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TAIEX Workshop on the implementation of the

Pressure Equipment Directive (PED)

Bucharest, 27 February - 1 March 2007

Non-Destructive Testing:

New Methods and Qualification of Personnel

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contractor:

Who has qualified your NDT personnel?

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Annex I chapter 3.1.3

3.1.3. Non-destructive tests

For pressure equipment, non-destructive tests of permanent joints must be carried out by suitable qualified personnel.

For pressure equipment in categories III and IV, the personnel must be approved by a third-party organization recognized by a Member State pursuant to Article 13.

qualified personnel.

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Certification by

third-party organisationemployer

SNT-TC-1A EN 473ISO 9712

EN 473:2006-01 Non destructive testing -

Qualification and certification of NDT personnel -

General principles

ISO 9712:2005-02 Non destructive testing -

Qualification and certification of NDT personnel

and

Technical Corrigendum 1:2006-11

Recommended Practice No.

SNT-TC-1A

1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 or

2001 Edition

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Certification by

third-party organisationemployer

SNT-TC-1A EN 473ISO 9712

employer maintainssystem for qualification,certification and surveillance of NDT personnel

employer uses external system for qualification, certification and surveillance of NDT personnel of a certification body

employer authorises NDT personnel

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Certification by

third-party organisationemployer

SNT-TC-1A EN 473ISO 9712

Adopted to companyneeds

Direct surveillance

Quite flexible

Proved independence from company interests

EU / worldwide recognised

Handsome system for SMEs

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EN 473 / ISO 9712

NDT methods: AT Acoustic emission

ET Eddy current

LT Leak testing

MT Magnetic testing

PT Penetrant testing

RT Radiographic testing

UT Ultrasonic testing

VT Visual testing

EN 473 Applicable for

other NDT methods

infrared thermographic testing and strain testing

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EN 473 / ISO 9712

Requirements:

Certification body

Comply with ISO / IEC 17024 Conformity assessment General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons

Authorised qualifying bodies

Examination centre

Employer

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EN 473 / ISO 9712

Requirements (cont.):

Qualification levels

Competence of level 1, 2 and 3 personnel

Responsibilities of level 1, 2 and 3 personnel

level 1: perform test acc. written practice, documentation

level 2: level 1 + select technique, design written practice

level 3: level1+2 + select method, define procedures and criteria, manage qualification examination, …

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EN 473 / ISO 9712

Requirements (cont.):

Certification

Training

Industrial experience

Qualification examinations

Certificates

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EN 473 / ISO 9712

Problems:Content of training not defined

Syllabus - IAEA-TECDOC-628 revision 1 Training guidelines in non-destructive testing techniques; 2002 edition

- ISO/TR 25107:2006-07 Non-destructive testing - Guidelines for NDT training syllabuses

No regulations for other methods e.g. such as:UT wall thickness measurement RT film evaluation

EN 473 not fully harmonised with ISO 9712

EN 473 not applied by all industrial sectors

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EN 473 / ISO 9712

Benefits:

Widely distributed in Europe

over 120 000 certificates

Broad acceptance

Reference in product standards

EN 13445Unfired pressure vesselsPart 5 - Inspection and Testing

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Annex I chapter 3.1.3

3.1.3. Non-destructive tests

For pressure equipment, non-destructive tests of permanent joints must be carried out by suitable qualified personnel.

For pressure equipment in categories III and IV, the personnel must be approved by a third-party organization recognized by a Member State pursuant to Article 13.

In Germany:

Notified by ZLS

Central Office of Safety of the German Länder

ISO / IEC 17024 + “delta”

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EFNDT Multilateral Recognition of NDT Personnel Certification Schemes

Certification Body seeking recognition of its system

Compliance with EFNDT Code of Practice

National NDT society being member of EFNDT or ICNDT

or Audit by EFNDT Certification Executive Committee (CEC)

EN 473

ISO 9712

ISO / IEC 17024

Accreditation by EA signatory member

or Recognition by governmental department/agency

www.efndt.org

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Digital Techniques Radiologywith Computer Radiography

Radiologywith Computer Radiography

Radiology with Real Time Detectors

Radiology with Real Time Detectors

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Image plates versus radiographic film

Much larger dynamic range

Large wall thickness differences with one “shoot”

Multiple use

Reduced exposure time

Reduced dose rate

No chemistry, no dark room

Scan time 10 sec to 120 sec

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Image plates versus radiographic film

EN 14784-1:2005-11 Non-destructive testingIndustrial computed radiography with storage phosphor imaging plates

Part 1: Classification of systems

EN 14784-2:2005-11 Non-destructive testingIndustrial computed radiography with storage phosphor imaging plates

Part 2: General principles for testing of metallic materials using X-rays and gamma rays

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Image plates

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Realt time detectors

Varian flat panel Detector

radiation produceslight flashes which are stored in photo diodes

output via transistors

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Qualification

Digital Radiology

film-less radiographic testing

multi-sectorial

Level 1

Level 2 }Qualification and certification acc.

EN 473

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contractor:

Who has qualified your NDT personnel?