Point thickness reading: can be used when there are no significant difference in the thickness

reading . If point thickness readings are used in the assessment, the assumption of uniform metal
loss should be confirmed.

-More inspection may be required.

-A minimum of 15 readings should be used.

-If the Coefficient Of Variation (COV) of the thickness readings is greater than 10%, then thickness
profiles shall be considered for use in the assessment

Thickness profile: used if there is a significant variation in the thickness reading . it is usually used
when we have local metal loss damage.

If thickness profiles are used in the assessment, the following procedure shall be used to determine
the required inspection locations and the Critical Thickness Profiles (CTPs).

Step 1: Locate the region of metal loss then determine the location, orientation and the length of the
inspection plane.

Step2: To determine the inspection plane(s) for thickness readings the following shall be considered:

-plan in the notebook

-If the critical inspection plane(s) for a component are not known at the time of the inspection, a
minimum of two planes at right angles to each other should be utilized to record thickness readings.

Step3: Mark each inspection plane on the component; the length of the inspection plane for the
corroded/eroded region should be sufficient to characterize the metal loss

STEP 4: Determine the uniform thickness away from the local metal loss at the time of the
assessment, trd)

STEP 5: Measure and record the wall thickness readings at intervals along each inspection plane and
determine the minimum measured wall thickness, mm t . The spacing distance for thickness readings
should allow for an accurate characterization of the thickness profile.

STEP 6: Determine the CTP in the meridional and circumferential directions. The CTP in each direction
is determined by projecting the minimum remaining thickness for each position along all parallel
inspection planes onto a common plane as shown in Figure 4.10. The length of the profile is
established by determining the end point locations where the remaining wall thickness is greater
than rd t in the meridional and circumferential directions.

, if the latest thickness reading is greater than the reading at the time of the last inspection,
additional readings may be required to resolve the discrepancies in the data.