VT – Visual Inspection

VT – Visual Inspection

Sight check
(visual inspection)

Is an optical inspection of a product or part for defects and blemishes as a conventional step in the production process at the end or after completion of the manufacturing of a product for quality control reasons.
Sight checks are also performed on operating parts. Visual inspection as a non-destructive testing method is standardised according to DIN standard DIN EN 13018 (General principles of visual inspection).

VT – Visual Inspection

This standard is distinguishing between:

VT – Visual Inspection

The distinction between direct and indirect visual inspections is defined in the standard as follows:

VT – Visual Inspection

Typical defects that should be detected by a visual inspection

Are mechanical damage (scratches, cracks), dirt settlings, assembly errors, feathering, end-crater-cracks and undercuts.
Alongside colour changes (annealing colours at e.g. austenitic steels), surface roughness etc. can be discovered effectively.