EET we a http:/Awww.industryinspection.com, BRITISH STANDARD BS EN ISO 23277:2009 Non-destructive testing of welds — Penetrant testing of welds — Acceptance levels (ISO 23277:2006) 1€825.160.40 an British Standards Standards NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW(HT ae A] http:Ivvw.industryinspeetion.com BS EN ISO 23277:2009 ‘This Betich Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Stratezy Committee on 31 Sanuaty 2010 © BSI2010 ISBN 975 0 580 66700 5 National foreword ‘This British Standar is the UK implementation of ENISO 2: It is identical to ISO 23277:2006, It supersedes BS EN 1289:1998 which is withdrawn, The UK participation in its prepayation was entrusted to Technical Committee WEE/46, Non-destructive testing. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to inlude all the necessa1 of a contract. 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Amendments/eorrigenda issued sinee publication Date Comments SRS SIM wor beter com HTBSET at eet a) httpvwww.industryinspection.com EUROPEAN STANDARD EN ISO 23277 NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM November 2009 Tes 25,160.40 Supersedes EN 12891998 English Version Non-destructive testing of welds - Penetrant testing of welds - Acceptance levels (ISO 23277:2006) CContréle nan destuctf des assemblages sucks - Conte Zerstorungsfrete Prtung yon Schwe®@verbindungen - ar ressuaye des soucures - Niveaux dacceptation SO ‘Endringprufung von Schweifveroincungen 23277 2008) Zulassiokeitsarenzen (SO 2327 2006) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 24 October 2009, ‘CEN membors are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate tho conditions forgiving this European ‘Standard the status ofa national stanard wenout any aleraton. 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This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2010, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2010. ‘Attention is drawn to the possibilty that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ‘This document supersedes EN 1269:1998 ‘According to the CEN/CENELEC intemal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium. Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, italy. Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta. Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain ‘Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Endorsement notice ‘The text of ISO 23277:2006 has been approved by CEN as a EN ISO 23277:2009 without any modification. SRS SIM wor beter com HTB"HELLA MI http:!Avawsindustryinspection.com BS EN ISO 28977:2009 Foreword ISO (the Intemational Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing Intemational Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. Intemational organizations, govemmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2. 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(© 180 2008 — All rights reservedTies i http:uwww.industryinspection.com BS EN ISO 28277:2009 SRS SIM wor beter com HTBLL Lavae ate am http:/wow industryinspection.com BS EN ISO 2897-2009 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 23277:2006(E) Non-destructive testing of welds — Penetrant testing of welds — Acceptance levels 1 Scope This Intemational Standard specifies acceptance levels for indications from surface breaking imperfections in metallic welds detected by penetrant testing ‘The acceptance levels are primarily intended for use during manufacture examination, but where appropriate they can be used for in-service inspection ‘The acceptance levels in this International Standard are based on detection capabilities that can be expected when using techniques specified in ISO 2452 and parameters recommended in Annex A. The acceptance levels can be related to welding standards, application standards, specifications or codes. Such a relationship, is shown in ISO 17635 for ISO 5817 and ISO 10042, 2 Normative references ‘The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. ISO 3452, Nondestructive testing — Penetrant inspection — General principles ISO 3452-2, Non-destructive testing — Penetrant testing — Part 2: Testing of penetrant materials, ISO 5817, Welding — Fusion-welded joints in steel, nickel, titenium and their alloys (beam welding excluded) — Quality levels for imperfections ISO 10042, Welding — Are-welded joints in aluminium and its alloys — Quality levels for imperfections ISO 12708, Non-destructive testing — Terminology — Terms used in penetrant testing ISO 17635, Non-destructive testing of welds — General rules for fusion welds in metallic materials, ISOITS 18173, Non-destructive testing — General terms and definitions EN 1330-2, Non-destructive testing — Terminology — Part 2: Terms common to the non-destructive testing methods 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the tems and definitions given in ISO/TS 18173, EN 1330-2 and 1SO 12708 and the following apply. 34 linear indication indication having a length greater than three times its width (© 180 2008 — All rights reserved 1ELLs ate mm http:/wnw industryinspection.com BS EN ISO 2327:2009 ISO 23277:2006(E) 32 nondinear indication indication having a length less than or equal to three times its width 4 Testing parameters 4.1 General Many parameters, either individually or in combination, will affect the shape and size of a penetrant produced by a weld imper‘ection ‘The following items are significant factors that will affect the shape and size of indications. 4.2. Sensitivity Penetrant materials are classified in accordance with ISO 3452-2, including a sensitivity level which relates to the ability to detect small imperfections. Generally higher sensitivity materials should be used for the detection of small imperfections. 43° Surface condition Surface condition is directly related to the minimum detectable imperfection size. Best results are normally achieved when inspecting smooth surfaces, Surface roughness or irregulanties (e. g. undercut, spatter) can cause high background and non-felevant indications resulting in a low probability of detection for small imperfections, 4.4 Process and technique Penetrant systems and techniques should be selected according to the test surface condition. In some cases the choice will have a direct effect on the limits of reliable detection, for example the removal of excess penetrant by swab cleaning on rough surfaces is not recommended when seeking small imperfections. Guidance on these matters is given in Annex A and in |SO 3452, 5 Acceptance levels 5.4 General The width of the test surface shall include the weld metal and the adjacent parent metal up to a distance of 10 mm on each side. Indications produced by penetrant testing do not usually display the same size and shape characteristics as the imperfection causing that indication. For the purposes of this standard, itis the size of the indication which should be assessed against the values shown in Table 1 Acceptance levels prescribed for linear indications are those corresponding to the evaluation level. Indications lower than this shall not be taken into account. Normally, acceptable indications shall not be recorded. Local grinding may be used to improve the classification of all or part of a test surface when it is required to ‘work to a higher detection limit than that recommended by the existing weld surface condition in Table A.1. Acceptance levels for welds in metallic materials are given in Table 1. 2 (© 180 2008 Al rights reserved wr bafien com FR FRBET abet Hea http://www. industryinspection.com. BS EN ISO 28977:2009 Table 1 — Acceptance levels for indications Dimensions in milimetres ‘Acceptance level * ‘Type of indication 1 2 3 Linear indication < =length of indication is? ie4 i<8 Non-linear indication jor axis gimension ded de6 a8 acceptance levels 2 and 3 may be speeifed with a Sufix "X° which denotes that all linear Indcatons detected shall be evaluated to level 1 However the probability f detection of indications smaller than those denoted bythe cxignal acceplance level can below. 5.2. Evaluation of indications Initial evaluation shall be carried out as described in ISO 3452 and final evaluation of indication size shall be cared out after a designated minimum development time has elapsed, and before the indication has degenerated such that it no longer represents the causing imperfection. 5.3. Grouped indications ‘Any adjacent indications separated by less than the major dimension of the smaller shall be assessed as a single, continuous indication. Grouped indications shall be evaluated in accordance with an application standard, 5.4 Removal of imperfections ‘Where the product specification permits, local grinding may be used to reduce or remove imperfections which are the cause of unacceptable indications. All such areas shall be re-tested and evaluated with the same penetrant system and technique. (© 180 2008 — All rights reserved 3RIEL wet ete I] http:/ww. incu stryinsp ection.com BS EN ISO 28277:2009 ISO 23277:2006(E) Annex A (informative) Recommended testing parameters ‘The recommended parameters for reliable detection of small imperfections are given in Table A.1. Table A.1 — Recommended testing parameters ‘Acceptance level ‘Surface condition ‘Type of penetrant system, 1 Fine surface * Fluorescent penetrant system, normal sensitivity or ighar to ISO 3452-2. Colour contrast penetrant, high sensitivity to 10 3452-2 2 ‘Smoot surface Any 3 General surface © Any }+ The wold cap and parent matoria offer smocth clean surfaces weh negligible undercut, rippling and spatter. The surface ish is typical of welds made 8y automatic TIG-welding, suomerges are welding (uly mechanized) and manual metal are welding process| using fon powder elections > The wold cap and parent material ofer reasonably smooth surfaces wth minimal undercut, raping and spatter The surface nish s ical of welds made by manual metal arc welding verbcal downwards and MAG welding using argen ich gas forthe capping runs JF The weld cap and parent material are in the asavelded consitin The surface fish is typical of welds produced by the manual metal arcand MAG welding processesin any positon. 4 (© 180 2008 Al rights reserved wr bafien com FR FRPELL MA Ms NT http:www.indu stryinspection.com BS EN ISO 2897:2009BS ENISO 23277:2009 BSI Group Headquarters 388 Chiswick High Road, London, Wa 4AL, UK Tel +44 (0)20 8996 9001 Fax +44 (0)20 8996 7001 www-bsigroup.com/ standards SET wea ete http:vwww.industryinspection.com BSI - British Standards Institution BST is the independent national body responsible for preparing British Standards. 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