STRAIGHT BEAM UT EXAMINATION OF STEEL PLATES

Personnel Qualified as Level I / II

Equipment Calibrated Pulse Echo-Contact type

Probe Dia 25 mm or 25 mm Square

Minimum active area-450 sq. mm

Frequency 2.25 MHz recommended

Surface Clean and smooth

Test surface Either major surface

Thickness 12.5 mm and above

Couplant Water or oil

Reference Back wall echo at 75 % FSH

Range/Sweep 2 T or 150 mm distance

Scanning

a) 50 mm from edges-100 % scanning

b) along grid lines- 225 mm square (or)

C) 100 mm square (or)

d) 75 mm square

(c ) & (d) at the option of the manufacturer

Complete loss of back wall echo and reflection from discontinuity detected along the grid line,
entire surface area of the square and adjacent squares to be scanned.

Grid pattern
 Boundary of the indication

Probe movement till the height of back wall echo and discontinuity are equal.

Recording level:

all indications with amplitude equal to or greater than 50% of the initial back reflection and
accompanied by a 50 % loss of back reflection shall be recorded.

Acceptance- Lamination

Total loss of back wall reflection which cannot be contained within a circle, the diameter of
which is 75 mm or ½ T whichever is grater is not acceptable-

Marking:

Accepted plates are to stamped as SA / A 435

Post cleaning:

The surface shall be cleaned off from the couplant to the extent possible.
 ANGLE-BEAM UT OF STEEL PLATES

01) Personnel Qualified as Level I / II

02) Equipment Calibrated Pulse Echo-Contact type

03) Probe Minimum Active area-70 mm2

Maximum Active area 500 mm2

Angle- 45°

04) Frequency 2.25 MHz recommended

05) Surface Clean and smooth

06) Test surface Either major surface

07) Thickness 12.5 mm and above

08) Couplant Water or oil

Calibration Notch

Notch 3% of thickness

25 mm length

50 mm from edge

Notch on the plate or on separate block

If plate thickness < 50 mm - bottom notch only

If plate thickness > 50 mm - top & bottom notch

Reference echo

a) Reflector from notch set at 75 or 80% of FSH by adjusting gain

b) Without altering gain, notch in the opposite side picked up and amplitude to be noted

c) Two / three points - DAC

d) t >50 mm < 150 mm DAC at ½, 1, 1 ½ skip

t >150 mm DAC at ½ and 1 skip

Scanning

a) 50 mm from edge-100% scanning

b) Along the grid lines

 Recording level

Indications equal to DAC to be recorded

Acceptance

Indication equal or greater than DAC not accepted

Marking

Accepted plates are to stamped as SA / A 577

Post cleaning

The surface shall be cleaned off from the couplant to the extent possible.

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