Dye Penetrant Inspection PT Test Standard

PT Test Standard

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

• ISO 3059, Non-destructive testing – Penetration testing and magnetic particle testing – Viewing conditions
• ISO 3452-1, Non-destructive testing. Penetrant testing. Part 1. General principles
• ISO 3452-2, Non-destructive testing – Penetrant testing – Part 2: Testing of penetrant materials
• ISO 3452-3, Non-destructive testing – Penetrant testing – Part 3: Reference test blocks
• ISO 3452-4, Non-destructive testing – Penetrant testing – Part 4: Equipment
• ISO 3452-5, Non-destructive testing – Penetrant testing – Part 5: Penetrant testing at temperatures higher than 50 °C
• ISO 3452-6, Non-destructive testing – Penetrant testing – Part 6: Penetrant testing at temperatures lower than 10 °C
• ISO 10893-4: Non-destructive testing of steel tubes. Liquid penetrant inspection of seamless and welded steel tubes for the detection of surface imperfections.
• ISO 12706, Non-destructive testing – Penetrant testing – Vocabulary
• ISO 23277, Non-destructive testing of welds – Penetrant testing of welds – Acceptance levels

European Committee for Standardization (CEN)

• EN 1371-1, Founding – Liquid penetrant inspection – Part 1: Sand, gravity die and low pressure die castings
• EN 1371-2, Founding – Liquid penetrant inspection – Part 2: Investment castings
• EN 2002-16, Aerospace series – Metallic materials; test methods – Part 16: Non-destructive testing, penetrant testing
• EN 10228-2, Non-destructive testing of steel forgings – Part 2: Penetrant testing

ASTM International (ASTM)

• ASTM E 165, Standard Practice for Liquid Penetrant Examination for General Industry
• ASTM E 1417, Standard Practice for Liquid Penetrant Testing

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

• ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section V, Art. 6, Liquid Penetrant Examination
• ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section V, Art. 24 Standard Test Method for Liquid Penetrant Examination SE-165 (identical with ASTM E-165)