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Signa
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Da
ate

Prepared By
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AS
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VEL III
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Reviewed/
Approved By
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Section/
A
Appendix
No.
-

2
2

S
Section
Title

Para /
Cla
auses

R
Revised
proce
edure to revisio
on no.2

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ar-2011

C
Cover
Page

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ar-2011

3..0

3.1

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ay-2014

Personnel
P
Q
Qualification
-

Under Prepare
U
ed By, change
e from
Haryani Haron
n to S.Rajadu
urai-Engineer.
A
Added
new se
ection.

14-Ma
ay-2014

C
Contents

14-Ma
ay-2014

1..0

S
Scope

1.1

14-Ma
ay-2014

2..0

Equipment and
E
d
m
material

2.1

Amended clau
A
use from ulttrasonic
t
thickness
gaug
ging to u
ultrasonic
t
thickness
mea
asurement
D
Deleted
Panam
metrics-NDT/ 26MG

2.3

A
Added
..waterr

3.1-3.2

A
Amended
the entirety of sec
ction 3.0

5.1

Added in th
A
he same enviro
onment with
t part to be e
the
examined
A
Added
new ap
ppendix

C
Change
Details

Revised proce
R
edure to revisio
on no.3.
A
Amended
title of procedure..
A
Added
new ap
ppendix A.

14-Ma
ay-2014

3..0

14-Ma
ay-2014

5..0

Personnel
P
Q
Qualification
T
Test
Procedure
e

14-Ma
ay-2014

S
Sample
Test Report
R

21-Jan-2015

21-Jan-2015

21-Jan-2015

2..0

R
References

2.1-2.2

21-Jan-2015

5..0

Equipment and
E
d
M
Material

5.1-5.3

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6..0

R
Reference
Blocck

6.1-6.2

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7..0

21-Jan-2015

8..0

Ta
able &
No
ote
8.1-8.4

A
Added
new se
ection

Selection of
S
T
Transducer
S
System
Calibra
ation

21-Jan-2015

9..0

T
Test
Procedure
e

9.1-9.5

21-Jan-2015

10
0.0

R
Report

10
0.1

Previously in S
P
Section 4.0.
R
Revised
the en
ntirety of sectiion.
P
Previously
in S
Section 6.0.

21-Jan-2015

New appendixx and renumbe

N
ered
s
subsequent
cla
ause.

21-Jan-2015

Blanking Adjusstments
B
In
n Manual Echo
D
Detection
Mode
S
Sample
Test Report
R

P
Previously
in A
Appendix A.

Revised proce
R
edure to revisio
on no.4.
A
Amended
title of procedure..
U
Under
Prepare
ed By, change
e from Mohd
S
Suffian
to Am
mit Chhabra.
ed By, change
U
Under
Approve
e from Maung
g
T Lwin to M
Tint
M S Vetri.
A
Added
new se
ection
Previously in S
P
Section 2.0.
D
Deleted
clause
e on Step blocks of
m
material
simila
ar to the one being
b
tested.
A
Added
new se
ection

A
Added
new se
ection

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1.0

S
Scope
............................................................................................................................ 4

2.0

.................................................................................................................... 4
R
References

3.0

P
Personnel
Q
Qualification
n ................................................................................................. 4

4.0

G
General
Requirementss .................................................................................................. 4

5.0

E
Equipment
a Materia
and
al ................................................................................................ 4

6.0

R
Reference
B
Block
............................................................................................................ 4

7.0

S
Selection
off Transduce
er ................................................................................................ 4

8.0

S
System
Calibration ........................................................................................................ 5

9.0

T
Testing
Procedure ......................................................................................................... 5

10.0

R
Report
........................................................................................................................... 7

Append
dix A. Blan
nking Adjusttments In Manual
M
Echo
o Detection Mode .................................... 8
Append
dix B. Samp
ple Test Re
eport ............................................................................................. 9

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1.0

SCOPE

1.1

This procedu
ure covers th
he general re
equirements and steps fo
or ultrasonicc thickness measurement
m
t
(echo-echo technique)
t
using digital thickness me
eters.

2.0

REFERENC
CES

2.1

ASME Sectio
on V: 2013

2.2

E
O
Operating
Ma
anual
Respective Equipment

3.0

PERSONNE
EL QUALIFIC
CATION

3.1

Personnel performing the

e ultrasonic thickness me
easurement to this practice shall be qualified
q
and
d
o written pra
actice (NDT//QM) conforrming to Re
ecommended
d
certified in accordance with Setsco
A or other sta
andards that is acceptable
e to the custtomer.
Practice No. SNT-TC-1A

3.2

o ultrasonic thickness m
measurementt method forr
He/she shalll be compettent in the techniques of
which he/she
e is certified,, including th
he equipmentt being used and the matterial being examined.
e

4.0

GENERAL REQUIREME
R
ENTS

4.1

Prior to the thickness

t
me
easurementss, the person
nnel shall havve access to
o the relevan
nt information
n
regarding the material sp
pecification, nominal thick
kness, etc.

4.2

All spots at which

w
thickne
ess measure
ement is to be
b done shall be clean an
nd free of dirrt, paint, rust,
scale or othe
er coatings th
hat would oth
herwise give
e rise to errorrs in the mea
asurements.

4.3

The ultrasonic thicknesss meter sh

hall have a measuring range of up to 200 mm and a
nt accuracy of + or 1%
% of the indica
ated reading
g +0.10 mm. The meter shall
s
be able
e
measuremen
to display at least in step
ps of 0.01 mm
m. The mete
er shall be lig
ght in weight and of a com
mpact size.

4.4

The tempera
ature of the measureme
ent surface shall
s
be with
hin the limitss specified by
b the probe
e
manufacture
er. Where the temperature is high, sp
pecial high te
emperature p
probes shall be used.

5.0

EQUIPMENT
T AND MAT
TERIAL

5.1

Digital thickn
ness meter, Model:
M
Pana
ametrics-NDT
T MG2-DL; Olympus
O
38D
DL-Plus or eq
quivalent

5.2

D 790-SM or D7906 tran

nsducers sha
all be used fo
or thickness measuremen
m
nt.

5.3

Grease, glyccerine, or suiitable ultraso

ound couplan
nt.

6.0

REFERENC
CE BLOCK

6.1

Step wedge
e block of similar
s
or ne
early similarr material having
h
the m
maximum an
nd minimum
m
thickness of the expected thickness shall
s
be used
d for calibration of the eq
quipment.

6.2

During calib
bration, the reference
r
block shall be
e within 14
4C tempera
ature as that of the testt
material to be
b measured.

7.0

SELECTION
N OF TRANS
SDUCER
Item #

ASME Boiler
B
and Pressure Vessel
V
Cod
de (BPVC),, Section V:
V
Nondestructive Exam
mination (A
Article 23, S
SE 797/797
7M: Standard
ual ultrasonic pulse-ech
ho
Practice for measurring thicknesss by manu
m
contact method)

M
Model

Th
hickness Rang
ge

Modes

Application
n

D790 SM

ho detection
Ech

D7906

0..1 to 2
(2
2.5 mm to 51 mm
m)
0..1 to 2
(2
2.5mm to 51 mm
m)

Note:

Case
e1

Thrru-coat

High te
emperature
Genera
al purpose
Coating
g thickness of co
oated or
painted
d parts

Thicknesss measuremen
nt above 18 mm
m using D790 SM
M may give a wrrong reading wh
hich will
be lesser than the actua
al reading.

edy
Reme

Manual echo
e
to echo de
etection mode te
echniques shall be used followe
ed by adjusting the E1
blank to eliminate the ab
bove mentioned
d error. (Refer Appendix
A
A for tthe procedure)

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8.0

SYSTEM CA
ALIBRATION
N

8.1

The thicknesss measurem

ment accuraccy depends on
o the system
m calibration.

8.2

Transducer Zero
Z
Compe
ensation [do-zero]
8.2.1
This type of ca
alibration sha
all be done, only when dual
d
crystal ttransducer is
s used. Thiss
er unit and wiith temperatu
ure of measu
urement
compensation varies in eacch transduce
p
every time th
he unit is pow
wered on, trransducer is
s changed orr
8.2.2
This shall be performed
ansducer tem
mperature is changed
c
sign
nificantly.
tra
8.2.3
This shall be pe
erformed by pressing the
e [2ndF] [cal zero].
z

8.3

Material Sou
und Velocity Calibration [cal vel]
8.3.1
This shall be pe
erformed forr each new measured
m
ma
aterial.
8.3.2
This shall be performed
p
byy using thick
k block of measured with
h known thic
ckness or byy
anually enterring a previou
usly determined materiall sound veloccity. Maximu
um thicknesss
ma
of the block sha
all be within +5 mm of the expected thickness
t
obttained from the
t client.

8.4

Zero Calibra
ation [Cal Zerro]
8.4.1
This shall be performed only
o
to get the best acccuracy and once, when
n transducerr
anges and material
m
comb
bination.
cha
8.4.2
This shall be performed using
u
thin te
est block of the measurred material with known
n
e block shall be within -5 mm of the expected
d
thicckness. Minimum thickkness of the
thicckness obtaiined from the
e client.

9.0

TEST PROC
CEDURE

9.1

Thru Coat Measurement

M
t Calibration
9.1.1
This shall be ussed to measure the coating thicknesss of coated ssurface.
9.1.2
This shall be pe
erformed by enabling thrru-coat functiion.
9.1.3
Ma
aterial sound
d calibration and zero calibration as mentioned
m
in
n the section 8.3 shall be
e
performed
9.1.4
If coating thicckness mea
asurement accuracy
a
is important, material sound velocityy
med by editing
g the accurate coating th
hickness valu
ue.
calibration shall be perform

9.2

Echo Detecttion Modes

9.2.1

Sta
andard Echo
o Detection Mode
M
9.2
2.1.1
Thiss mode measures the thickness using
g time of fligh
ht from main
n bang to firstt
BW
WE.
9.2
2.1.2
Thiss shall be ussed for uncoa
ated materials.
9.2
2.1.3
The
e screen of th
his detection mode shall be displayed
d as per the figure
f
below..

Measurin
ng with the standard
s
ech
ho detection
n mode

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Au
uto Echo to Echo
E
Detectio
on Mode
9.2
2.2.1
Thiss mode mea
asures the thickness usin
ng time of flig
ght from two consecutive
e
BW
WEs.
9.2
2.2.2
Thiss mode shalll be used to measure the
e thickness o
of coated or painted
p
partss
sincce the measu
urement excludes the tim
me of flight through coatin
ng.
9.2
2.2.3
The
e screen of th
his detection mode shall be displayed
d as per the figure
f
below..

Measuring with au
utomatic ech
ho-to-echo d
detection mode
9.2.3

Ma
anual Echo to
o Echo Detection Mode
9.2
2.3.1
Thiss mode mea
asures the thickness usin
ng time of flig
ght from two consecutive
e
BW
WEs.
9.2
2.3.2
In this mode off detection, Gain
G
and Bla
anking param
meters may be adjusted
d
nually.
man
9.2
2.3.3
In this mode off detection, echo
e
having minimum 20
0% of amplittude may be
e
ected.
dete
9.2
2.3.4
The
e screen of th
his mode sha
all be as per the figure be
elow.

Measurring with the

e manual ec
cho-to-echo detection mode
m
9.3

High Tempe
erature Thickkness Measurement
9.3.1
Me
easurement update rate
e up to 30 Hz
H shall be adjusted to
o reduce the
e transducerr
contact time.
9.3.2
The measured thickness va
alue at the high
h
tempera
ature surface
e shall be red
duced by 1%
%
per 55C.

9.4

ess measurem
ment may be
e made as fo
ollow:
Pipe thickne
9.4.1
If the
t
diameterr of the pipe
e is large, measurementss shall be m
made with the
e probe splitt
facce perpendiccular to the pipe axis. If
I the diametter is small, measureme
ents shall be
e
ma
ade in both the perpendicular and longitudinal directions, and the sm
maller of the
e
dissplayed value
es taken as thickness.
t
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9.5

In all cases, the lowest reading

r
at a spot shall be taken as th
he measured
d thickness, unless there
e
is doubt thatt the reading is erroneouss.

10.0

REPORT

10.1

The results of
o the thickne
ess measure
ement shall be
b reported in a report format which contains
c
as a
minimum the
e following in
nformation:
a) Clients Name

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d) Location
n of Inspectio
on
e) Date of Inspection
f)

ent Used
Equipme

g) Material Tested, Surrface conditio

on, nominal thickness(es
t
s)
ed readings and
a sketchess/ drawings
h) Tabulate
i)

Name and Signature

e of the Inspe
ector and Ap
pproval Office
er
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A
APPENDIX
A BLANKING ADJUST
A.
TMENTS IN MANUAL ECHO DETEC
CTION MOD
DE
A.1

Extended Blank
B

A.1.1 This create

es a blanked
d zone thatt begins at the left edg
ge of the wa
aveform dis
splay and in
n
which no siignals are detected.
d
A.2

E1 Blank

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inte
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A.2.2 This blank shall be used to exclude any unw
wanted peakks occurring
g between the
t first and
d
WE.
second BW

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