In: Mechanical Engineering
Justify selection of a non-destructive testing method to be used for inspection of welds on a 3m high 2m diameter steel storage tank on a remote worksite.
Since the work is at remote site and tank is not very large in size, visual inspection along with die penetrang test will be quite useful for following reasons :-
1. Visual inspection requires minimum equipments for testing, hence at remote locations only few equipments need to carried.
2. Since the weld is simple, visual inspection at the beginning and end of each process will be adequate to meet the needs.
3. Visual inspection is most cost effective method of weld inspection, and it can detect almost all surface flaws , here in this case , storage tank being not a critical component, only surface defects need to be identified.
4. If holes and pores remains unidentified by visual inspection, dye penetration test can be used to locate them.