Procedure Dye Penetration

No. Explanation Photo

1. Surface Preparation
The surface must be thoroughly cleaned
from dirt, oil, paint, grease, water or other
inclusion by using dry cloth, solvents or rust
remover depends on the conditions of the
surface to be inspected.

2. Penetration Application
Penetrant which is the red-color liquid was
applied after the surface of the material
was cleaned. Step to spray the penetrant on
the surface are by spraying it most
commonly. This technique is most
important to make sure the penetration is
not too wet while the temperature of the
surface before penetration shall be
between 5 to 52 degree Celsius.

3. Dwell Time / Dwell Period

The penetration need to be leaved for a
minimum period of time or well period
varies until the penetrant seeps into the
flaws due to Capillary actions. Based on the
experiments, the dwell period may varies
15 to 60 minutes or even more depending
upon the material and its service condition
was considered.
4. Removal of Excess Penetrant
Next, after the surface was leaved as
recommended dwell period, the penetrant
was cleaned by using penetrant removal by
took care two things which is:

1. During cleaning excess penetrant,

the cleaning shall be done one
direction only.
2. Moreover, the penetrant remover
shall not be applied directly on the
surface rather applied it on the
cloth.
 5. Application of Developer
After a thorough cleaning, a thin layer of
developer was applied. The steps were
applied the developer as followed:

1. Shake the bottle rigorously.

2. Maintain a distance of 10 to 12
inches from the surface, while
spraying the developer.
3. Then, the spray need to be wait for
10 minutes to 60 minutes or as
known as development time.

6. Inspection
Last but not least, the inspection was
performed after the development time has
done. The inspection has been done by
using Magnetic Particle Testing(MT).

Steps to applied a Magnetic Particle Testing

as follows:

1. Induce a magnetic field in the

specimen.
2. Apply magnetic particles to the
specimen’s surface.
3. View the surface, looking for the
particle grouping that are caused by
defects.
4. Demagnetize and clean the
specimen.

References

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https://www.weldingandndt.com/dye-penetrant-test-dpt-lpi-pt-non-destructive-test/

2. S., W. (n.d.). Magnetic particle inspection. Non Destructive Testing - Magnetic

Particle Inspection (MPI). Retrieved November 19, 2022, from

https://www.wermac.org/others/ndt_mpi.html