3.

Technical condition assessment

of the welds of various types,
using modern automatic devices
for ultrasonic control

Vladimir F. Chaburkin, Doctor of Science

AUTOMATED NON-DESTRUCTIVE ULTRASONIC CONTROL
Service Description
Automated ultrasonic
testing of welded joints of
equipment and pipelines
made of perlite and
austenitic steels.
Examination of defective
equipment parts and
pipelines and establishing
actual defect parameters.
Evaluation of dander level
in defective equipment
components and
assessment of the
equipment and pipeline
work-life resource.
Monitoring of the
equipment and pipeline's
technical conditions.
Characteristics of Objects Presented
Documentation
Test reports.
Classification of the welded
joint flaws.
Experts’ findings on the type,
The material thickness: in location, size, and position of
excess of 5 mm. the defect.
Pipeline diameters: 100 mm
and more – up to the flatness. Experts’ findings on the
Types of welded joints: admissibility of the current
circular, longitudinal. loads (based on the Strength
Reports).
Experts’ findings on how the
defect parameters change in
the process of operation.
THE ALGORITHM FOR CONTROL AND EVALUATION OF
WELD JOINT CONDITIONS
Regular ultrasonic control at a
higher sensitivity level Unfit according
(+6 ÷ 12db) to the current
Manual or Automated standards
control control

Expert data analysis

Unfit according
to the current
standards
Expert control of
Periodic defective zones
monitoring

Strength analysis and

resource evaluation

Fit during a Unfit

certain time
TO OPERATION period
T O BE
REPAIRED
 THE RESOLUTION OF THE HOLOGRAPHIC AND
TRADITIONAL CONTROL

Holographic control
Resolution, mm

Traditional control

Thickness of the metal, mm

 ULTRASONIC CONTROL
OF A GAS PUMP STATION PIPELINE

An image of a pipe joint A microsection of a pipe joint,

discontinuity, ∅ 219х13 mm ∅ 219х13 mm
GENERAL VIEW OF THE ULTRASONIC CONTROL SYSTEM
 THE SCANNING DEVICES

The scanner (tracking)

for pipelines with the
diameter more then
300 mm

The scanner (chain) for

pipelines with the
diameter up to 300 mm
 EXAMINATION OF TECHNICAL CONDITION OF OIL PIPELINES

Classification of flaws detected by complex Distribution of dimensions of flaws detected by

ultrasonic testing of oil pipeline circular welds. complex ultrasonic testing of oil pipeline
circular welds.
10 % 9 %
3%
0,7 % Defect type 8% Length > 25mm 66 %
Point
Three- unidentified Length < 25mm Height > 2 mm Length < 25mm
defects
dimensional Height > 2 mm Height < 2 mm
type

6%
Two-
73 % 17 %
dimensional
Lack of penetration Length > 25mm
type
Height < 2 mm
 ULTRASONIC CONTROL OF WELD JOINTS
AT GAS PUMP STATIONS

A scanner inspecting pipelines The control operator’s work place.

200 to 1400 mm in diameter.
THE VOLUME OF THE COMPLEX ULTRASONIC TESTING OF
THE WELDED JOINTS OF PIPELINES OF THE NUCLEAR
POWER PLANT UNITS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

The typical The welds The welds, The welds,

size of for expert subjected to the repaired according
periodical to the results of
pipeline testing monitoring the strength
analysis
∅ 300 763 374 85
∅ 800 385 105 18
∅ 850 66 - -
Total 1214 479 103
THE SCOPE OF COMPREHENSIVE (CONVENTIONAL AND
EXPERT) ULTRASONIC CONTROL OF WELD JOINTS AT
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Pipeline Total Defective Admissible Welds for Sent to be

standard size number welds Disccontinuity expert control repaired
of weld detected welds detected and strength
joints by USC by USC analysis
The ∅ 850 х 65 40 0 14 14 0
first ∅ 1200 х 75 8 5 1 8 0
circuit
∅ 630 х 25 198 17 42 80 1
∅ 530 х 75 214 2 12 14 0
The ∅ 426 х 28 216 73 17 94 1
second ∅ 325 х 19 157 28 14 42 0
circuit ∅ 273 х 16 80 20 4 24 0
∅ 219 х 13 43 12 5 17 1
Total 956 157 109 293 3