Development of standards for full matrix capture/total focusing method ultrasonic technique
C Wassink1 and D Chauveau2
1Eddyfi Technologies, 3425 Rue Pierre-Ardouin, Québec G1P 0B3, Canada
Tel: 31 (0)654 350 235; Email: cwassink@eddyfi.com
2Institut de Soudure, 90 Rue des Vanesses, 93420 Villepinte, France
Email: d.chauveau@isgroupe.com
Standards are the main way in which product safety is regulated. Most NDT is performed to standards to check the integrity or safety of an object. In some regulated domains, for example pressure equipment, it is almost impossible to have adoption of new technology at all without a standard. For this reason, it is important for new NDT technology to be standardised,to facilitate adoption by end-users. In this paper, an overview will be presented of the different standards that need to be developed for a new technology, for example technique description, equipment standards, personnel qualification and application standards. The status of development of standards for full matrix capture/total focusing method (FMC/TFM) in different standardisation bodies will then be presented, emphasising the development of new ISO standards (ISO/DIS 23864 for weld testing and ISO/DIS 23865 as a general technique description).
Examples of implementation and verification of FMC/TFM in a procedure for weld testing according to the new ISO standards will be presented. With these examples, the main issues discussed in the development of the above standards will be explored.
Examples of implementation and verification of FMC/TFM in a procedure for weld testing according to the new ISO standards will be presented. With these examples, the main issues discussed in the development of the above standards will be explored.
