1 Scope
-
a) acoustic emission testing;
-
b) eddy current testing;
-
c) leak testing (hydraulic pressure tests excluded);
-
d) magnetic testing;
-
e) penetrant testing;
-
f) radiographic testing;
-
g) strain gauge testing;
-
h) thermographic testing;
-
i) ultrasonic testing;
-
j) visual testing (direct unaided visual tests and visual tests carried out during the application of another NDT method are excluded).
NOTE 1 The term "industrial" implies the exclusion of applications in the field of medicine.
NOTE 2 CEN/TR 14748 provides guidance on the methodology for qualification of non-destructive tests.
NOTE 3 This document specifies requirements for what are, in effect, third party conformity assessment schemes. These requirements do not directly apply to conformity assessment by second or first parties, but relevant parts of this document can be referred to in such arrangements.
NOTE 4 The term “direct unaided visual testing” implies where there is an uninterrupted optical path from the observer’s eye to the test area and the observer uses no tools or devices (e.g. mirror, endoscope, fibre optic).
NOTE 5 Calculations of strain based on other NDT methods are excluded.