Development of New Welding procedures as per production requirement. Welder Qualification in different PROCESSES / Positions as per shop requirement . Main work area of Welding Engineering
Welding processes used in HEEP/Hardwar Shielded metal arc welding Gas metal arc welding gas tungsten arc welding submerged arc welding Plasma transferred arc welding Spot welding
Essential Variable : Essential variable are those in which a change, as described in the specific variables ,is considered to effect the mechanical properties of weldment, and shall require requalification of the WPS. Supplementary Variables: Supplementary Variables are required for metals for which other sections specify notch-toughness tests and are in addition to the essential variables for each welding process . Nonessential Variables: may be made in the WPS without requalification. Nonessential variables are those in which a change, as described in the specific variable. Welding Variables
Joint design (Groove angle, root preparation) Welding process. Type of current. Pre and post weld heat treatment. Base material (P No: & Group No : ) or Grade. Base metal thickness range. Filler metal ‘F No’. Preheating temperature and inter-pass temperature. Voltage & ampere range. Supporting Procedure Qualification Report (PQR) Important Parameter
Welding Variables For Procedure Qualification
Welding Variables For Procedure Qualification
Welding Variables For Performance Qualification
P-Numbers are assigned to base metals for the purpose of reducing the number of welding procedure qualification required. Base Metal Grouping BASE METAL GROUPING Steel and steel alloys P No 1 through P No 15F Incl. P No. 5A,5B and 5C Aluminum and aluminum alloys P No 21 through P No 25 Copper and copper alloys P No 31 through P No 35 Nickel and nickel base alloys P No 41 through P No 49 Titanium and titanium base alloys P No 51 through P No 53
P No. EN288 Base Metal Example 1 1 C- Mn Steels AA10119, AA10104, AA10108 3 4 Typically half chrome & half moly HW19578 4 5 Typically one and a quarter chrome, half moly 5A 5 two and a quarter chrome one moly(Forging) HW19576 5B 5 Typically five chrome half moly and nine chrome one moly HW19688 5C 6 Chrome moly vanadium &Two quarter chrome one moly(Casting) HW19581 6 8 Martensitic Stainless Steels Typically Grade 410 HW10767 7 8 Ferritic Stainless Steels Typically Grade 409 ------ 8 9 Austenitic Stainless Steels AA10740, AA10788 15E Nine Chrome one Moly- Vanadium HW 19462 ASME P-Numbers
Designation for maual electrode
Base metal Thickness range for procedure qualification
Test required in procedure qualfiacation
Welding Procedure Specification
Welding Procedure Specification
Procedure Qualification Record
Procedure Qualification Record
Guided-bend test specimens
Welder performance qualification (WPQ)
Welding Positions in welder Qualification F: Fillet , G: Groove Flat - 1F or 1G Horizontal - 2F or 2G Vertical - 3F or 3G overhead - 4F or 4G Pipe - 5G (Flat+ vertical) Pipe - 6G(9all position)
Welding Positions in welder Qualification
Welding Positions in welder Qualification
Alternate Base Material for Welder Qualification Welder Qualified with Base Metals Welder Qualified to weld Base Metals P No 1 through P No 15F,P No 34 and P No 41 through P No 49 P No 1 through P No 15F,P No 34 and P No 41 through P No 49 P No 21 through P No 25 P No 21 through P No 25 P No 51 through P No 53 P No 51 through P No 53
Welder Qualified With F-No.1 With Backing F-No.1 Without Backing F-No.2 With Backing F-No.2 Without Backing F-No.3 With Backing F-No.3 Without Backing F-No.4 With Backing F-No.4 Without Backing F-No.5 With Backing F-No.5 Without Backing Welder Qualified to Weld F-No.1 With Backing √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ F-No.1 Without Backing √ F-No.2 With Backing √ √ √ √ √ √ F-No.2 Without Backing √ F-No.3 With Backing √ √ √ √ F-No.3 Without Backing √ F-No.4 With Backing √ √ F-No.4 Without Backing √ F-No.5 With Backing √ √ F-No.5 Without Backing √ Alternate F- Number for Welder Qualification
Welder Qualified With Welder Qualified to Weld Any F-No. 6 All F-No. 6 Any F-No.21 through F-No. 25 All F-No.21 through F-No. 25 Any F-No. 31, 32, 33, 35, 36 or 37 Only the same F-Number as was used during the qualification test F-No.34 or any F-No. 41 through F-No. 46 F-No.34 and all F-No. 41 through F-No. 46 Any F-No.51 through F-No. 55 All F-No.51 through F-No. 55 Any F-No.61 All F-No.61 Any F-No.71 through F-No.72 Only the same F-Number as was used during the qualification test Alternate F- Number for Welder Qualification
F Number General Description 1 Heavy rutile coated iron powder electrodes :- A5.1 : E7024 2 Most rutile consumables such as :- A5.1 : E6013 3 Cellulosic electrodes such as :- A5.1 : E6011 4 Basic coated electrodes such as : A5.1 : E7016 and E7018 5 High alloy austenitic stainless steel and duplex :- A5.4 : E316L-16 6 Any steel solid or cored wire (with flux or metal) ASME Filler Code