NDT ( NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING )

NDT (NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING) :-

Non Destructive Testing in great variety are in world wide used to detect variations in structure,minute changes in surface finish, the presence of cracks or other physical discontinuities,measure the thickness of materials and coatings and to determine other characteristics of industrial products.

REASON'S FOR THE USE OF NDT:

"NDT" is used by the manufacturers for the following reasons:

1. To ensure product reliability.

2. To make profit for the user.

a) To ensure customer satisfaction

b) To aid in better product reliability.

c) To control the manufacturing processes.

d) To lower the manufacturing costs.

e) To maintain uniform quality level.

SOME OF THE MOST COMMON NDT METHODS ARE :

1.VISUAL INSPECTION

2.LIQUID PENETRATION TEST

3.MAGNETIC PARTICLE TEST

4.RADIOGRAPHY TEST

5.ULTRASONIC TEST

DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

DESTRUCTIVE TESTING Destructive tests on raw materials, welded joints are usually made as part of the approval of material/ welding procedure or a welder. Commonly used destructive tests are: Hardness Bend Tensile Charpy Fracture tests Macro section TYPES OF TEST Quantitative (For measuring a 'quantity') Tensile Charpy Hardness C.T.O.T. (crack tip opening test) Qualitative (For assessing joint 'quality') Bend test Nick break Macro Fillet fracture The test pieces are cut from the test weld and their location is often specified in the standard. The areas for test are shown below.

CHARPY V NOTCH IMPACT TEST

CHARPY V NOTCH IMPACT TEST Object : To determine the amount of energy absorbed in fracturing a standardized test piece at a specified temperature. Method : A machined, notched specimen is broken by one blow from a pendulum. Because scatter occurs in the results, at least three specimens are used to assess the joint represented. Testing is carried out at a temperature specified in the appropriate application standard. Reporting Results: Location and orientation of the notch. Testing temperature. Energy absorbed in joules. Description of fracture appearance. Location of any defects. The Charpy impact test, measured in joules, is an assessment of TOUGHNESS. Transition temperature (curve) in steel.

Chemical compositions of steel

Chemical Composition :- The chemical composition of steel is of great importance since it determines the potential mechanical properties of the finished steel product and controls the degree of corrosion resistance and weld- ability of the material For this reason structural steel specifications always provide a table of chemical composition limits within which the steel producer must develop his own particular recipe. The purpose of the specified chemical composition is not to provide the detailed chemical formula necessary to produce a certain type of steel but to provide safeguards. The steel producer is informed that he must keep within the limits which are deemed to be acceptable for the type of steel considered. Within these limits, which may be broad or narrow, the steel producer has complete freedom to use his skill and knowledge to make steel with the required mechanical properties. Each producer selects a combination of quantities of elements, which fall within the r...

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