents) | partial PDF |
| Waygate Rhythm / Carestream INDUSTREX | hardware-software | no | partial reports |
| sentin EXPLORER / COMPASS / Dhvani AI | weld ADR software | no | partial / ASME V word |
| ImageJ, OHIF, Label Studio | OSS | no | no |
| Paper + LED viewer | status quo | no | the actual stamp |
Yxlon, Nikon, ZEISS, VJT, VGSTUDIO sell factory CT. Different job. Different buyer. The compare leaves.
What has changed
DICONDE is a file. Shops already bill per weld. ADR boxes exist.
The empty cell is the combination: a named seam ID from the isometric, a defect class, a pixel box, a HITL list, and a draft the Level II will sign — metered on the same unit the shop invoices. Film still exists in India, Indonesia, and Brazil. Digitizers already sit on some benches.
How it works
Six jobs. The stamp is job seven, and it is not ours.
- Ingest — .dcm / DICONDE from CR, DR, or a film digitizer. No new imager.
- Map — bind the radiograph to a CAD or isometric weld ID. Not a sticker on the viewer.
- Classify — porosity, slag, LoF, IP, crack, undercut, tungsten. Say when we do not know.
- Localise — a box on the image, not a vibe.
- Review — a Level II station. Accept, reject, edit. Last word is human.
- Draft — a code-named report (ASME V, ISO 17636, API 1104, AWS D1.1) ready to sign.
Quantitative proof
We counted the market. We did not invent logos.
36 vendor profiles, adversarially verified. 88 SKU-specific named customers. Published headcount in the 2–30 band among those SKU users: 0. That is the opening, and also the risk: nobody has sold this ICP yet, including us.
Why this will be easy
On-prem. No new source. You already invoice the unit.
The counter is a file plus a weld ID, not a SaaS tab on a darkroom. First shops: we sit with your last job’s films and the isometric. If we cannot bind a seam, we do not bill it.
Pricing
Per seam. Not per seat.
First shops are quote. We will not print a fake “from $x”. The meter matches the invoice you already send. Film-only crews without a digitizer are out of a file counter — we will say so on the call.
Questions a shop asks first
Does this replace Level II?
No. The inspector signs. 1weld drafts the list, the boxes, and the report. The stamp stays human.
Do we need your X-ray cabinet?
No. Point it at the .dcm / DICONDE files you already have. Film goes through a digitizer you already own, or one we do not sell.
Is this a cloud meter on wet film?
No. The counter runs on-prem on DICONDE files plus a weld ID. A cloud seam-count dies on chemistry. We know.
What do you charge?
Per seam inspected, not per seat. First shops get a quote. We will not invent a list price on this page.
Next step
Four questions. Fifteen minutes. Bring a weld map.
Headcount. Per-weld or per-day billing. Film, CR, or DR. What you pay for the viewer today. If the viewer is free forever and you only bill diárias, we will say 1weld is a bad fit.