Equipment for inspection of austenitic stainless steel pipe welds

Conference · Mon Aug 20 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:5814157

Boehmer, W. D.; Horn, J. E.

A computer controlled ultrasonic scanning system and a data acquisition and analysis system have been developed to perform the inservice inspection of welds in stainless steel sodium piping in the Fast Flux Test Facility. The scanning equipment consists of a six axis motion mechanism and control system which allows full articulation of an ultrasonic transducer as it follows the circumferential pipe welds. The data acquisition and analysis system consists of high speed ultrasonic waveform digitizing equipment, dedicated processors to perform on-line analysis, and data storage and display equipment.

• Research Organization: Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-14-2170
• OSTI ID: 5814157
• Report Number(s): HEDL-SA-1932; CONF-791008-4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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