7.0 Material Inspection
7.0 Material Inspection
7.0 Material Inspection
1 Welding Inspection
Material Imperfections
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Course Reference WIS 5
Course notes section reference 7
Material Inspection
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Pipe Inspection
Condition
(Corrosion, Damage, Wall thickness Ovality, Laminations & Seam)
Specification LP5
Welded Size
seam
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Other checks may need to be made such as: distortion tolerance,
number of plates and storage.
Plate Inspection
Condition
(Corrosion, Mechanical damage, Laps, Bands &
Laminations)
Specification
5L
Size
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Other checks may need to be made such as: distortion
tolerance, number of plates and storage.
Rolling Imperfections
Direction of rolling
Cold Laps
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Laminations
Segregation
Parent Material Imperfections
Mechanical damage Lap
Lamination
Segregation line
Laminations are caused in the parent plate by the steel making
process, originating from ingot casting defects.
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Laps are caused during rolling when overlapping metal does not
fuse to the base material.
Lapping
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Plate Lamination
Material imperfections
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