Detection by ultrasonic waves of discontinuities in cast steels and weldings of austenitic stainless steels

The study of discontinuities in cast iron and austenitic weldings by means of ultrasound is extremely difficult when materials present rough structures. By virtue of the necessity existing in nuclear power plants and others, of verify to the integrity of cast pieces an austenitic weldings, such a verification is being studying at global level. Materials with a rough grain structure, frequently present in industry, are: bombs to moving fluids, pipe fittings, elbows and austenitic weldings. This problem, traditionally, has been studied varying the frequency in gropers. A new approach will be presented here, based in the use of the high sensibility of the equipment and piezoelectric tablet, as well as the maximum withdrawal of perturbation zone in X-ray tube (Author)