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Cover photo: Internal orbital weld
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Coldwater Machine Co.s Solid State Joining Center recently opened a materials evaluation and testing lab for weld
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I am a CWI who has been certified for 12 years. I have 40
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The issue that concerns me on the majority of the job sites
where I am requested to perform an inspection is the lack of
compliance with the AWS code requirements when they are in
the job specifications. When the general contractors are required to hire an erection/welding contractor to perform welding in accordance to AWS D1.1, etc., they fail to ensure that the
welders certifications are up to date and on site when I arrive to
perform the inspection. The welders may or may not have the
proper documentation required to perform the work in accordance with the applicable code; the welder certification papers
are out of date, not properly filled out by the company qualifier
or the CWI who performed the test; and the companies do not
know they are required to have a WPS for review, or even
know what a WPS is. The problem is when I bring this to their
attention, the arguments begin: Well the other inspector never
asked for this, or this is the way we have always done it, why
are you being hard on us, etc.
As an inspector, I try to keep my cool and explain to them
that these are necessary to ensure the work is being performed
as required by the Engineer of Record, job specifications, and
applicable code requirements. I try to help everyone as much as
I am allowed to without causing a conflict of interest. Sometimes I just want to throw my hands up and find another career
or retire altogether, but I have been doing this so long and its
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direction. The
direction of roll is
a factor to
consider when
laying out the test
assembly that will be welded. The
severity of the guided bend test may
cause the welded sample to tear and
fail to meet the acceptance criteria if
the orientation (direction of rolling) is
incorrect.
Figures 1 and 2 show the proper
relationship between the direction of
rolling and the longitudinal axis of the
weld.
There are two types of guided
bend tests. The one used most often is
the transverse guided bend test, which
is used when the test assembly consists
of base metals that are the same
specification, grade, or have similar
mechanical properties. When dissimilar
base metals with different mechanical
properties are joined, a longitudinal
guided bend test is performed.
A guided bend test deforms the
specimen in a way that stretches the
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x%
where A (in customary units, inches) is
the required bend mandrel diameter, T
is the thickness of the specimen to be
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Summary
Guided bend testing is one of the
most widely used methods of
evaluating welded test assemblies.
While it takes time and effort to
prepare the test specimens properly, it
can be less expensive than radiographic
examination, and it can provide quicker
results when the facilities needed to
perform radiography are not close at
hand. Some welding standards require
welder performance qualification
coupons welded with the short
circuiting transfer mode of gas metal
arc welding (GMAW-S) to be
evaluated using guided bend tests.
Radiographic testing is not an
acceptable method of qualifying a
welder who welded the test assembly
using GMAW-S.
Once welders pass their
performance qualification tests, it is not
uncommon for them to save the bend
samples as visual evidence they passed
the test. Passing the first performance
test is a proud moment in a welders
career.
The inspector is responsible for
performing visual examination of the
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By Douglas S. Kindred
Inspection of internal orbital welds in an aircraft fuel system using a Hawkeye rigid
borescope and video system.
Quality assurance professionals and
weld inspectors often need to inspect
internal welds welds that are often
deep inside a part or assembly, or are in
some way not easily accessible. In these
situations, borescopes are invaluable
remote visual inspection tools, allowing
you to get your eye inside the part.
Borescopes are essentially the same
as medical endoscopes, but are intended
for industrial use to inspect any type of
bore. They allow production or quality
control personnel to look inside small
and complex parts and to visually
inspect with great detail. Borescope
diameters range from about 0.5 up to 10
mm, and lengths range from about 2 in.
to more than 50 ft. There are three basic
types: rigid borescopes, flexible fiberoptic borescopes, and flexible and rigid
video borescopes Fig. 1.
Rigid borescopes use a series of
relay lenses to relay the image down a
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in medical tubing.
Borescopes are used to inspect
internal welds and braze joints in all
kinds of assemblies in automotive,
aviation, and heavy equipment. Typical
examples include inspecting welds
inside large aircraft oil coolers,
radiators, and other heat exchangers.
Structural welds that are difficult to
access can be inspected as well.
A wide variety of miniature medical
products are manufactured using
microwelds. Medical products such as
endoscopes and endoscope accessories,
microvalves, and arterial stents are a few
examples Fig. 4. Very small-diameter
borescopes allow visual inspection of
these critical components.
Video borescopes are also very
useful for inspection of welds in
structural steel in buildings, bridges, etc.,
in situations where you simply are not in
a position to get a good look with the
naked eye. The videoscope allows you to
see the problem, capture the image, or
video the entire inspection.
The key to proper borescope
inspection is choosing the right scope for
your particular application. Inspectors
sometimes want one tool to do it all.
Thats a nice concept, but it doesnt
always work. If the path is straight, use a
high-quality rigid scope. If the path is
bent or extra long, youll either need a
fiberscope or a flexible video borescope.
The right high-quality borescope makes
all the difference.
DOUGLAS S. KINDRED is
president and chief scientist,
Gradient Lens Corp., maker of Hawkeye
precision borescopes, Rochester, N.Y.,
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By Alex Thurston
Q: Can you tell us how field instrumentation has changed since the
1980s?
confusion:
1. First, theres a lack of familiarity with material specs for the base metal.
2. Second, confusion caused by the
filler metal chemistry not exactly
matching the base metal chemistry. The
filler metal is typically overalloyed to
account for dilution.
3. Third, when the filler metal is
very different from the base materials,
perhaps when joining carbon steel to
stainless or nickel alloys, the resulting
weld fails to resemble any of the
preweld material chemistries.
4. And, fourth, when materials
meet more than one classification, from
overlapping chemistry ranges.
Another area that can be tricky to
test has to do with the samples size,
shape, and distance from the XRF analyzer, which can influence test results.
For example, some of the materials that
are influenced by these factors are expanded metals, very small or inaccessible fillet welds, and thin filter screens.
For an inspector, knowing when to
use the analyzers collimator function is
important for the best accuracy. Testing
with the standard beam spot size (10
mm) on small parts or using the smaller
collimated beam spot size (3 mm) on
Q: In an industrial setting, productivity and value are always a concern. Is there anything you would
like to add on this topic?
ALEX THURSTON is
applications scientist, Metallurgical
Group Leader, Olympus Scientific
Solutions Americas, Waltham, Mass.,
www.olympus-ims.com.
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By Brent E. Boling
Understanding Caulking
A look at the history of its use can help us understand whether we can or cannot use
caulking today
Caulking Defined
With this information as our background, lets look at how AWS currently defines caulking. We will begin with
D1.1: 2010, Structural Welding Code
Steel, Clause 5.28: Caulking shall
be defined as plastic deformation of
weld and base metal surfaces by mechanical means to seal or obscure discontinuities. Caulking shall be prohibited for base metals with minimum
specified yield strength greater than 50
tic deformation.
AWS CWIs should know what an
untouched finished weld looks like
Fig. 2. The question is, how many blows
constitute caulking? One well-placed
blow with a chisel over a crack can deform the weld face and caulk the crack.
This brings us to the issue of intent. Has the weld undergone plastic
deformation in order to obscure or seal
an area of unacceptable discontinuities? Obviously there is only one way
to be 100% sure. Were you in the production area enough to see the weld before it was caulked? Was the welder
experiencing some difficulty and then
instead of removing the bad weld just
grabbed the chipping gun and caulked
it? Are remnant indications of discontinuities visible so you can document
your decision to mark the weld for correction? If you did not see it prior to
the caulking, did the welder admit
there was a problem when questioned
about the appearance of the weld because he or she did not know it was an
unacceptable repair method?
the weld is not totally obscured in its appearance, then the chipping hammer was
not used to caulk the weld and hide a
discontinuity Figs. 3, 4.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 5, we
were able to prove that caulking was
performed to obscure discontinuities.
The weld in Fig. 1 had crater cracks
and the one in Fig. 5 had overlap/excessive reinforcement. Corrective action was performed, but the excessiveness of the plastic deformation was sufficient in these two cases to support
corrective action without the witness of
the discontinuities, especially when
performed prior to inspections being
completed. Why? Once the weld has
been caulked, any discontinuities are
not visible, and it is thus unknown if
they were present and rejectable.
Root passes can be a problem at
times for slag removal when either
shielded metal arc or flux cored arc
welding are used. Welders may use the
needle scaler or chipping gun more aggressively to accomplish this slag removal. They may even cause more deformation than we would really like to
see. An inspector must use good judgment in ascribing cause and motive. If
you are present and observing the operation, you can easily witness the presence or absence of discontinuities as
the slag comes loose and even caution
the welder about continued use of the
tool following slag removal.
Fabricators and their personnel
should be trained well enough to realize
the inherent problems they may be creating when they peen or caulk welds, especially root and cover passes. The effects of peening and caulking upon cooling rates, grain boundaries, stress risers,
and other factors is worth keeping in
mind in order to not jeopardize the structural integrity of the project.
While D1.1 is clear that caulking
is a consideration when ascribed directly to the obscuring and/or sealing of
discontinuities, that does not mean
there are no other considerations because of the stresses that will be created as a result of caulking, especially in
the root pass and on the weld face of
the final pass/layer. Instead of covering
up a problem, they may well be creating an additional problem. Cracks can
be initiated from this process and remain unnoticed unless magnetic particle or ultrasonic testing is required.
Those processes should find the discontinuity regardless of its visibility to
the unaided eye. If you have been
and the welds are determined to be acceptable per Table 6.1 and all applicable specifications.
2. D1.1 requires caulking to be corrected when used to deform weld profiles because of the inability to determine if rejectable discontinuities were
present before caulking took place.
These rejectable discontinuities could be
items such as porosity, undercut, overlaps, and/or cracks Figs. 1, 5.
3. The use of caulking is rejectable
if applied to a weld prior to inspections
being completed even if it was not used
to hide a discontinuity and/or if the prior approval of the engineer had not
BRENT E. BOLING
(inspector@arctechwelding.com) is
president of Arc-Tech Welding, Inc.,
Prescott Valley, Ariz. He is also an
AWS CWI with a Bolting
Endorsement, and an ASNT Level II
in VT.
Conclusions
There are several lessons we can
learn from this information:
Inspectors need to be careful when
answering questions posed by the
welders.
We inspectors need to do our research
to make sure we are correctly interpreting and applying terminology from the
applicable code.
Inspectors need to be eyewitnesses as
much as possible to the work in
progress on the job.
Caulking is a real concern that the inspector should be educated on to not
abuse in application.
Keeping these points in mind, we
then draw these conclusions regarding
our threefold purpose:
1. The use of caulking is acceptable under D1.1 when approved by the
engineer and according to the parameters listed in the code for material
strength. Caulking may occur only after inspections have been completed
Inspection Trends / Summer 2015
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By Jim Merrill
Preheat/interpass temperatures need to be considered as they relate to the production welding that will be performed.
The question of minimum preheat/interpass temperature and qualified procedures per AWS D1.1:2010,
Structural Welding Code Steel1, is a
question routinely asked by both CWIs
and fabricators. The two most frequently asked questions are
1. Can I qualify out of minimum
preheat/interpass altogether or can I
qualify for a lower preheat than is prescribed in Table 3.2?
2. Is the minimum preheat/interpass temperature that was used to develop the procedure qualification to be
used for all welding procedures qualified by that procedure qualification
record (PQR) regardless of material
thickness (thicker or thinner) or restraint?
The overall premise of AWS D1.1
concerning preheat/interpass temperature is stated in clause 5.5 as follows:
The preheat and interpass temperature shall be sufficient to prevent
cracking. Table 3.2 shall be used to determine the minimum preheat and interpass temperatures for steels listed in
the code.
While it is understood that this is
quoted from the prequalified section of
the code, the purpose for preheat/interpass temperature is clearly stated
sufficient to prevent cracking.
When searching Section 4 Qualification, the code gives further direction on
preheat/interpass temperature as it relates to qualifying a welding procedure.
Clause 4.7.4 reads in part as follows:
The minimum preheat and interpass temperature should be established
on the basis of steel composition as
shown in Table 3.1. Alternatively, rec-
1. Note that when D1.1:2015 is released, Table 3.2 will be Table 3.3 and Annex I will be Annex H.
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for how long each has been employed
at the company without any breaks in
employment.
3. Ask what are the tasks and functions of each CWI.
4. Review the welder qualifications, Procedure Qualification Records
(PQRs), and Welding Procedure Specifications (WPSs) for the vendor. You
can expect some updates, revisions,
and additions to welders and weld procedures annually. If you notice that the
majority of the welding documentation
is dated from many years past, you
may want to search deeper and determine why the welding program is not
current.
5. Ask for copies of previous inspection reports from similar and/or
current projects to confirm the inspection information they contain.
6. Note: This can also be applied
for nondestructive examination qualification and inspections.
In regard to weld inspection and applying WPSs and general welding requirements by company, it is important
that each CWI is knowledgeable about
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with each contract specification. Consistency is the key and documentation is
the proof that applies prior to, during,
and upon completion of each project.
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1 in. There are inspectors who will enforce 150F preheat/interpass temperature on material to in. in thickness due to the 150F PQR preheat/interpass temperature. by this logic, we
could also assume that it would be appropriate to use 150F for material
that is more than 1 in. thick. Clearly
this is not a high enough preheat/interpass temperature for, say, a 3-in.thick highly restrained weldment of
the same material.
Preheat/interpass temperatures
need to be considered as they relate
to the production welding that will be
performed. Table 3.2 should in most
cases be considered the minimum
preheat/interpass value to be used in
production. There are a number of
welding situations where these minimum values will not be sufficient and
the values will need to be pushed
higher. There are relatively few situations where the weld will benefit
from lower preheat/interpass values.
JIM MERRILL, PE
(Jim.Merrill@amec.com), is senior
principal engineer with AMEC Foster
Wheeler, Environment & Infrastructure, San Diego, Calif. He is an AWS
Certified Welding Inspector, a registered metallurgical engineer, and a
member of the AWS D1 Structural
Welding Committee, D1Q Subcommittee on Steel Structures, D1I Subcommittee on Reinforcing Steel, and D1
Task Group 4 on Inspection.
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