EN ISO 17636-2:2022

Non-destructive testing of welds - Radiographic testing - Part 2: X- and gamma-ray techniques with digital detectors (ISO 17636-2:2022, Corrected version 2023-02)

EN ISO 17636-2:2022

Name:EN ISO 17636-2:2022   Standard name:Non-destructive testing of welds - Radiographic testing - Part 2: X- and gamma-ray techniques with digital detectors (ISO 17636-2:2022, Corrected version 2023-02)
Standard number:EN ISO 17636-2:2022   language:English language
Release Date:04-Oct-2022   technical committee:CEN/TC 121 - Welding
Drafting committee:CEN/TC 121/WG 21 - Testing of welds   ICS number:25.160.40 - Welded joints and welds

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-marec-2023
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 17636-2:2013
Neporušitveno preskušanje zvarnih spojev - Radiografsko preskušanje - 2. del:
Tehnike z rentgenskimi in gama žarki z uporabo digitalnih detektorjev (ISO 17636-
2:2022)
Non-destructive testing of welds - Radiographic testing - Part 2: X- and gamma-ray
techniques with digital detectors (ISO 17636-2:2022)
Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung von Schweißverbindungen - Durchstrahlungsprüfung - Teil 2:
Röntgen- und Gammastrahlungstechniken mit digitalen Detektoren (ISO 17636-2:2022)
Essais non destructifs des assemblages soudés - Contrôle par radiographie - Partie 2:
Techniques par rayons X ou gamma à l'aide de détecteurs numériques (ISO 17636-
2:2022)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 17636-2:2022
ICS:
25.160.40 Varjeni spoji in vari Welded joints and welds
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 17636-2
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
October 2022
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 25.160.40 Supersedes EN ISO 17636-2:2013
English Version
Non-destructive testing of welds - Radiographic testing -
Part 2: X- and gamma-ray techniques with digital detectors
(ISO 17636-2:2022)
Essais non destructifs des assemblages soudés - Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung von Schweißverbindungen -
Contrôle par radiographie - Partie 2: Techniques par Durchstrahlungsprüfung - Teil 2: Röntgen- und
rayons X ou gamma à l'aide de détecteurs numériques Gammastrahlungstechniken mit digitalen Detektoren
(ISO 17636-2:2022) (ISO 17636-2:2022)
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European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 17636-2:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 44 "Welding
and allied processes" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 121 “Welding and allied
processes” the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
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Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 17636-2:2022 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 17636-2:2022 without any
modification.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 17636-2
Second edition
2022-09
Non-destructive testing of welds —
Radiographic testing —
Part 2:
X- and gamma-ray techniques with
digital detectors
Essais non destructifs des assemblages soudés — Contrôle par
radiographie —
Partie 2: Techniques par rayons X ou gamma à l'aide de détecteurs
numériques
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ISO 17636-2:2022(E)
ISO 17636-2:2022(E)
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ISO 17636-2:2022(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .v
1 S c op e . 1
2 Nor m at i ve r ef er enc e s . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 2
4 S ymbols and abbreviated terms.6
5 Classification of radiographic techniques and compensation principles .8
5.1 C lassification . 8
5.2 C ompensation principles, CP I, CP II or CP III . 8
5.2.1 G eneral . 8
5.2.2 C ompensation principle I (CP I) . 8
5.2.3 C ompensation principle II (CP II) . 8
5.2.4 C ompensation principle III (CP III) . 8
5 . 2 . 5 T he or e t ic a l b ac k g r ou nd . 9
6 General preparations and requirements . 9
6.1 Protection against ionizing radiation . 9
6.2 S urface preparation and stage of manufacture . 9
6.3 L ocation of the weld in the radiograph . 9
6.4 I dentification of radiographs . 9
6 . 5 M a rk i n g . 9
6.6 O verlap of digital images . 10
6.7 T ypes and positions of image quality indicators (IQIs) . 10
6.7.1 General . 10
6.7.2 Duplex wire IQIs. 10
6.7.3 Single wire or step-hole IQIs . 10
6.8 E valuation of image quality . 11
6.9 M inimum image quality values.12
6.10 Personnel qualification . 12
7 R e c om mende d t e c h n ique s .13
7.1 Te s t a r r a n g ement s . 13
7.1.1 G eneral .13
7.1.2 S ingle-wall penetration of plane objects (see Figure 1) . 14
7.1.3 S ingle-wall penetration of curved objects with the source outside the
object (see Figures 2 to 4) . 14
7.1.4 S ingle-wall penetration of curved objects with the source inside the object
for panoramic exposure (see Figures 5 to 7) . 15
7.1.5 Single-wall penetration of curved objects with the source located off-
centre and inside the object (see Figures 8 to 10) . 16
7.1.6 Double-wall penetration and double-image evaluation (DWDI) of pipes
with the elliptic technique and the source and the detector outside the
object (see Figure 11) . 17
7.1.7 Double-wall penetration and double-image evaluation (DWDI) with the
perpendicular technique and source and detector outside the object (see
Figure 12) . 17
7.1.8 D ouble-wall penetration and single-image evaluation (DWSI) of curved
objects for evaluation of the wall next to the detector (see Figures 13 to 16). 18
7.1.9 P enetration of objects with different material thicknesses (see Figure 17
to 19) . 19
7.2 C hoice of tube voltage and radiation source . 20
7.2.1 X -ray devices up to 1 000 kV . 20
7.2.2 O ther radiation sources . 21
7.3 D etector systems and metal screens . 22
7.3.1
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