Mill test reports matched to the job, and the cert package drafted for your QC lead.

A truck of beams, tube and plate comes in from the service center, with MTRs emailed ahead, stuffed in the box or promised later. Someone on your QC side finds the report for each heat, checks it against your PO and the job's spec, files it, and later pulls every report into the package the customer asked for.

In the proof of concept, AI works through copies of those reports for jobs you already shipped. It matches each MTR to its PO line and heat, lists every value it checked and the limit it used, and drafts the package. Whatever doesn't line up is flagged with the reason, and nothing is accepted or rejected.

One heat, several grades. An MTR carries the heat number, size, mill, chemistry and tensile results, and often more than one specification. Wide-flange producers have long certified the same heat to A992 and A572 Grade 50 together, and AISC names A992 as the preferred spec for W-shapes, so a PO line written as A36 for a beam can be filled with steel whose report never mentions A36. The draft shows which grade on the report lines up with the grade called out. When none does, it flags the line and leaves the substitution question to your QC lead.

Which rules apply depends on the product. ASTM A6 sets the general requirements for plate, shapes and bars under A36, A572 and A992, the product spec wins where they differ, and a reported value is rounded to the last place of the limit, per ASTM E29, before it is compared. A500 tube is not on the A6 list, and its scope points buyers who need impact testing to other standards. A572 has five grades, the producer picks the alloy type (1, 2, 3 or 5) unless the purchaser named one, and A588 can't stand in for it without agreement. Supplementary requirements such as a Charpy test apply only when the PO calls for them, so the draft reads your PO as well as the report.

Certs from abroad and certs for public work. Imported material often arrives with an EN 10204 certificate instead of a US-style MTR. A type 3.1 inspection certificate reports results for the material supplied and is validated by the manufacturer's inspection representative, independent of production. A type 2.2 test report rests on non-specific inspection, so its numbers aren't from your heat. On federal-aid highway work, Buy America (23 CFR 635.410) requires every manufacturing process for the steel, coating included, to happen in the United States, so the draft lists the country each report gives and flags any report that names none.

The package is more than MTRs. A structural package often adds bolt certs, the galvanizer's certificate and filler metal certs. Structural bolts are now made to ASTM F3125, which replaced A325, A490, F1852 and F2280 as separate specs, so a cert for F3125 Grade A325 answers a drawing that still says A325. Fabrications are galvanized to ASTM A123 and hardware to A153, and each cert should cite the right one. The American Galvanizers Association explains that silicon and phosphorus, both on the MTR, speed up the reaction in the zinc and can leave a thick, dull gray coating, so the draft can pass that chemistry to your galvanizer.

Your reviewer. The owner names the person who knows your material paperwork best, usually the QC lead. They check that every heat on the cut list has a report, that each report landed on the right PO line, that every flag is real, and that the package matches what the customer received. Parts cut from a drop carry the heat of the plate they came from, so include a job that reused remnants.

After a yes, new MTRs get matched as material arrives, and each job's package is drafted as the job gets ready to ship, for about 30 days.

Your QC lead reviews every match and every package, then approves, fixes or sends it back. Accepting material, writing a nonconformance and signing anything for a customer stay with your people, and the scoring table runs all month.