AS1710 VS EN10160 ULTRASONIC TESTING OF STEEL FLAT AND UNIVERSAL SECTIONS TEST METHODS & QUALITY CLASSIFICATION

SL NO CRITERIAS AS1710 REF EN10160 REF COMMENTS

SCOPE

CARBON & LOW ALLOY STEEL PLATE THICKNESS RANGE 5MM TO 180 MM

1.1

FLAT PRODUCTS RANGING 6MM TO 200MM THICK

SEC 1

NO REFERENCE WAS MADE ON EN 10160 FOR UNIVERSAL SECTIONS USING "A SCAN" METHODS SHALL CONFIRM AS1710 SEC 3.4 AND QUALITY GRADING AS PER SEC 5.2 OF AS1710

QUALITY CLASSES

3 QUALITY LEVELS FOR THE BODY OF THE PLATE AND ONE QUALITY FOR EDGE ZONE AS1710 Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 & AS1710 Edge Scan

Table 5.1

Four Quality classes for flat body S0, S1, S2 & S3 and five edge classes E0, E1, E2, E3, E4

Sec 9

PERSONNEL QUALIFICATION

AINDT QUALIFIED AS PER AS3998/AS4637 OR APPROVED EQUIVALENT QUAL

SECTION 6

UNDER SUPERVISON OF LEVEL 3 CERTIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH EN473

SEC 5

TYPES OF PROBES

>5<15 TWIN 4 TO 5MHZ >15<40 TWIN OR SINGLE 2-4 MHZ >40<180 SINGLE 2 - 3 MHZ

TABLE 2.1

6<e<60 DOUBLE TRANSDUCER 60<E<200 SINGLE OR DOUBLE TRANSDUCER

TABLE 1

EQUIPMENT

AS2083, AS1710 TABLE 2.2

EQUIPMENT TO BE CHECKED EVERY 8 HRS

SCANNING SHALL BE TRANSVERSE TO THE ROLLING DIRECTION OF THE PLATE WHEN DIRECTION OF PLATE ROLLING IS UNKNOWN SCANNING SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT IN TWO DIRECTIONS MUTUALLY PERPENDCULAR AT INTERVALS SCANNING FLAT PLATE LEVEL 1 - AT 75MM CENTRES BODY LEVEL 2 - AT 100MM LEVEL 3 - AT 150MM LONGITUDINAL TO PLATE ROLLING DIRECTIONS LEVEL 1 & 2 - 50MM CENTRES LEVEL 3 - AT 100MM CENTRES

SEC 3.3

S0 & S1 FLAT PRODUCTS CONTINUOUS EXAMINATION ALONG THE LINES OF GRID MADE OF 200MM SQUARE PARALLEL TO THE EDGE OF PARALLEL PRODUC OR ALONG THE PARALLEL OR OSCILLATING LINES DISTRIBUTED UNIFORMINGLY OVER THE AREA, GIVING THE SAME DEGREE OF CONTROL S2 & S3 100MM SQUARE (CLAUSE 8.2.2)

8.2.1

SCANNING PLATE EDGES

SCANNING TRIMMED EDGES ALONG PLATE EDGES CONTINUOUS BAND WITH IN 25MM OF THE TRIMMED EDGES UNTRIMMED EDGES (UNIVERSAL OR MILL): THE FIRST 25MM FROM THE UNTRIMMED EDGE OR HALF THE PLATE THICKNESS UPTO A MAX. OF 50MM. NEXT 25MM TESTED AS PER TRIMMED EDGES.

SEC 3.3.4

SCANNING COMPRISES A FULL EXAMINATION OF A ZONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 6<e<50 - 50MM ZONE WIDTH 50<E<100 - 70MM ZONE WIDTH 100<E<200 - 100MM ZONE WIDTH OVER THE FOUR EDGES OF THE FLAT PRODUCT.

ACCEPTANCE QUALITY AS1710 LEVEL 1E CLASS

SECTION 5

EN10160 -S2E3

SEC 9.2 TABLE 3,4 & 5

EN10160 - level S2E3 or higher ie. EN10160 - Level S3E4

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