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ALL CRITICAL WELDS REQUIRE ONE OR MORE METHODS OF NDT TO ASSURE QUALITY , ENSURE SAFETY AND PROVIDE OVERALL SYSTEM RELIABILITY. RADIOGRAPHY IS ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL METHODS TO CERTIFIY THE WELD FOR ITS SOUNDNESS, BECAUSE IT PROVIDES 1. A PERMANENT RECORD 2. A BEST METHOD TO RECORD ALL VOLUME DISCONTINUITIES, 3. THE RADIATION SOURCES ARE SUITABLE TO OPERATE AT BOTH FIELD AND SHOP FLOORS
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TECHNIQUES; SWSI
SINGLE WALL SINGLE IMAGE TECHNIQUE,SWSI. RADIATION PENETRATES ONE WALL AND ONE WALL IMAGE IS OBTAINED FOR INTERPRETATION. SHALL BE PRACTICED WHENEVER PRACTICABLE. ALL THE DESIRED QUALITY OF A RADIOGRAPH SUCH AS HIGHEST CONTRAST, ADEQUATE DENSITY, LEAST DISTORTION, SHARPEST DEFINITION ARE EASILY ACHIEVED BY THIS TECHNIQUE.
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WHEN EITHER SOURCE OR THE FILM CAN NOT BE PLACED INSIDE THE PIPE (NORMALLY LONG PIPE LINES) DWDI IS THE ONLY CHOICE TO PRACTICE. RADIATION PENETRATES TWO WALLS AND IMAGE IS OBTAINED FOR ONE WALL THE WALL CLOSEST TO FILM AND FARTHEST FROM THE SOURCE. THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFRENCE IS DIVIDED SUITABLY TO ACCOMADATE EXPOSURE REQUIREMENTS AND FILM SIZE.- SEE THE NOTES LOCATION MARKERS, IQI, ARE ALL PLACED ON THE FILM SIDE AS THERE IS NO OTHR CHOICE.
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PIPES WELD HAVING LESS THAN 3.5 INCH DIA., NEITHER SWSI, NOR DWSI CAN BE PRACTICED. DWDI IS THE ONLY CHOICE. RADIATION PENETRATES TWO WALLS AND TWO IMAGES ARE OBTAINED FOR INTERPRETATION BY OFF SETTING THE SOURCE TO GET AN ELLIPTICAL SHOT. IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A RADIOGRAPH WITH MINIMUM Ug LARGE SFD SHALL BE GIVEN TAKING OD AS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OBJECT AND FILM. AT THE EXTREEME CONE OF RADIATION THE WALL THICKNESS CONSIDERABLY INCREASES FOR PENETRATING RADIATION AND THIS AREA DO NOT PRODUCE SUITABLE IMAGE WITH REQUIRED DENSITY. HENCE TWO EXPOSURES ARE ESSENTIAL AT 90 3/20/2013 4 APART.
PIPES WELD HAVING LESS THAN 3.5 INCH DIA., NEITHER SWSI, NOR DWSI CAN BE PRACTICED. DWDI IS THE ONLY CHOICE. RADIATION PENETRATES TWO WALLS AND TWO IMAGES ARE OBTAINED FOR INTERPRETATION. IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A RADIOGRAPH WITH MINIMUM Ug LARGE SFD SHALL BE GIVEN TAKING OD AS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OBJECT AND FILM. AT THE EXTREEME CONE OF RADIATION THE WALL THICKNESS CONSIDERABLY INCREASES FOR PENETRATING RADIATION AND THIS AREA DO NOT PRODUCE SUITABLE IMAGE WITH REQUIRED DENSITY. HENCE TWO EXPOSURES ARE ESSENTIAL AT 90 DEGREE ARE ESSENTIAL. 3/20/2013
THICK WALL TUBES HAVING OD/ID RATIO >1.414 DWDI TECHNIQUE WILL NOT COVER COMPLETE AREA FOR INSPECTION. SO DOUBLE WALL SUPER IMPOSED TECHNIQUE IS PRACTICED BY PLACING THE SOURCE VERTICALLY ABOVE THE WELD AND BOTH THE IMAGES ARE SUPERIMPOSED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER. MINIMUM THREE EXPOSURES AT 120 DEGREE APART ARE REQUIRED, BUT ACTUAL NUMBER OF SHOTS REQUIRED = 1.7(OD/ID), CORRECT TO THE NEXT HIGHEST INTEGER.
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SWSI: PLATE WELDS, CIRCUMFRENTIAL AND LONGITUDINAL JOINTS IN LARGE VESSELS, CASTINGS, STORAGE TANKS, HORTONSPHERES, ASSEMBLIES
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SWSI PARAMETERS
WELD TYPE SFD IQI ENERGY CONE ANGLE For single Half cone wall angle 23 FOR SINGLE WALL SAME AS ABOVE PANAROMA IC Source at the centre SOURCE INSIDE FILM OUTSIDEPREFERED
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* OUT SIDE BETWEEN A & B FILM OUT SIDE A * B IQI F SIDE ENERGY= 2 WALL THK F DE IS THE PRESENT SEGMENT DE
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FILM OUTSIDE, DOUBLE WALL VIEWING ELLIPTICAL EXPOSURE 2 EXP. IF OD/ID < 1.414
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PIPES OD < 3.5 BUT FOR HEAVY WALL THICKNESS THAT IS OD/ID RATIO > 1.414 MINIMUM 3 EXP. ACTUAL NUMBER OF EXP= 1.7(OD/ID) IMAGES OF SS AND FS ARE SUPERIMPOSED. *
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