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NDT Acceptance Criteria
NDT Acceptance Criteria
ANY QUESTIONABLE OR DOUBTFUL INDICATIONS SHALL BE REEXAMINES TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT ANY QUESTIONABLE OR DOUBTFUL INDICATIONS SHALL BE REEXAMINES TO
THEY ARE RELEVANT. DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE RELEVANT.
2 A RELEVANT LINEAR INDICATIONS 2 A RELEVANT LINEAR INDICATIONS
A RELEVANT ROUNDED INDICATIONS GREATER THAN 5MM A RELEVANT ROUNDED INDICATIONS GREATER THAN 5MM
FOUR OR MORE RELEVANT ROUNDED INDICATIONS IN A LINE SEPARATED BY 1.5MM OR LESS (EDGE TO FOUR OR MORE RELEVANT ROUNDED INDICATIONS IN A LINE SEPARATED BY 1.5MM OR
EDGE). LESS (EDGE TO EDGE).
EXTENT OF IMPERFECTION
ULTRASONIC TESTING (UT): (CRACK, LACK OF FUSION, INCOMPLETE ZERO (NO EVIDENT IMPERFECTION)
PENETRATION)
PRINCIPLE: ACOUSTIC IMPEDENCE MISMATCH DEPTH OF INCOMPLETE PENETRATION < 1 mm & 0.2 Tw
CUMMULATIVE LENGTH OF INCOMPLETE
PROCEDURE PREPARED : ASME SECTION V (ARTICLE IV) PENETRATION < 38 mm in any 150 mm weld length
DEPTH OF LACK OF FUSION AND
EVALUATION: ASME SECTION VIII (APPENDIX 12) INCOMPLETE PENETRATION. < 0.2 Tw
ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA: DEPTH OF UNDERCUT < 1 mm & Tw/2
IMPERFECTIONS WHICH PRODUCE A RESPONSE GREATER THAN 20% OF THE REFERRENCE LEVEL SHALL BE
INVESTIGATED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE OPERATOR CAN DETERMINE THE SHAPE,IDENTITY, AND
1 SURFACE ROUGHNESS < 500 min Ra per asme B46.1
LOCATION OF ALL SUCH IMPERFECTIONS AND EVALUATE THEM IN TERMS OF THE ACCEPTANCE STANDARDS
GIVEN BELOW.
PRINCIPLE:
PROCEDURE PREPARED : ASME SECTION V (ARTICLE VI)
EVALUATION: ASME B 31.3 TABLE 341.3.2
ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA:
EXTENT OF IMPERFECTION
(CRACK, LACK OF FUSION, ZERO (NO EVIDENT IMPERFECTION)
INCOMPLETE PENETRATION)
DEPTH OF INCOMPLETE
PENETRATION < 1 mm & 0.2 Tw
CUMMULATIVE LENGTH OF
INCOMPLETE < 38 mm in any 150 mm weld length
PENETRATION
DEPTH OF LACK OF FUSION
AND INCOMPLETE < 0.2 Tw
PENETRATION.
DEPTH OF UNDERCUT < 1 mm & Tw/2
SURFACE ROUGHNESS < 500 min Ra per asme B46.1
DEPTH OF ROOT SURFACE TOTAL JOINT THICKNESS, INCL.WELD
CONCAVITY REINF., >Tw
Tw min HEIGHT mm
HEIGHT OF < 6 mm <1.5 mm
REINFORCEMENT OR > 6 mm & < 13 mm < 3mm
INTERNAL PROTRUSION. > 13 mm & < 25mm < 4mm
> 25 mm < 5 mm