aes v Cod 20 0 70 5300 x, as defined by ‘BS EW i50 3059 xd (85 6443. ls equate 0 ‘her ar 80 wat foreseen! tube ate distance of! mere ‘ore 100 wat tungsten ‘lament bulb pearl ype) 80 stance of 02 metres. For a developer to camry out its function to the fullest extent, it must possess certain ‘Properties or characteristic: The developer material must have high absorptive qualities to secure a maximum of blotting action, b. It must have fine grained powder particles of a particular shape that will disperse ‘and expose the small amount of penetrant, ata discontinuity, over as lage an area as possible, whilst still retaining a strong and sharply defined indication. ©. Iemust be able to mask out, to a large degree, any interfering background colour whilst providing a contrast background for indications, particularly with reference to colour contrast penetrant, 4. The material must be easily applicable and able to form a thin or minimum coating uniformly over the surface and be easily removed after inspection has been completed. ©. The developer material must not contain any harmful or toxic ingredients that ‘may contaminate the parts being inspected or may be injurious to the operator. Development times ‘This is te time allowed between the application of developer and the actuel viewing of indications. It is very important inthe interpretation of indications, because if too litle time is allowed, indications may not have had time to develop. Too ruc time will cause the indications to become blurred or distorted. ‘The correct developing time depends on the developer used and should be determined bby experience only. Because a component may be rejected based on the intensity of the indication, indicating a degree of severity, development time plays a significant part in the intensity of a given indication. ‘Therefore, under such circumstances, inspection must be carried out at a stated time after a developer has been applied ‘Viewing conditions ‘Whether or not an indication wall be seen involves the relative amount of light reflected and/or emitted as between an indication and ite background, ‘This relationship is referred to as seeability and involves colour, ambient light level and also contrast. Colour contrast penetrants Colour contrast indications must be viewed in bright white light in order to have ‘maximum use of the eye's ability to distinguish contrasts and colours. For optimum results, the illumination level at the surface to be inspected should be no less than 300 tux, Fluorescent penetrants Inspection is carried out using dyes that have the property of absorbing sbort wave, invisible ultraviolet light and re-emitting this energy in longer wavelengths in the visible white ight range. ‘The fluorescent penetrants give of light in the yellow-green or green-blue portion of the visible spectrum (530 - 580 am). ‘Uluaviolet light is the term given to wavelengths that are shorter than the shortest visible violet wavelengths (400 - 200 nm). The most barmful section of these wavelengths is the range 320 - 200 nm, here ozone can be generated, bacteria can be ‘alled and will use sunburn and injuries to the human eye. By using a UV-A filter, the harmful short wavelengths are eliminated leaving the ulaviolet range from 400 - 320 nm. The radiation passed by the filter, peaks at 1365 nm, this being the optimum for energising most of the fluorescent dyes wsed for penetrant inspection purposes. ned rs