Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
T-110 Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
T-120 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
T-130 Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
T-140 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
T-150 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
T-160 Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
T-170 Examinations and Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
T-180 Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
T-190 Records /Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Mandatory Appendix
Appendix I Glossary of Terms for Nondestructive Examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
I-110 Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
I-120 General Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
I-130 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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structive examinations are competent to do so in accord- Code, it shall be the responsibility of the Manufacturer,
ance with the Manufacturer’s established procedures. fabricator, or installer to establish nondestructive exami-
(d) The certificate holder shall ensure that NDE nation procedures and personnel certification procedures
personnel are qualified and certified in accordance with conforming to the referencing Code requirements.
this Article. The certificate holder’s Quality Program (c) When required by the referencing Code Section,
shall stipulate how this is to be accomplished. all nondestructive examinations performed under this
(e) Qualifications in accordance with a prior edition Code Section shall be done to a written procedure.
of SNT-TC-1A, CP-189, or ACCP are valid until This procedure shall be demonstrated to the satisfaction
recertification. Recertification or new certification shall of the Inspector. The procedure or method shall comply
be in accordance with the edition of SNT-TC-1A, CP- with the applicable requirements of this Section for
189, or ACCP specified in footnote 3. the particular examination method. Where so required,
(f) Limited certification of nondestructive examina- written procedures shall be made available to the Inspec-
tion personnel who do not perform all of the operations tor on request. At least one copy of each procedure
of a nondestructive method that consists of more than shall be readily available to the Manufacturer’s Nonde-
one operation, or who perform nondestructive examina- Structive Examination Personnel for their reference
tions of limited scope, may be based on fewer hours and use.
of training and experience than recommended in SNT-
TC-1A, CP-189, or ACCP. Any limitations or restric-
tions placed upon a person’s certification shall be T-160 CALIBRATION
described in the written practice and on the certification.
(a) The Manufacturer, fabricator, or installer shall
(g) The SNT-TC-1A document is a guide to establish
assure that all equipment calibrations required by Sub-
practices for training, qualification, and certification of
section A and /or Subsection B are performed.
NDE personnel as required by the referencing Code
(b) When special procedures are developed [see T-
Section.
150(a)], the Manufacturer, fabricator, or installer shall
specify what calibration is necessary, when calibration
is required.
T-150 PROCEDURE
(a) The nondestructive examination methods included
T-170 EXAMINATIONS AND
in this Section are applicable to most geometric configu-
INSPECTIONS
rations and materials encountered in fabrication under
normal conditions. However, special configurations and (a) The Inspector concerned with the fabrication of
materials may require modified methods and techniques, the vessel or pressure part shall have the duty of
in which case the Manufacturer shall develop special verifying to his satisfaction that all examinations re-
procedures which are equivalent or superior to the quired by the referencing Code Section have been made
methods and techniques described in this Code Section, to the requirements of this Section and the referencing
and which are capable of producing interpretable exami- Code Section. He shall have the right to witness any of
nation results under the special conditions. Such special these examinations to the extent stated in the referencing
procedures may be modifications or combinations of Code Section. Throughout this Section of the Code,
methods described or referenced in this Code Section, the word Inspector means the Authorized Inspector who
and shall be proved by demonstration to be capable has been qualified as required in the various referencing
of detecting discontinuities under the special conditions, Code Sections.
and such demonstrated capabilities shall be equivalent (b) The special distinction established in the various
to the capabilities of the methods described in this Code Sections between inspection and examination and
Code Section when used under more general conditions. the personnel performing them is also adopted in this
Depending on the quality assurance or quality control Code Section. In other words, the term inspection
system requirements of the referencing Code Section, applies to the functions performed by the Authorized
these special procedures shall be submitted to the Inspector, but the term examination applies to those
Inspector for acceptance where required, and shall be quality control functions performed by personnel em-
adopted as part of the Manufacturer’s quality control ployed by the Manufacturer. One area of occasional
program. deviation from these distinctions exists. In the ASTM
(b) When an examination to the requirements of this Standard Methods and Recommended Practices incorpo-
Section of the Code is required by other Sections of the rated in this Section of the Code by reference or by
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