PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Patek, Marek
AU  - Konar, Radoslav
AU  - Sladek, Augustin
AU  - Radek, Norbert
TI  - Non-destructive Testing of Split Sleeve Welds by the Ultrasonic TOFD Method
DP  - 2014 Oct 1
TA  - Manufacturing Technology Journal
PG  - 403--407
VI  - 14
IP  - 3
AID - 10.21062/ujep/x.2014/a/1213-2489/MT/14/3/403
IS  - 12132489
AB  - This article deals with the non-destructive ultrasonic testing of split sleeve butt joints by ultrasonic methods. Split sleeve is used to repair gas pipelines with gas leakage. The new ultrasonic methods TOFD and Phased Arrays are compared considering to the selected butt weld configuration. To compare testing methods, ES Beam Tool software was used to prediction of ultrasonic beam spread through weld joint. TOFD technology was selected to butt weld section testing according to the beam spread simulation results. The results of ultrasonic testing by TOFD method were compared with results of macrostructural analysis of weld joint. Controlling the suitability of testing method to planar defect identification, the artificial defects were prepared and tested. The appropriate setting of measuring technique can be predicted from experimental results.