Floor term for radiographic testing and its result. A joint gets shot after welding, the shot comes back clean or with indications, and a welder's repair rate is counted in shots. Pipeline and plant crews schedule around the shooters, the radiography crew, because everyone has to clear the area during exposures.
Six joints got shot last night, five clean, one with wagon tracks, and that repair's yours.
Also heard as
- shoot
- X-ray
- film
Related terms
RT
Radiographic testing: imaging a weld's interior with X-rays or gamma rays on film or a digital detector.
Bust
Shop slang for failing a weld test or inspection, as in busting a bend or an X-ray.
Cutout
Shop word for a rejected weld that has to be removed completely and rewelded, especially on pipe.
Golden arm
Slang for an exceptionally skilled welder whose work passes inspection every time.
Same word, different worlds
One full stroke of a manual grease gun, the everyday unit for how much grease goes in.
Nuclear Safety & Radiation ProtectionA single industrial radiography exposure, used to x-ray a weld with a gamma source or X-ray tube.
Photonics & LasersA single laser pulse, especially from a high-energy or low-repetition-rate system.
NonwovensSmall beads or lumps of polymer that failed to form fibers and sit embedded in a meltblown web.