Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Steps For Detecting Surface Breaking Defects

By Rosella Campbell


It is important to know the various features of a certain product or material. Manufacturers would have to know the different characteristics that it would have. They would also have to know what changes it may undergo when subjected to certain circumstances, elements, or conditions. They would have to test the limits, capacities, and restrictions of a product. That is why they would conduct several tests on products. These procedures would let them see its strengths, weaknesses, and unique traits. When manufacturers would want to know about surface breaking defects, the proper test would usually be liquid dye penetrant testing. Learn then more about this procedure and its steps.

It would be a good form of test because of several reasons. First, it would be quite cheap. It would not require much equipments, materials, and time. It would give results fast too. You would not have to wait for too long before you would know if there would be breaks in your material's surface. It would also be sufficiently reliable. Many companies would rely on this procedure. Moreover, it can work with different forms of materials. It would include plastics, ceramics, and metals as long as porous. Ferrous materials would usually use magnetic particle inspection however. There would be some limitations on this procedure, but generally it would suffice.

Cleaning is the first step involved in this. Cleaning the surface is crucial given the need to keep the surface smooth and clean. Minimal distractions must be present since results could be affected. Dirty surfaces would make performance of evaluations and comparisons difficult. Penetrants may also be absorbed less when surfaces are obstructed with dirt and other things. Cleaning is then crucial to perform in this.

The appropriate penetrants will have to be applied then. The type of penetrant to be applied depends on the material to be tested. Soaking will be then allowed to happen. Soaking duration can vary with each type of material and the size of the flaws. Different methods could be used in application of penetrants. Spraying, dipping, or brushing are the most common methods being used.

Removal of excess penetrants would also be crucial. Removal is vital since the discontinuities, defects, and flaws could be masked if the excess will not be removed. Inspection can be rendered difficult then. Different substances are also available for removal. The type of penetrant applied will dictate the substance to be used.

Application of developer comes next. The penetrants will draw these developers. Inspectors can then be allowed to find the indicators of the defects. Again, the type of penetrants applied will dictate the type of developer to be used.

After applying your developer, you should then do inspection. Proper lighting should be used when inspecting. It would be good to do careful observation including the characteristics and movement of the bleed-out.

After these steps, cleaning would again be done. Ensure that everything has been recorded too. Cleaning would be important especially when other tests would still be done on your sample.

Follow these steps properly. The use of proper materials is essential. Detection, recording, and correction of the cracks, defects, and flaws could then be done.




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