Magnetic Penetrant Testing

Magnetic penetrant testing can only be performed on ferromagnetic materials; the material’s cut code must appear in the global lookup table ferromagneticMaterials.

The aPriori Starting Point VPEs define a number of machines for this process.

Cost is based on the following formula:

Process Time = Magnetization Time + Examination Time + Demagnetization Time

Process time is the sum of the following:

• Magnetization time (specified by the machine property Magnetization Time—1.5 seconds in aPriori Starting VPEs)

• Examination time (calculated as the product of the part surface area and the cost model variable visualInspectTimeStandard--5 min/m2 in aPriori Starting Point VPEs)

• Demagnetization time (specified by the machine property Demagnetization Time—30 seconds in aPriori Starting VPEs)