General Procedure - Linear Inspection Plans - GE SpotChecker Operating Manual

Individual inspection reports
General procedure – linear inspection plans
The inspection using SpotChecker generally includes
the following steps:
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creating an inspection plan,
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calling and starting an inspection plan,
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if necessary, recalibration of the instrument settings,
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carrying out the inspection on the basis of the data
in the inspection plan,
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manual or automatic saving of and commenting on
the inspection results,
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ending the inspection plan,
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documentation of the inspection (printout of inspec-
tion reports, saving as ASCII fi le, or exporting to an
Excel fi le).
Inspection plans are used for defi ning standardized
default data and settings as well as a uniform se-
quence for repetitive inspections on components of
the same type. The inspection of a large number of
components of the same type can in each case be
carried out using one and the same inspection plan
which has once been created.
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An inspection plan contains all the data and settings
for a standardized inspection sequence. This provides
a high degree of reliability, both for the inspection pro-
cess and for the inspector.
When creating an inspection plan, the program pro-
vides forms to guide through the required data step by
step so that nothing is missed or forgotten. The in-
spector can fully concentrate on carrying out the in-
spection after starting an inspection plan. Among oth-
er things, the inspection plan contains data
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on the inspection object,
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on instrument settings,
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on evaluation methods and tolerances,
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on the use of automatic evaluation assistance
tools,
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on the selection of automated sequences (e.g. au-
tomatic A-scan freeze after successful coupling),
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on the classifi cation of inspection results and
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on the envisaged spot weld locations (if available,
together with a drawing).
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