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API 570 – What is Test point???

Date: June 21, 2020 Author: Thanh Nguyen Le  0 Comments

It also is called by:

+ Recording point

+ measurement point

+ test point

+ Examination point

A specific location on a piping system to obtain a repeatable thickness measurement for the
purpose of establishing an accurate corrosion rate. CMLs may contain multiple examination
points.

The thinnest reading or an average of several measurement readings taken within the area of
a test point shall be recorded and used to calculate:
a. Corrosion Rates.
b. Remaining Life.
c. Next Inspection Date

The exact area where a thickness test is to be done is known as a test point (definition 3.46).
Even this is not absolutely precise, as the test point is in fact an area bounded
by a circle of a certain maximum diameter (see Fig. 2.4).

Pipe Test point circle

diameter diameter
<10 inch Maximum 2
(250 mm) inch (50 mm)

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Maximum 3
> 10 inch
inch (75 mm)
Figure 2.4 Test point circle diameters

Question:

A test point is an area defined by a circle having a diameter not greater than _____ inches for a
line diameter not exceeding 10 inches or not greater than ______ inches for larger lines.
a. 3, 4
b. 2, 3
c. 1, 2
d. 3/4, 1

The maximum diameter of a test point for an 8 NPS pipe is:

a) 1″.
b) 2″.
c) 3″.
d) 8″

Refer:

API 570

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