ASTM-E426 2016 Released

ASTM E426 is the Standard Practice for Electromagnetic (Eddy-Current) Examination of Seamless and Welded Tubular Products, Titanium, Austenitic Stainless Steel and Similar Alloys.  A new 2016 Edition has just been released and is available now from Document Center Inc.  This standard covers the process of using eddy current examination to evaluate tubular products made of low conductivity materials.

You can use ASTM E426 for tubes that are welded or seamless.  The materials will be titamium, stainless steel, and other similar alloys like those including nickel.  The standard also includes austenitic chromium-nickel stainless steels.

The document is a guide for using either the encircling coil or the probe-coil technique.  For those of you using coils and probes that are to be used inside the tube, the standard does not address specific protocols for them.

There are some changes to the new 2016 Edition from the previous (and now obslolete) 2012 one.  They center on the adoption of ISO 9712 (Non-destructive testing – Qualification and certification of NDT personnel) as a referenced document in the new revision.

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