FEB The cxrentBritsh Stndord {for is alrazonie elation block is BS EW 12223 whick ‘afer totes Celibration 20 Block Mo 0 0 ” CALIBRATION BLOCKS AND THEIR USES Tolerances: Wherever practical the limits on dimensions should be + 0.1 mn. Materials: Steel blocks are made ftom low or medium carbon ferritic steel (killed), normalised to produce a fine grained homogenous structure throughout. ‘: The international institute of welding (1. I.W.) block Also referred to as Block No.1, A2, V1, DINS4/120 or dutch block. 0° COMPRESSION PROBE USES Calibration 0° probe calibration can be set using back wall echoes (BWE) off the various thicknesses available, ic. 5, 10, 25, 100 and 200mm. It can also be checked (rough) oon the 23mm thick perspex insert which gives a reading of SOmm when calibrated on steel (he ratio of sound velocity in steel to the velocity in perspex is 5960m/s to 2740m/s = 50:23), A minimum of two echoes are required for calibration with O° probes. The 91mm step in the block serves to calibrate the screen for use with shear ‘wave probes by using a compression probe. Ifa 0° probe is placed over the 91mm and the echoes placed at 5 and 10 on the graticule then the screen is calibrated for a'range of 0 to 182mm compressional. This is equivalent to 0 to 100mm shear, the ratio of the velocities of compression to shear waves is 1.82:1 (5960m/s:3240m/). Dead zone measurement (single crystal probe) Place the probe over the Smm section. Ifthe signal is visible outside the dead zone‘ ‘then the dead zone is less than Smm. If the sigoal is not visible then place the probe on the 10mm section. If the signal is now visible then the dead zone is greater than Sma but less than 10min. Ifthe signal is still not visible then go on tothe 15mm deep hole. ‘This procedure can be carried out with an uncalibrated sereen. An alternative method ‘would be to calibrate the screen and read the length of the dead zoue off the flaw detector graticule Resolution The resolution of @ O° probe can be checked by using the three different thickness sections around the slot below the centre ofthe 100mm radius. Place the probe above the slot and with a calibrated screen note the separation between the 85, 91 and 100mm signals Probe output Place the 0° probe on the perspex insert and note the number of BWEs. A good probe should give three BWEs. comarvona a