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Comparison of Conventional and Direct Flat Panel Digital Radiography for 1 inch (25mm) Thick Stainless Steel Butt Welds

Doosan Power Systems is manufacturing 1.0 inch (25mm) thick stainless vessels for a Customer in the UK. The seam welding of these large, PD5500 Category 1 vessels is carried out at site. The code calls for conventional film radiography as the volumetric NDT method. In 2009 the project identified that it required a large amount of radiography to be carried out on the butt welded sections. The welding process is Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW) – see Figure 1. It was quickly identified that the site is congested with poor logistics for carrying out conventional radiography and close location to adjacent buildings

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1. Doosan Power Systems Report No. TR-09-170 Ultrasonic Modelling to Support SPP1 BSV Phased Array Inspection In Lieu of Radiography G A Bryce; C R Bird October 2009 2. Doosan Power Systems Report No.08210/B813/ER/88316/0063 Assessment of the Ability of ‘Flat Screen’ Digital Radiographic Images v Conventional X-Ray Radiographic Film in Detecting Defects and Imperfections in 25mm Thick 316L Stainless Steel Plate Butt Welds C Lawson October 2011 3. Federal Working Group on Industrial Digital Radiography Guide for the Qualification of Digital Radiography Systems and Processes Paper No. 002-09 September 2009
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