Ultrasonic Testing in lieu of Radiographic Testing
              Martin van den Heuvel  MISI-Consultancy
                 KINT Symposium October2019
                     Agenda
           UltrasonicTesting in lieu of Radiographic Testing:   ‘UT ilo RT’
           ▪ NIL ThinPlate
           ▪ Innovationin NDT
           The case for change
           ▪ WhyuseUT iloRT
           ▪ SuitableUT Techniques
           Business Cases
           ▪ Project
           ▪ Maintenance
           Way forward
           ▪ Collaboration
                         UT in lieu of RT:  historic information
             NIL Thin Plate project 1992
               Objectives
               ▪  To assess the reliability of mechanized ultrasonic inspection. in comparison with the 'standard' non-destructive 
                  inspection techniques (i.e. standard radiography and manual UT) for detection of defects in welds in steel plate in 
                  the wall thickness range 6-15 mm.
               ▪  To contribute to the development of suitable acceptance/rejectance criteria and, if necessary, initiate their 
                  implementation criteria in national and international regulations on non-destructive testing
               Conclusion
               ▪ The detection reliability of mechanized ultrasonic testing techniques is at least as good as but usually 
                  better than that of conventional non-destructive testing techniques such as manual ultrasonic testing 
                  and standard radiography.
               Improvements since 1992
               ▪  Mechanized (PA)UT is standardized and thus reliable Automated UT (AUT) and semi-automated UT with encoded 
                  scan enables permanent record keeping of UT inspection data
               ▪  Data storage is now common practice
            Innovation in NDT (These Wassink 2012)
      Key points
      ▪ It takes a long time to develop and 
        implement changes in NDT 
        applications
      ▪ Collaboration of all parties is key, 
        the Cyclic Innovation Model is a 
        way to shorten the time
      ▪ Entrepreneurs are needed to make 
        it a success