CASES OF ASME BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE
CASE
2558
Approval Data: December 30, 2008,
Code Cases will remain available for use until snnutod
by ine wppicable Standards Comvmitiee,
Case 2558
Use of Manual Phased Array E-Scan Ultrasonic Exan
nation Per Article 4
Section V
Inquiry: Under what conditions and limitations may
manual phased array ultrasonic examination be utilized pet
Section V, Article 4 when utilizing Fascans! with raster
scanning?
Reply: Wis the opinion of the Committee that weld
‘examinations may be performed using manual phased array
E-scan ultrasonic (PA-UT) techniques utilizing a fixed
tangle electronic raster with manual scanning, provided that
all of the following additional requirements are met:
(4) Amplitude Control Linearity checks shall be per:
formed on each pulser-receiver circuit in the ultrasonic unit.
(b) Bewm Calibration. All individusll heams used in the
‘exumination shall be calibrated 0 provice measurement
‘of distance and amplitude correction over the sound path
employed in the examination, This shatl include applicable
compensation for wedge sound path vatiations and wedge
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(€) Calibration may also be performed on other reflec
tors besides side drilled holes, ¢ notches, when permitted,
by the referencing code.
(cd) The foal law” 19 be used during examination shall
bo used for calibration
fe) In audition to the essential variables listed in ‘Table
‘TA21 and the data required to be recorded per T-492, the
following parameters shall be considered essential
variables and recorded!
(/) element pitch and gap dimensions"
(2) focus tidentify plane, depth or sound path as
applicable)
(3) virtwal aperture size, Le. number of elemeuts and
‘element width
(4) element numbers used for focal laws
(5 inspection angle(s) used, and
(6) sean patterns used*
(This Case number shall be shown on the
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