www.sonomatic.com Case Study Design Project Figure 1: Figure 2: Figure 3: January 2008 Problem: A large number of welds that were part of a high pressure pipework system were designated for inspection. The welds would normally have been inspected using radiography, however ultrasonic inspection was permitted on the basis of compliance to ASME B31.3 Code Case 181. Sonomatic were approached in order to carry out inspection modelling to provide an assessment of the capability of ultrasonic inspection, as per a set of existing procedures, and to identify conditions under which the code requirements may not be satisfied. Benefits: Analysis of the results determined that flaws in some of the locations considered could

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