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    Formed Metal - Al Plate UT1 Pictorial

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    1) Place an aluminum plate on a work surface and calibrate an ultrasonic transducer according to standard procedures. 2) Scan specified areas of the plate with the transducer at a gain of +6dB and mark any areas that show indications exceeding 20% of full screen height for further analysis. 3) Locate and size any indications found by moving the transducer until the signal amplitude drops to half the initial value, marking the probe position. Evaluate the amplitude of any indications compared to the reference level.

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    1) Place an aluminum plate on a work surface and calibrate an ultrasonic transducer according to standard procedures. 2) Scan specified areas of the plate with the transducer at a gain of +6dB and mark any areas that show indications exceeding 20% of full screen height for further analysis. 3) Locate and size any indications found by moving the transducer until the signal amplitude drops to half the initial value, marking the probe position. Evaluate the amplitude of any indications compared to the reference level.

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    1) Place an aluminum plate on a work surface and calibrate an ultrasonic transducer according to standard procedures. 2) Scan specified areas of the plate with the transducer at a gain of +6dB and mark any areas that show indications exceeding 20% of full screen height for further analysis. 3) Locate and size any indications found by moving the transducer until the signal amplitude drops to half the initial value, marking the probe position. Evaluate the amplitude of any indications compared to the reference level.

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    Formed Metal - Al Plate UT1 Pictorial

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    Siggy Lai
    1) Place an aluminum plate on a work surface and calibrate an ultrasonic transducer according to standard procedures. 2) Scan specified areas of the plate with the transducer at a gain of +6dB and mark any areas that show indications exceeding 20% of full screen height for further analysis. 3) Locate and size any indications found by moving the transducer until the signal amplitude drops to half the initial value, marking the probe position. Evaluate the amplitude of any indications compared to the reference level.

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    Formed Metal Inspection of Aluminum Plate

    1) Place the plate on work surface to ensure you have the orientation (X-Y; A-B) correct as shown below.

    A B

    2) Calibrate the range with a ASTM D-A block (XXXX-X-0025); for straight beam transducer to 50mm
    100

    80

    Set Velocity
    60

    Set Range 40

    Zero Probe 20

    0 20 40 60 80 100

    3) Using the test piece set the first back wall echo to 80% FSH; this the reference level

    100

    Get the ref dB


    80

    60

    40

    20

    0 20 40 60 80 100
    4) Scan the specified areas with the straight beam at +6dB looking for any indication that exceed the 20%
    FSH as per the worksheet. Mark the suspect area(s) on the edges as shown below for further
    investigation.

    Mark the suspect areas


    for further investigation

    5) Once the indication (discontinuity) is found, locate it and size the indication using the 6dB drop.
    Maximise the signal to a “convenient” amplitude (say 80% FSH). Move the probe until the signal drop to
    ½ the initial amplitude (ie. 80% to 40% - 6dB drop). Mark the centre of the probe with a pencil. Move
    the other direction the other drop at ½ the initial amplitude (the other 40%) and mark the centre of the
    probe – see below.

    40%

    80%

    40%
    6) Evaluation

    From step (5), get the indication (signal) amplitude or if it exceeds reference level/gain/DAC, bring it
    down to reference (ie. 80% FSH). Calculate the difference, X;
    X = Reference gain – Indication gain @ Ref Level
    eg. X = 40 – 30.5 = 9.5 dB
    Then substitute into formula;
    x/20
    % signal amplitude to reference = 10 (x 100%)
    9.5/20
    = 10 (x 100%)
    = 2.985 (x 100%)
    ≂ 300%

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