MANDATORY APPENDIX 12 ULTRASONIC EXAMINATION OF WELDS (UT)

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SCOPE

(a) This Appendix describes methods which shall be employed when ultrasonic examination of welds is specied in this Division. (b) Article 4 of Section V shall be applied for detail requirements in methods, procedures and qualications, unless otherwise specied in this Appendix. (c) Ultrasonic examination shall be performed in accordance with a written procedure, certied by the Manufacturer to be in accordance with the requirements of T-150 of Section V. 12-2 CERTIFICATION OF COMPETENCE OF NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINER

The Manufacturer shall certify that personnel performing and evaluating ultrasonic examinations required by this Division have been qualied and certied in accordance with their employers written practice. SNT-TC1A1 shall be used as a guideline for employers to establish their written practice for qualication and certication of their personnel. Alternatively, the ASNT Central Certication Program (ACCP)1 or CP-1891 may be used to fulll the examination and demonstration requirements of SNT-TC-1A and the employers written practice. Provisions for training, experience, qualication, and certication of NDE personnel shall be described in the Manufacturers Quality Control System (see Appendix 10). 12-3 ACCEPTANCEREJECTION STANDARDS

Imperfections which produce a response greater than 20% of the reference level shall be investigated to the extent that the operator can determine the shape, identity, and location of all such imperfections and evaluate them in terms of the acceptance standards given in (a) and (b) below. (a) Indications characterized as cracks, lack of fusion, or incomplete penetration are unacceptable regardless of length. (b) Other imperfections are unacceptable if the indications exceed the reference level amplitude and have lengths which exceed: (1) 14 in. (6 mm) for t up to 34 in. (19 mm); (2) 13t for t from 34 in. to 214 in. (19 mm to 57 mm); (3) 34 in. (19 mm) for t over 214 in. (57 mm). where t is the thickness of the weld excluding any allowable reinforcement. For a butt weld joining two members having different thicknesses at the weld, t is the thinner of these two thicknesses. If a full penetration weld includes a llet weld, the thickness of the throat of the llet shall be included in t.

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REPORT OF EXAMINATION

These Standards shall apply unless other standards are specied for specic applications within this Division.
1 Recommended Practice No. SNT-TC-1A, Personnel Qualication and Certication in Nondestructive Testing, ACCP, ASNT Central Certication Program, and CP-189 are published by the American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Inc., 4153 Arlingate Plaza, Caller #28518, Columbus, Ohio 43228-0518.

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The Manufacturer shall prepare a report of the ultrasonic examination and a copy of this report shall be retained by the Manufacturer until the Manufacturers Data Report has been signed by the Inspector. The report shall contain the information required by Section V. In addition, a record of repaired areas shall be noted as well as the results of the reexamination of the repaired areas. The Manufacturer shall also maintain a record of all reections from uncorrected areas having responses that exceed 50% of the reference level. This record shall locate each area, the response level, the dimensions, the depth below the surface, and the classication.