BRITISH STANDARD Non destructive testing of welded joints in thermoplastics semi-finished products — Part 3: Ultrasonic testing “The Euopeon Storcord EN 13100:3:2004 hos the statue ota British Stondord BS EN 13100-3:2004 cy ¥ British Standards eeBS EN 13100-3:2004 2 National foreword This Bish tnd is tool Ensh lonuoge venionat EN 13100-3:2004, ee The UK participotionin ts propoofion wos ented Technical Committee RIB, Welang of losis, which hase resporibity f cid enqurersto undersiond the text; = rosin to the roxponsibeinrnatonal European conmitee ony ‘Snuireson the inlrpretatian, er propos fr change, ond keep the entre intrmass = mart teloted intenational ond Exopeen devpmants ond Sromulgate hems he UK Alt logos epremridon hs smite one clad en Crow-reterences ‘The ation Sondorcs wtih implenentntemotnel of Eucpten ubletons ebmod cine Secant may baiSanin te BST Ctoonue nor ine scion nies “nterston strdars orewonderes nde {iby vangine “sar fos che BS) Ehcronc Cotsopue of Sra Storer nto. 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Examination report... faa 122 23 aa 8 BibliographyEN 13100-3:2008 ) Foreword ‘This document (EN 12100'3:2004) has been prepares by Technical Commitea CENT 249 “Paste, he ‘ecretaat of wth held By DN ‘Tis European Standard shal be given the status ofa national standard, eter by publication ofan dente {ext or by endorsement at the latest by May 2008, and conficing national standards shall be withdrawn athe latest by May 2008, ‘According to the CENICENELEC intemal Regulation, the raion! standards organizations ofthe flowing ‘ountien are bound to implement tis Eusopean ‘Standard: Aust, Blgm, Cyprus, Cech Ree Denmark. Estonia, Fland, France, Garmary, Grooce, Hungary, Iceland, land, lly, Lata, Lehuoni, terug, Maks, Natbeance, Norway Polis, Portga, Savtila Sowers, Spain, Sneden, Setneand ‘and United Kingdom,EN 12100-9:2004 (E) 1 Scope This document spcties mathads forthe manual utrasonlc otaminaton of heated toc, elation, ‘extuson and ot gas ents n pases materia apples io ons In single wall pipes and plates. The range ‘thicknesses covered i rom 10m 0100 ‘This dosament doos nt spec acceptance lavas fhe ndeatons 2. Normative references “The folowing rtorences documents are Indspensale forthe application of this document. Fr datos Tefeenees, ony the elon ed apps. For undeled fefeences, the latest clon ofthe referenced ‘ocumertinduting ary amendmens) apes EN4T3, Non destuctve testing — Question and corifeaton of NDT personel — General princes EN 583-2, Nonlesiuetve testing — Utrasone examination — Pat 2: Sens and range seting ENSt3.4, Nondestuctve testing —Utrasonic examination — Part 4 Examination fr decontnutos erpendcuarfo the surface EN 1990-21908, Nondestructive testing — Terminology — Part 2: Tams common fo the nodestnctve testing metiods EN 1330-42000, Nondestuctve tsti¢g — Teminclogy — Part 4: Terms used Ih ultrasonic testing EN 12606-1, Nondesiuctve ting — Characterization and vercaton of utvasonc examination ‘oulpment Pat nebumerts EN 12668.2, Nondesructve testing — Chargctorzaton and, vercaton of utrasonic examination ‘upon Pat 2 Probes EN 128683, Nondesiuctve testing — Chaacterzaton and vericaton of ultrasonic examination ‘equpmen-— Par Combined equpmen ENV 583.5, Nondestructive testing — Utrasanis examination - Par 6: Time-o ght faction techni [st amtid for dtoston an ean of Sscontos 3. Terme and definitions For the pupotes of his document, the lems and defiions given in EN 15902:198 and EN 1390-42000 ame 4. Symbols and designations ‘Symbols and designations ar gen a Tato 1EN 43100-32006 (6) ‘Table 1— Symbols and designations Symbol Designations “Tice poem (rest ar) Length tiation ‘exansion fh indeaton nat rection Pan othe atone ogi recon Postion othe tenn transverse econ Paatn efthe eaten eth hatte component mersn che agen he recon of eaminton 2999993 9/8 5 General ‘Tne purpose ot is document 10 desorbe general methods ot uranic examination tor the mast common used welded jot n hemeplasics. The spect requirements specied by tis document cover the equipment, preparation, perfomance of he examinaion and reporing Manos be used for ulasone Ussscoorent indenters ood assnptarce ear sal be spociaa 6 Information required prior to examination 6.1 Examination procedure ‘Tho flown tam shall be spect: — method for sting the reference eve etd to be used for eration of indicaons; ‘oceptance loves — manacing and operation stages) at which the examination st be cae out; — uation of personnel — whatnot a witen examination procedure requle — requirement for wren examination procadires 6.2 Information required by the operator Before any examination of a welded joint can begin, the operator shall have access 1 the fellowing Itormato: — wien examination proces, equred (se 63) = pets) parent mato: — eit preparation and dimensions; =— welding procedure or relevant inermaton onthe welng process; — roping requirements 6.3 Waiten examination procedure ‘The defintions and requrements in this document wal normaly satis the need for a writen examination procedure. When tis is nat he case, or when tho fochriques described in tis document are nol appeal t> {he wales joint to be examsnod,adionl wrkton examinaon procasies shall bo Wed 7 Requirements for personnel and equipment 7.4 Personnel qualifications Perscnnel performing examinations n aceardance wih his document shal be qualifled to an appropriate leva aososance wih tho raavant docomont og, EN. In addon to a general knowledge of Ultrasonic weld inspection, the persnnel shall be aware of testing probleme apecicalyaneceiated wih th thermoplastic marl sc type of welded joins to be examined 7.2 Equipment ‘Ary equipment usd in conurtion vith this document shall comply with the requirements of EN 12668-1 to EN 12066-3. Prior To the pubteation of a doeument related To the subec. the coresponding national documents may be used 7.3 Probe parameters 734 Frequency COniy ongtusina! (compression) wave transduce shal be used fr the inspection of thermepasce. The frequoncy ofthe tarsducers shal be inthe Tange T MMW 5 MHz and shal be chosen sich that Naw sensi fs maxised without compromising sgnao-nis perfomance, To improve signal-to-cie perfomance piezo composite tansducers may be used, 732 Angles of incidence ‘he prove args) used shal ensure tat the walt tusion lacs) te examined at, of 25 near 2s posse to, normal inegence: This means hat for elecusion jas, or example, a0" probe ange shal be Used 733. Focusing Forte examination of elecrtuson cnt focusing probes should be used. These pabes shall be focused to "he depth tho weldes interfaces theiefocal otance shal be equal 10 tbe wal fucknes f the socket Focused probes should not be used forthe examination of heated tol, extsion or hot gas welded joins Unless there specied 17:34, Wedge material Waris shouldbe made of PTFEEN 13100-3:2004 (€) 735 Adoption of probes to curved seanning surfaces ‘The gap between the tat surface and the boom ofthe wedge shall not be gteter than 0.5 mm. For {indreal or pera safece hi eqaement wil nematy be met wen the folowing ston ied 2162 Wis requirement cannot be met the wedge sal be adapted tothe suace an the sensi and ange ‘hal beast soordingly 8. Examination volume “Te examination volume (ee Figure 1) shal nude wel and parent mat! for at ast 6mm on eaeh de the wel rte dh the eat affected one, wchaver Is rater Inal cases scaning shal cover the whole examination value. incvidulsctions ofthis volume canna be ‘chvered oy angle Setmingtennque, atrnaove or osppiemamary uesone tcnnques nat De Used, 9 Preparation of scanning surfaces ‘Scanng surfaces shal bo wie enough to permit ho examination volume fo be fly covered. Atematvsly, the wid of the searing surfaces may be svar I euivalent coverage ofthe exariraon value can Bo ‘acheved by scanning eter fam bath des of he enor rom bath he upper and he lower surface fe jpn ‘Scanning surfaces sal be even ard re fram foreign mater aly to intro wih probe owping (29 so, ‘otches grooves ec) Unevannae of the eat surface shal not rs in gap Betwean the proband et ‘Siface greater han 0 mn ‘The oxaminton canbe performed wth eter he weld bead ntact of emovodLicensed Copy: sheffieldun sheffieldun, na, Sun Oct 29 10:08:51 GAMT+00:00 2006, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI EN 13100-3:2004 (E) 4) Electrofusion (socket) Joints b) Heated too! joints ¢) Hot-gas / extrusion joints Key 11 Examination volume Figure 1 — Examination volume 10 Range and sensitivity setting 10.1 General Setting of range and sensitivity shall be carriad out whenever the probe type, probe angle, weld type, material type or material thickness is changed in accordance with this document and EN 583-2. Checks to confim these settings shall be performed at least every 4 h and on completion of th be carried out if the operator or surface condition change, the leads are charLicensed Copy: sheffieldun sheffieldun, na, Sun Oct 29 10:08:51 GMT+00:00 2006, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI EN 13100-3:2004 (E) type) is examined or if changes in the equivalent settings (for example noise level, backwall echo) are suspected. f deviations are found during these checks the corrections given in Table 2 shall be carried out. ‘Table 2 — Sensitivity and range corrections Sensitivity 1 | Deviations <4 46 | The setting shall be corrected before the examination is continued 2 | Reduction of the | Setting shall be corrected and all examinations cared out with the sensitivity > 448 | equipment over the previous period shall be repeated 3_| Increase in ‘Setting shall be corrected and all recorded indications shall be ro- sensitvity>4d8 | examined Range 1 | Deviations <2% of | The setting shall be corrected before examination is continued the range 2 | Deviations >2% of | Setting shall be comected and examinations carried out with the the range ‘equipment over the previous period shall be repeated 10.2 Reference level ‘The following methods for setting reference levels shall be used, dependent on which ultrasonic technique has been selected: — Normal incidence and angled longitudinal (compression) wave inspection: the reference level shall be set Using a distance amplitude correction (DAC) curve for a 3mm diameter side-driled hole in accordance with EN 583-2; — Tandem examination: The reference level shall be set using a 3mm diameter end-drilled flat bottomed. hole, inserted at mid-thickness in @ test block of similar thickness and material to the component under ‘examination, [see Figure 2a)]; — Time-of-fight diffraction (TOFD) examination: The reference level shall be set using a 3 mm side-driled hole inserted at 2/3 thickness in a test block of similar thickness and material to the component under ‘examination, [see Figure 2b)); — Creeping wave examination: The reference level shall be set using @ 2 mm deep rectangular notch at the surface of a test block of similar material to the component under examination, (see Figure 2c)]EN 13100-3:2004 (E) Copy, (c) BS! Key 1 3mm diameter ond-riled fat bottomed hole a) Tandem examination g 5 8 2 5 é 8 g S 3 ¢ = 5 6 5 Key 2 3mmdiameter side-driled hole b) TOFD examination Key 3 2mm deep rectangutar notch ¢) Creeping wave examination Licensed Copy: sheffieldun sheffieldun, na, Sun Oct 29 10:08: Figure 2— Reference blocks 10Licensed Copy: sheffieldun sheffieldun, na, Sun Oct 29 10::08:51 GMT+00:00 2006, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI 10.3 Evaluation levels ‘An appropriate evaluation level shall be agreed between the contracting parties for each of the techniques used, 10.4 Transfer correction If the reference block used for establishing reference levels, is not of identical material to that of the test object then a measurement shall be made of the transfer differences between test object and block at a representative number of locations. Only measurements made using a 0°, normal incidence, compression ‘wave probe shall be used, as described in EN 583-2. Ifthe differences are less than 2 dB, correction is not required. Ifthe differences are greater than 2.48, but less than 12 dB, they shall be compensated for. It the transfer difference exceeds 12 dB the reason(s) for such a large difference shall be investigated and corrective actions undertaken, ie. by selecting a reference block which more closely matches the material under test. 10.5 Signal-to-noise ratio During examination of the weld the noise level, excluding spurious surface indications, shall remain at least 12 0B below the evaluation level. This requirement may be relaxed subject to agreement between the contracting parties. 41 Examination technique 11.1 Ultrasonic technique: 44.4.4 Normal incidence longitudinal (compression) wave examination This examination technique is normally used to inspect electrofusion and lap joints: Testing involves using a single, 0° longitudinal wave probe operating in pulse-echo mode, focused to the depth of the weld line (see Figure 3), Figure 3 — Principle of normal incidence longitudinal (compression) wave examination 11.1.2 Angled longitudinal (compression) wave examination ‘This examination technique is normally used to inspect hot gas or extrusion welded joints and involves selecting an appropriate probe angle in accordance with 6.3.2 (see Figure 4). ”Licensed Copy: sheffieldun sheffieldun, na, Sun Oct 29 10:08:51 GMT+00:00 2006, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI EN 13100-3:2004 (E) Figure 4 — Principle of angled longitudinal (compression) wave examination 14.1.3 Tandem examination This examination technique is normally used to inspect heated tool welds and involves using two similar angle probes (normally 45 * or 60 *), one probe operating as the transmitter and the other probe as the receiver. The probes are located in aline with their beam axes facing in the same direction as shown in Figure 5. Tandem ‘examination shall be carried out in accordance with EN 583-4. 1 Pipe wall 2 Outer weld bead 3 Inner weld bead Figure 5 — Principle of tandem examination 11.1.4 Time-of fight diffraction (TOFD) examination ‘This examination technique Is normally used to inspect heated tool welds and involves using two similar probes (normally 45 ° or 60 *), positioned facing each other across the weld as shown in Figure 6. One probe ‘operates as the transmitter and the other probe as the receiver. ‘TOFD inspection shall be carried out in accordance with ENV 583-6Licensed Copy: sheffieldun sheffieldun, na, Sun Oct 29 10:08:51 GMT+00:00 2006, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BS! EN 13100-3:2004 (E) Key 1 Pipe wall 2 Lateral wave 3 Back wall echo Figure 6 — Principle of time-of-flight diffraction (TOFD) examination 11.1.5 Creeping wave examination This examination technique is normally used to inspect the first few milimetres immediately beneath the surface. Testing involves using a single creeping wave probe normally 85 * to 90°* operating in pulse-echo ‘mode, as shown in Figure 7. Key Incident compression waves, Creeping wave Retractod compression waves ‘Secondary shear waves Mode converted shear wave Figure 7 — Principle of creeping wa 11.2 Location of indications ‘The location of all indications shall be defined by reference to a co-ordinate system. A point on the ‘examination surface shall be selected as the origin for these measurements.Licensed Copy: sheffieldun sheffieldun, na, Sun Oct 29 10:08:51 GMT+00:00 2006, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI EN 13100-3:2004 (E) Where examination is carried out from more than one surface, reference points shall be established on each surface. In this case care shall be taken to establish a positional relationship between all reference points used, so that the absolute location of all indications can be established from any nominated reference point. 11.3. Evaluation of indications 11.3.1 General ‘All indications above the evaluation level shall be assessed in accordance with 11.3.2 to 11.3.4. 11.3.2 Maximum echo amplitude {The echo amplitude shall be maximised by probe movement and recorded in relation tothe agreed reterence 11.3.3 Indication length The length of the indication shall, where possible, be determined using the 6 dB drop tip location technique, unless otherwise agreed 1. Indication height Indication height measurement shall be carried out by agreement only. 11.3.5 Characterisation of discontinuities Discontinuities shall be characterised only by agreement between the contracting parties, or if required by the ‘specified acceptance criteria. 12 Exar ation report 12.1 General ‘The examination report shall include a reference to this document and give, asa minimum, the folowing information. 12.2 General data 2) Identification of the object under examination: 41) material and product form; 2) dimensions 3) location of weld/welded joint examined; 4) sketch showing geometrical configuration (if necessary); 8) reference to the welding procedure; 6) state of manufacture; 7) surface conditions; b) contract requirements, e.g, specifications, guidelines, special agreements etc.; 14Licensed Copy: sheffieldun sheffieldun, na, Sun Oct 29 10:08:51 GMT+00:00 2006, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI EN 13100-3:2004 (E) ©) place and date of examination; 4) identification of examination organisations and identification and qualification of operator; ) identification of inspection authority. 12.3 Information relating to equipment a) Manufacturer and type of ultrasonic instrument with identification number, if required; bb) manufacturer, type, nominal frequency and actual angle of incidence of probes used with identification number, if required; ©) identification of reference blocks used, with a sketch, if necessary; 4) couplant medium, 12.4 Information relating to examination technique a) Examination level(s) and reference to writen procedure, when used; )_extent of examination; ©) location of the scanning areas; 4) reference points and details of co-ordinate system used, as specified in 11 ) time base range; f) method and values used for sensitivity setting (gain setting for reference levels and values used for transfer corrections); 9) reference levels; fh) acceptance levels; |) deviations from this document, or contract requirements. 12.5 Results of the examination ‘Tabular summary (or sketches) providing the following information for recorded indications: a) co-ordinate of the indication, as specified in 11.2, with details of associated probes and corresponding probe positions; b)__ maximum echo amplitude, 2s specified in 11.32, and information, if required, on the type and size of indication; (©) lengths of indications, as specified in 11.3.3; 4) heights of indications, if required (11.3.4); ) results of evaluation, according to specified acceptance levels. 15:2004 (E) EN 13100-3: Bibliography EN 583-1, Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic examination — Part 1: General principles i) Isa (0) ‘doo O4UOUN ‘900Z 00:00+LWD 11S:80°01 62190 UNg ‘Bu ‘UNPIeyjoUS UNPIayjays :AdoD pesuEdT] 16Licensed Copy: sheffieldun sheffieldun, na, Sun Oct 29 10:08:51 GMT+00:00 2006, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BS! 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