NON-DESTRUCTIVE

TESTING
 ABSTRACT
In order to evaluate the component without causing
damage is the principle of Non Destructive Testing
(NDT), Non Destructive Inspection (NDI), Non
Destructive Evaluation (NDE).
It is a highly valuable technique that can save both
money and time in product evaluation, trouble
shooting.
It is very difficult to weld or mold a solid object that
has the risk of breaking in service, so testing at
manufacture and during use is often essential. During
the process of casting a metal object, for example,
the metal may shrink as it cools, and crack or
introduce voids inside the structure. During their
service lives, many industrial components need
regular nondestructive tests to detect damage that
may be difficult or expensive to find by everyday
 INTRODUCTION
Nondestructive testing (NDT) is the process of inspecting,
testing, or evaluating materials, components or assemblies for
discontinuities, or differences in characteristics without
destroying the serviceability of the part or system. In other
words, when the inspection or test is completed the part can
still be used.
 TYPES OF NDT
 LIQUID PENETRATION TESTING (LPT)

 MAGNETIC PARTICLE TESTING (MPT)

 ULTRASONIC TESTING (UT)

 RADIOGRAPHY TESTING (RT)

 LIQUID PENETRANT
TESTING
Liquid Penetrant Testing (LPT), also called Dye
Penetrant Inspection (DPI) and Penetrant Testing
(PT), is widely used to detect surface defects in
castings, forging, welding, material cracks,
porosities and possible fatigue failure areas.
The material is cleaned and then coated with a visible or
fluorescent dye solution. Technicians remove the excess
solution after waiting for a specified time (Dwell Time)
than he/she applies a developer to the material. The
developer acts like a blotter, pulling the dye solutions out
of the imperfections due to the Capillary action.
Visible dyes will show a sharp contrast between penetrant
and developer making the “bleedout” easy to see.
Fluorescent dyes are viewed with an ultraviolet lamp,
which makes the “bleedout” fluoresce brightly reveling any
material imperfections.
 MAGNETIC PARTICLE
TESTING
Magnetic particle Inspection (MPI) is a non
destructive testing (NDT) process for detecting
surface and slightly sub-surface
discontinuities
in ferrom. agnetic materials such as iron, nickel, cobalt,
and some of their alloys. The process puts a
magnetic field into the part. The piece can be
magnetized by direct or indirect magnetization.
 The first step in a magnetic particle inspection is to
magnetize the component that is to be inspected. If any
defects on or near the surface are present, the defects
will create a leakage field. After the component has
been magnetized, iron particles, either in a dry or wet
suspended form, are applied to the surface of the
magnetized part. The particles will be attracted and
cluster at the flux leakage fields, thus forming a visible
indication that the inspector can detect.
The inspection medium shall consist of finely divided Ferro- Magnetic
particles, which may be suspended in a suitable liquid medium
(wet method) or used in dry powder form (dry method).

 In dry method, dry particles are used for examination of large forgings
and castings. The powder is sprinkled over the surface by using a
powder blower operated at low-pressure. The air stream shall be so
controlled that it does not disturb or remove lightly held powder
patterns.
 In wet method the inspection medium may be flowed, sprayed or
brushed over the surface of the specimen under inspection or may be
immersed in an agitated bath of inspection medium.
 In the wet method,
• The basic principle is to magnetize the ferro-magnetic work piece.
• The magnetic field lines run parallel to the surface of the work
piece.
• The magnetic field lines must be perpendicular or at certain angle to the
defect, if not there wont be any leakage and the defect will remain
undetected.
• As the magnetic field lines run horizontally across the surface, the cracks
or defects which are vertical are detected well.
• To inspect the work piece completely we need to change the direction
(circular magnetic field) of the magnetic field by which the defects in
horizontal direction are detected.
 ULTRASONIC TESTING
Ultrasonic testing (UT) is a type of non-destructive
testing techniques based on the propagation
of ultrasonic waves in the object or material
tested. In
most common UT applications, very short ultrasonic
pulse-waves with center frequencies ranging from
0.1- 15 MHz, and occasionally up to 50 MHz, are
transmitted into materials to detect internal flaws or to
characterize materials.
 The conversion of electrical pulses to mechanical vibrations and
the conversion of returned mechanical vibrations back into
electrical energy is the basis for ultrasonic testing. The active
element is the transducer as it converts the electrical energy to
mechanical vibrations, and vice versa. This phenomena is
known as piezoelectric effect.
 In ultrasonic testing, ultrasound transducer connected to a
diagnostic machine is passed over the object being
inspected. The transducer is typically separated from the test
object by a couplant (such as oil) or by water, as in
immersion testing.
 Ultrasound waves are generated by piezo-electric effect
transducer, which convert electric oscillation into mechanical
vibration and vice-versa.
 As the wave travels through the material, it may get
reflected, refracted, scattered or transmitted depending up
on the condition within in the material. From defective
location, the wave get reflected or attenuated.
 The signals are picked up by the transducer and recorded
for display as time pulse-height pattern on a Cathode Ray
Tube (CRT) screen. Spacing between pulses and height of
pulses are interpreted in terms of relative location size of the
flaw in material.
 RADIOGRAPHIC TESTING
• Radiographic Testing (RT), or industrial radiography, is a
nondestructive testing (NDT) method of inspecting materials for
hidden flaws by using the ability of short wavelength
electromagnetic radiation (high energy photons) to penetrate
various materials.
• Either an X-ray machine or a radioactive source (Ir-192, Co-60,
or in rare cases Cs-137) can be used as a source of photons
This can see very different things from X-rays, because
neutrons can pass with ease through lead and steel but are
stopped by plastics, water and oils.
 X-ray tube consists of a glass bulb under vacuum,
enclosing an anode and a cathode. The cathode
comprise a filament which when brought to
incandescence by a current of few amperes emits
electrons. Under the effect of electrical tension set
between the anode and cathode, these electrons from
the cathode are attracted to anode.
This stream of electrons is concentrated in a beam by
a
cylinder or a focusing cup. The anti-cathode is a strip
of metal with high melting point seceded into the
anode
at the place where it is struck by the beam electrons.
It
is by impinging on the anti-cathode that the fast
moving electrons give X-rays .
 IMAGE QUALITY INDICATORS
Image quality indicators also called Penetrameters, are the
devices to judge the quality of a radiograph. This is measured
in terms of radiographic sensitivity. Smaller the numerical
value of radiographic sensitivity better is the radiographic
quality.
 Types of Penetrameters
• Plate Type: This consists of a plate of uniform thickness in
which three drilled holes of diameters equal to 1T, 2T, 4T are
made (T is thickness of the plate).
• Wire Type: These are sets of up to six wires in one
Penetrameters. The wires are made of steel or Aluminum or of
a material similar to that of the object under inspection.
 NATURE OF DEVELOPER:

Radiographic developers are aqueous solutions containing four

major components, which react with silver bromide, when
exposed films are immersed in them.
The developing agent, The accelerator the preservative

 THE DEVELOPING AGENT:

These substances when dissolved in alkaline solution can
distinguish between the exposed and the unexposed crystals of
silver bromide and can reduce the exposed silver bromide to
metallic silver.
Three commonly used developing
agents are: 1.Methol
2. Hydroquinone
3. Phenidone
 CONCLUSION
NDT TECHNIQUE NATURE OF DEFECT
 Liquid penetrant testing. • Surface and sub-surface
defects.
• Surface and slightly sub-
 Magnetic particle testing.
surface defects in
ferromagnetic materials.

 Ultrasonic testing. • Sub-surface and interstitial

defects.
 Radiography testing. • Surface and sub-surface
defects