ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 3452-4 First edition 1998-12-15 Non-destructive testing Penetrant testing - Part 4: Equipment Essais non destructifs-Examen par ressuage- Partie 4:Equipement Reference number ISO 3452-4:1998(E) by IHS under lic Not for Resale ISO 3452-4:1998(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federationofnationalstandardsbodies(lsOmemberbodies).Theworkof preparing International Standards is normally carried out through IsO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non- governmental, in liaison with sO, also take part in the work. isO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in theISO/IECDirectives,Part3. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this part of ISO 3452 may be the subject of patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. International Standard ISO 3452-4 was prepared bytheE European Committee for Standardization (CEN) in collaboration with ISO Technical Committee TC 135, Non-destructive testing, Subcommittee SC 2, Surface methods, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement). Throughout the text of this standard, read "...this European Standard..." to mean "...this International Standard...". This first edition together with ISO 3452-1, ISO 3452-2 and ISO 3452-3 destructive testing Penetrant testing: Part 1: General principles Part 2: Penetrant testing materials Part3:Referencetestblocks Part 4: Equipment Annex ZA provides a list of corresponding International and European Standards for which equivalents are not given in the text. @ISO1998 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from the publisher. International OrganizationforStandardization Casepostale56·CH-1211Geneve20·Switzerland Internet iso@iso.ch Printed in Switzerland Copyright International Organization for Standardization sefrom IHS Not for Resale ISO 3452-4:1998(E) @ ISO Contents Page Foreword iv Introduction v 1 Scope 1 2 Normative references 1 3 General 1 4 Equipment for in situ inspection 1 5 Equiment for fixed installations 1 Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with their relevant Europeanpublications 5 ili setworking pemited withoutlicense from IHs Not for Resale