Doc Ref : 1112-2023-0041

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Date : 12-07-2023
Title : General information TPE UTPA2-welds

Technical Performance Evaluation (TPE) for UTPA-2 welds.

According to our Written Practice, a technical performance evaluation shall be performed for the
ultrasonic Phased Array weld-application on level-2.

The TPE shall consist of 2 practical sessions:

1. data collection on one sample with a weld (duration 2 hours)
2. data analysis of one inspected weld (duration 2 hours)

Data collection:
A plate or pipe shall be examined with Phased Array according to Applus+ procedure UT-21134 rev.4
The sample to be tested will have a wall thickness between 8 and 25 mm fitted with a V- or a X-weld.

The data collection consists of:

 preparing a scan plan with ES Beam tool (version 7 as a minimum);
 examination of the weld including calibration and reference blocks with:
o an Omniscan MX2 32-128 PR;
o Olympus probes/wedges A10 and/or A12 type;
o a Versamouse or miniwheel encoder.
 generating report of the collected data (Excel file).

Data analyse:
A UTPA scan with weld shall be evaluated and analysed. Relevant indication(s) needs to be assessed
according to the applicable acceptance criteria. Procedure to be used: Applus+ UT-21134 rev.4.

The data analysis consists of:

 evaluation and analysing data with OmniPC software;
o available software: OmniPC version 4.4.8 or 5.12 (or higher)
 generating a report with reportable indications and assessing them to the acceptance criteria
(Excel file).

A separate laptop will be available for creating the Scan Plan, analysing data and generating the
reports.

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