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    ENGINEERING

    TRAINING SOLUTIONSGETTING NDT RIGHT

    IN MT AND PTPhil RawBSc (Hons) NDT

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    CAREER HISTORY 

    • 27 years experience in the NDTindustry

    • Holder of PCN, SNT ! "N #$7% &e'el certication in *ultiple *ethodsalso BSc Honours De+ree in NDT

    • "*ployed y r+yll-.uane &td since2//$ as a &e'el Consultant, Trainer

    and "xa*iner

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    GETTING NDT RIGHTMAGNETIC PARTICLE AND PENETRANTTESTING

    As a trainer at r+yll-.uane &td it is *y 0o to teach NDTpersonnel ho1 to +et NDT ri+ht3

    As a consultant 4 1or5 for *y clients as a .esponsile &e'el and then *y 0o entails *a5in+ sure NDT personnel are +ettin+NDT ri+ht6

    'er the years 4 ha'e 1itnessed *any occasions 1hen NDT hasnot een done ri+ht and today 4 1ill discuss so*e of theseincidents6

    So*e of the conse8uences of these incidents ha'e lead toindi'iduals ein+ dis*issed, or een 'ery expensi'e to correct6

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    h! is "ettin" NDT ri"ht so i#$ortant%

     The British 4nstitute of NDT states9 Non&'estructi(e testin"an' ins$ection are (ital )unctions in achie(in" the"oals o) e*cienc! an' +ualit! at an acce$ta,le cost-

    4n *any cases, these functions are hi+hly critical: painsta5in+procedures are adopted to pro'ide the necessary de+ree of8uality assurance6

     The conse8uences of failure of en+ineerin+ *aterials,co*ponents and structures are 1ell 5no1n and can edisastrous6

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    4t is an increasin+ re8uire*ent of 8uality assurance syste*s

    that a co*pany;s technicians are ale to de*onstrate that theyha'e the re8uired le'el of 5no1led+e and s5ill6

     This is particularly so since NDT and inspection acti'ities are'ery operator dependent and those in authority ha'e to place

    +reat reliance on the s5ill, experience, 0ud+e*ent and inte+rityof the personnel in'ol'ed6

    4ndeed, durin+ farication, NDT and inspection pro'ides the lastline of defence efore the product enters ser'ice, 1hilst once aproduct or structure enters ser'ice, in-ser'ice NDT is often the

    only line of defence a+ainst failure6

    GETTING NDT RIGHTMAGNETIC PARTICLE AND PENETRANT TESTING

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    Basically the 0o you do is not an ordinary 0o < the 0o you dois critical and in *any cases li'es can depend on you doin+your 0o correctly6

    Not +ettin+ NDT ri+ht is not an acceptale option, i) we "etNDT wron" it can ha(e tra"ic conse+uences-

     The next fe1 slides sho1 1hat can happen if NDT has +one1ron+6

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    n $%th =uly, $%>%, a ?nited

    irlines DC-$/-$/, experienced acatastrophic in @i+ht failure ofthe No6 2 en+ine6

     This en+ine failure led to the

    dischar+e of the sta+e $ fan dis5asse*ly parts fro* the No6 2en+ine 1hich led to the loss o)all three h!'raulic s!ste#spo1erin+ the @i+ht controls6

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     The cre1 experienced se'ere diAculties controllin+ the

    airplane, 1hich suse8uently crashed durin+ an atte*ptedlandin+ at Sioux ate1ay irport6

     There 1ere 2> passen+ers and $$ cre1*e*ers on-oard, $@i+ht attendant and $$/ passen+ers 1ere fatally in0ured, #7

    suered serious in0uries, $2 suered *inor in0uries and only$ people on oard 1ere unin0ured6

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    Durin+ its $7 year ser'ice life the en+ines in 1hich the

    accident dis5 1as installed 1ere o'erhauled, disasse*ledand inspected usin" .uorescent $enetrant ins$ection in$%72, $%7, $%7E, $%7> $%>2 and nally in Feruary $%>> $7*onths efore the accident6

     The NTSB concluded that the )ati"ue crac/ 1as li5ely toha'e een et1een $26/** to $26E** surface len+th at theti*e of the last @uorescent penetrant inspection, the*ini*u* detectale defect len+th in the critical dis5 orearea is 26#** 1hen usin+ @uorescent penetrant inspectiontherefore the fati+ue crac5 should ha'e een detected at the

    last inspection6

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     The NTSB re'ie1ed the techni8ue used to inspect the dis5and one possiility for the failure of se'eral inspectionscarried out after the fati+ue crac5 had exceeded the*ini*u* detectale defect siGe 1as the fact that the dis51as suspended y a cale throu+h the ore6

     To fully apply the penetrant and later the de'eloper and tofully inspect the ore includin+ the area oscured y thecale, the operator has to physically rotate the part6

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    4t is possile that the inspectors *ay not ha'e correctly

    processed or 'ie1ed the ore area due to the cale, or thatdurin+ rotation the cale oliterated the indication or causedloose de'eloper to fall on to the crac5 and oscure theindication6

     The NTSB also consider that there is a stron+ chance theinspectors 1ere experiencin+ inattentional lindness6 Thistype of dis5 tends to produce indications near do'e tail postsand rarely in the ore, this could cause inspectors to inspectthe ore 1ith less attention6

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     The NTSB considers the proale cause of the accident 1as

    the inade8uate consideration +i'en to hu*an factorsli*itations in the inspection and 8uality control proceduresused y the en+ine o'erhaul facility6

    4nspectors tend to 1or5 independently and ha'e little or no

    super'ision and hence there is no redundancy to pre'enthu*an error6

     This resulted in se'eral unsuccessful inspections 1hich failedto locate a detectale siGed fati+ue crac5 located in a critical

    area of the fan dis56

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    4n =uly $%%E, a Delta irlines @i+ht suered an uncontained

    en+ine failure durin+ routine ta5e o fro* Pensacola airport6 The left hand side nu*er $ en+ine: a Pratt ! hitney =T>D-2$% on the IcDonnell Dou+las ID>> 1as destroyed durin+the incident6

     The front co*pressor front hu (fan hu) suered acatastrophic )ati"ue )ailure6

    ?ncontained en+ine deris penetrated the rear fusela+e onthe left hand side and tra+ically t1o people 1ere 5illed, one

    person on the other side of the aisle suered serious in0uriesand one passen+er sustained serious in0uries durin+ thecain e'acuation6

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     The NTSB in'esti+ation re'ealed that the failed titaniu* fan

    hu had )racture' ra'iall! in t1o places: one of the radialfractures contained a )ati"ue crac/ that ori+inated at t1olocations on the inoard side in a tie rod hole, at 767%** and$#6/#** fro* the aft ed+e of the tie rod hole respecti'ely6

     The fati+ue fracture extended >** radially inoard to1ardsthe centre of the en+ine, the rest of the fracture surface 1asconsidered to e the catastrophic nal o'erstress failure6

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     The last inspection that the accident hu recei'ed 1as a

    .uorescent $enetrant ins$ection carried out in ctoer$%% y a Delta airlines le'el $ certied penetrant inspector1ith $$ *onths experience6

     The F inspected the Delta airlines testin+ facility and

    deter*ined that there 1as no assurance that parts recei'edy penetrant inspectors 1ere clean enou+h for an ade8uatepenetrant test36

     The hus 1ere not pre cleaned prior to penetrant testin+ y8ualied NDT inspectors: they 1ere cleaned y shop @oorcleanin+ operati'es 1ith no NDT trainin+ and 1ho 1ere not*ade a1are of the criticality of the en+ine co*ponents andthe end purpose for 1hich the co*ponents 1ere ein+cleaned36

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     The nal cleanin+ operations in'ol'ed i**ersin+ parts in a

    hot 1ater rinse and then @ash dryin+6

    For @ash dryin+ to 1or5 eecti'ely and lea'e no 1atertrapped in any discontinuities that 1ould pre'ent penetrantenterin+ the discontinuity, the part *ust reach thete*perature of the 1ater 1hich *ust e et1een EJC to%JC6

    Cleanin+ operati'es did not *easure part te*perature andused only their sense of touch to feel if the part 1as hotenou+h: the 1ater te*perature 1as only chec5ed on a

    1ee5ly asis6

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     The report also loo5ed at hu*an factors as a potential cause

    of the crac5 ein+ *issed: these hus are 'ery lar+e and area 'ery co*plicated shape and can ta5e #/ *inutes to t1ohours to inspect fully6

    ny distraction durin+ this period could cause the inspector

    to fail to resu*e the inspection 1here he left o, and 1ithpenetrant inspection unless you physically *ar5 an area youdo not 5no1 if it has een inspected or not6

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    Delta inspectors did not *ar5 inspected areas or use a +rid

    pattern to assist inspection6

     The NTSB also considered that there 1as a lo1 expectationa*on+st inspectors of ndin+ a crac5: the super'isor statedthat he 1as not a1are that any crac5s had e'er een found

    on this type of hu at Delta6

     The conclusion 1as that in-attentional lindness could ha'ecaused the inspector to o'erloo5 or *ini*ise thesi+nicance of an indication6

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     The NTSB concluded that the proale cause of the

    accident 1as

    • the )ailure o) the .uorescent $enetrantins$ection $rocess to 'etect a 'etecta,le )ati"uecrac/ initiatin+ fro* an area of altered *icrostructure

    that 1as created durin+ the drillin+ process and• lac/ o) su*cient re'un'anc! in the in&ser(ice

    ins$ection $ro"ra#6

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    Ne0t lets ha(e a loo/ at so#e e0a#$les o)how I ha(e seen NDT not 'one correctl!-

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    Ensure !ou are correctl! certi1e' )or the wor/

    !ou are ,ein" as/e' to 'o-

    Case Stu'!2 n aerospace *anufacturer supplyin+ to anen+ine *anufacturer uses an "N #$7% certicationsche*e < (e*ployer ased certication) used NDT

    contractors 1ho held "N #$7% certication issued y theire*ployer6 The 1ritten practice of the aerospace*anufacturer has not een co*plied 1ith and thecontractors 1ere not correctly certied to test parts6

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    •  The parts they had penetrant tested under1ent further*anufacturin+ operations 1hich *eant the parts could

    not e re-tested y correctly certied NDT personnel6

    •  The en+ine *anufacturer 1ould not accept the K2//5

    of parts tested y the contractors and one indi'idualleft the co*pany o'er the issue6

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    Ensure !our e!e si"ht is teste' annuall!-

    Case Stu'!2 Durin+ a routine audit of an NDT facilitythe 'ision test certicate of one indi'idual hadexpired so*e 1ee5s pre'iously and the operator had

    tested *any parts that 1ere supplied to anaerospace facility6

    s his 'ision test 1as o'erdue his certication shouldha'e een suspended and he should not ha'e tested

    any parts until he had passed an eye test6

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    hen the custo*er 1as infor*ed, they sent ac5 allthe parts tested y the inspector fro* the date his'ision certicate had expired and de*anded it 1asre-tested at the suppliersL expense6

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    Ensure !ou un'erstan' an' co#$l! with NDT

    techni+ues an' $roce'ures-

    Case Stu'!2 client conducted an audit of a suppliers NDT

    facility and 1atched an operator inspectin+ so*e of their

    parts6 The operator did not follo1 the appro'ed NDT

    techni8ue and therefore did not correctly test the part6

     The auditor t1ice as5ed the operator at the conclusion of

    the inspection if he 1as happy that he had fully co*pleted

    the inspection and the operator said yes6

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     The client de*anded the operatorLs certication 1asi**ediately suspended and that all *aterial he hadtested for the* had to e re-inspected6 The inspector leftthe co*pany o'er the issue6

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    Case Stu'!2 Iany penetrant testin+ processspecications specify usin+ a sol'ent 1ipe techni8ue toe'aluate indications6 The process specications usuallyspecify 1ipin+ once and only once across the indication1ith a sol'ent da*ped cotton s1a and then applyin+

    de'eloper6

    n *any occasions durin+ NDCP co*pliance auditsNDT inspectors ha'e een seen to 1ipe across indications

    *ore than once thus incurrin+ a non-confor*ance6

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    Ensure !ou carr! out shi)t chec/s correctl!-

    Case Stu'!2 Durin+ an audit of the NDT facility of a

    co*pany that produces *otorsport racin+ en+ines, the

    shift chec5 lo+ 1as re'ie1ed and the result recorded for

    ?M- inspection la*p irradiance 1as exactly the sa*e

    +ure for e'ery day for six *onths6

     The operator 1as then as5ed to de*onstrate the test and

    the result 1as approxi*ately half the 'alue of the recorded

    +ure for the test carried out3 only an hour earlier6

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    Further in'esti+ation re'ealed other clear instances1here the operator 1as not carryin+ out the shift

    chec5s 0ust 1ritin+ do1n nu*ers in the lo+ sheet6

     The operator 1as dis*issed y his e*ployer for

    unethical eha'iour6

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    Ensure !ou un'erstan' how to use NDT

    e+ui$#ent-

    Case Stu'!2 *anufacturin+ co*pany had nu*erous

    custo*er co*plaints of defecti'e *aterial ein+ deli'ered6

     The co*pany la*ed the NDT inspectors and called *e in

    to carry out refresher trainin+6

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     The inspection area on the shop @oor 1as di*ly lit fro*

    hi+h o'erhead li+htin+, 1hen this 1as chec5ed 1ith aphoto*eter a readin+ of only $$/ lux 1as oser'ed, the

    process specication re8uired a *ini*u* of $/// lux6

     The technician 1as *isreadin+ the photo*eter y a factor

    of $/ and clai*ed ho1 he 1as readin+ it 1as ho1 he had

    een instructed to do so y the pre'ious 8uality *ana+er6

     The technician 1as then instructed ho1 to use this

    e8uip*ent correctly6

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    nce ne1 li+htin+ 1as installed the fre8uency of custo*er

    co*plaints 1as reduced si+nicantly6

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    Ensure !ou ne(er )or"et NDT #etho' ,asics-

    Case Stu'! 32 *a+netic particle testin+ techni8ue usin+

    ench e8uip*ent 1as raised y a &e'el 2 and su*itted for

    &e'el appro'al6

     The techni8ue stated testin+ the part usin+ *a+netic @o1

    follo1ed y a coil shot, this of course is asically testin+ the

    part t1ice usin+ lon+itudinal *a+netisation and the part

    1ould not e tested for defects in all possile orientations6

    Had this techni8ue een used defecti'e parts could ha'e

    ended up on an aircraft6

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    Case Stu'! 42 &e'el 2 NDT inspector raised a techni8uefor *a+netic particle testin+ and su*itted it for appro'al6

    ?pon re'ie1 it 1as noted that the part 1as *ade oftitaniu* The data card 1as re0ected6

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    Case Stu'! 52 Durin+ an audit a *a+netic particle testin+

    data card for ench e8uip*ent 1as re'ie1ed, it 1as notedthat the parts tested 1ith this data card 1ere *ade ofaustenitic stainless steel6

     The data card had een used to test3 these parts for o'er

    t1o years

    perators 1ere usin+ correct test pieces to carry out shiftchec5s ut 1ere not usin+ @ux indicators on the parts undertest6

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    Case stu'! 62 n audit 1as carried out on a facility

    *anufacturin+ car en+ine parts that 1as usin+ an auto*atic*a+netic particle testin+ *achine6

    4t 1as noted that the current @o1 shot stopped efore theauto*atic @o1 of in5 stopped and 1as asically 1ashin+

    any indications a1ay as de*onstrated 1hen a @ux indicator1as applied6

    No defects had e'er een found 1hilst this e8uip*ent hadeen in operation6

     The ti*in+ of in5 application 1as a*ended and theinspectors started ndin+ defects for the rst ti*e6

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    Case stu'! 72 Durin+ a perfor*ance re'ie1 of an NDTinspector usin+ @uorescent penetrant it 1as noted that he1as 1earin+ photochro*atic spectacles in the ?M-inspection area6

    He had een usin+ these spectacles for se'eral *onths6

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    8ee$ an e!e out )or unethical ,eha(iour

    Case Stu'!2 Durin+ an audit of an NDT facility co*pletedfollo1er cards 1ere re'ie1ed6 The NDT penetrant testin+operation had een sta*ped o 1ith the sta*p of an NDTinspector that had died se'eral *onths pre'iously6

     The in'esti+ation found that a non NDT certied *e*er ofsta had otained the sta*p and 1as usin+ it to speed upproduction6

    Considerale 8uantities of parts had een despatched to

    custo*ers 1ithout any NDT inspection

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    Durin" NDT au'its 'on9t $anic :ust 'o !our :o,

    nor#all!

    Case Stu'!2 s an oser'er durin+ a NDCP *a+neticparticle testin+ co*pliance audit, it 1as oser'ed that a youn+inspector 1as 'ery ner'ous6

    He 1as testin+ so*e s*all parts in the heads of a ench unitand *ade the *ista5e of handlin+ the parts efore he hadinspected the* under the ?M- inspection la*p6

     The auditor 1rote this up as a non-confor*ance and the

    inspector had to ha'e a trainin+ session as part of thecorrecti'e actions6

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    Ensure non NDT in'i(i'uals 'o not a,use or use

    NDT e+ui$#ent-

    Case Stu'!2 Durin+ a su**er shutdo1n of a factory, the

    factory @oor recei'ed a shiny ne1 coat of paint, certain

    shop @oor indi'iduals 1ho after1ards refused to identifythe*sel'es used the @uorescent in5 ath of the *a+netic

    particle testin+ *achine to clean their rushes6

    2// litres of @uorescent in5 had to e replaced and a full

    shift had to e spent cleanin+ the *achine6

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    Case Stu'!2 lar+e for+in+ 1as tested 1ith penetrant anda lar+e crac5 1as found6

    shop @oor handy*an 1as assi+ned to re-1or5 the for+in+y +rindin+ 1ith an NDT inspector retestin+ the +round areato ensure it 1as cleared6

    fter se'eral sessions of +rindin+ and retestin+ 1ithoutclearin+ the defect the NDT inspector 1ent for a lunchrea56 hen he returned fro* lunch the for+in+ 1as on theac5 of a lorry6

     The handy*an had tested3 the +round area and decidedthe defect 1as clear6

    He had in fact uried the defect under a thic5 layer ofde'eloper and further +rindin+ 1as re8uired6

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    8ee$ an e!e o$en )or the une0$ecte'-

    Case Stu'!2 Durin+ an audit of a @uorescent penetranttestin+ facility, a &e'el 2 inspector 1as de*onstratin+ ho1to carry out a test for @uorescent penetrant conta*inationy ta5in+ a sa*ple of penetrant in a +lass ea5er and'ie1in+ this sa*ple6

    hen 4 loo5ed into the penetrant tan5 4 sa1 so*ethin+ onthe tan5 otto*, the inspector put his hand in and retrie'eda ro5en tue fro* a @uorescent strip li+ht6

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    s these li+hts ha'e coatin+s on the inside of the tue thepenetrant had to e discarded, the tan5 cleaned andreplenished 1ith fresh penetrant6

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    Ensure !ou re(iew e+ui$#ent cali,rationcerti1cates-

    Case Stu'!2 4t is fairly co**on that photo*eters andradio*eters ha'e to e ad0usted y caliration en+ineers torin+ the* 1ithin tolerance of the rele'ant standards6

    .e'ie1 caliration certicates and see if they ha'e an asrecei'ed condition3 1hich exceeds *andated tolerancere8uire*ents i6e6 O and then an after ad0ust*ent+ure3 1hich does co*ply 1ith re8uired tolerances6 4f this isthe case a ris5 assess*ent is to e carried out6

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    For exa*ple in the as recei'ed condition a radio*eter has

    an accuracy of Q $/, this *eans that it is readin+ the ?M- output fro* inspection la*ps $/ hi+her than the actualla*p output: $///Rc* as read is actually only%//Rc*6

    ris5 assess*ent 1ould re8uire re'ie1in+ the shift chec5results for ?M- la*p output since the pre'ious radio*etercaliration and nd the lo1est la*p output readin+,sutract $/ fro* this +ure and if this is still ao'e the*ini*u* re8uired y the rele'ant standard there is noi*pact on product6

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    Ensure !ou use e+ui$#ent correctl!-

    Case Stu'! 32 "lectro*a+netic yo5es should e chec5ed1ith a test 1ei+ht to deter*ine if the liftin+ po1er of theyo5e is suAcient6

    Durin+ audits it is co**on to see NDT inspectors usin+ @uxindicator strips 1ith electro*a+netic yo5es and ne+lectin+to use the test 1ei+ht6

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     The prole* is that if you put a @ux indicator on any surface

    e'en non ferro*a+netic *aterials such as a piece of 1ood ora slice of read, spray in5 and ener+ise the electro*a+netthe *a+netic @ux et1een the poles 1ill for* an indicationon the @ux indicator < clearly 1e canLt test a plan5 of 1ood

    @ux indicator 1ith an electro*a+net can only sho1 @uxdirection, 1hich 1e should 5no1 any1ay ut 1ill notdeter*ine if the @ux density is ade8uate6

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    Case Stu'! 42 Durin+ a perfor*ance re'ie1 an operator

    1as as5ed to test a part in a *a+netic particle testin+ench6

    He set up a current @o1 shot and placed a @ux indicator onthe part ut in the 1ron+ direction, 1hen no indication

    for*ed he stated the *achine 1as not 1or5in+6

    He 1as then e*arrassed 1hen instructed to turn the stripat %/ de+rees to the rst orientation and three stron+indications suddenly appeared6

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    A(oi' 'istractions 'urin" testin"

    Case Stu'!2 n operator 1as distracted y an ur+enttelephone call half1ay throu+h *a+netic particle inspectionof a lar+e for+in+6

    hen he returned to the 0o he thou+ht he had co*pletedthe inspection and released it to the next operation6

    nother *e*er of sta spotted a crac5 in the untested halfof the for+in+ so*e ti*e later6

    Iar5in+ tested areas on lar+e parts can help stop this typeof *ista5e6

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    Don9t :ust loo/ )or s#all 'iscontinuities

    Case Stu'!2 n aero en+ine shaft 1as returned fro* acusto*er that had een in-ser'ice in an en+ine for so*eti*e6

    Durin+ a routine en+ine strip do1n the shaft 1as testedusin+ *a+netic particle techni8ues and a crac5approxi*ately $//** lon+ 1as found6

    Ietallur+ical analysis deter*ined that this 1as not an in-ser'ice defect it 1as a *anufacturin+ defect and fortunately

    had not propa+ated durin+ ser'ice6

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     The co*pany that *ade the shaft concluded that NDTinspectors seldo* found defects on these co*ponents and1hen they did they 1ere only 2 < ** lon+ *axi*u*6

     The crac5 1as runnin+ circu*ferentially and *ay ha'eeen *ista5en for a *achinin+ line as the inspectors ne'er

    expected a crac5 that i+ to e found6

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    Ensure !ou are correctl! traine' to o$erate NDT

    e+ui$#ent

    Case Stu'!2 perfor*ance re'ie1 1as carried out on a NDTinspector 1ho 1as usin+ a *a+netic particle testin+ enchunit6

     The inspector put a part in the ench sprayed in5 on it andstarted inspectin+ it 1ith a ?M- inspection la*p6 He had notpressed the utton to ener+ise the current

    hen as5ed 1hy he said he had ne'er een told to press the

    utton and did not 5no1 1hat it 1as for6

    orryin+ly he had een testin+3 1or5 li5e this for o'er ayear

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    ;e aware o) hu#an )actors in NDT The reliaility of NDT can e si+nicantly in@uenced y theen'iron*ent in 1hich parts are processed and inspected6

    Consideration of hu*an factors is an i*portant ele*ent in

    achie'in+ process capaility6

    Hu*an factors are typically dependent on a lar+e nu*er ofin@uences such as fati+ue, en'iron*ent, stress andco*plexity of tas56

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    How can these hu#an )actors ,e a''resse'%

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    Conclusions

    IT and PT are in +eneral easy *ethods to +et ri+ht ut as 1eha'e seen in this presentation there are *any pitfalls 1e need toa'oid, unfortunately it can e all too easy to +et NDT 1ron+6

    • e *ust ne'er e co*placent,

    • e *ust ne'er cut corners,

    • e *ust +uard a+ainst *a5in+ *ista5es6

    e #ust ne(er )or"et how i#$ortant NDT is=ulti#atel! $eo$les li(es 'e$en' on us to "et NDT

    ri"ht-

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    THAN8 YOU

    For *ore infor*ation please contact9

    Phil .a1pUra1Vi*eche6or+

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