Qualification of Welding Procedures with Filler Metal Additions
No Essential Variables Q/T Code No. . 1. Welding Process or Method of Application Q 5.4.2.1 2. Base Material Q 5.4.2.2 3. Joint Design Q 5.4.2.3 4. Position Q 5.4.2.4 5. Wall Thickness Q 5.4.2.5 6. Filler Metal Q 5.4.2.6 7. Electrical Characteristics Q 5.4.2.7 8. Time Between Passes Q 5.4.2.8 9. Direction of Welding Q 5.4.2.9 10. Shielding Gas and Flow Rate Q 5.4.2.10 11. Shielding Flux Q 5.4.2.11 12. Speed of Travel Q 5.4.2.12 13. Preheat Q 5.4.2.13 14. PWHT Q 5.4.2.14 Essential Variables API 1104 2016 Mechanized Welding with Filler Metal Additions Mechanized welding shall be performed using one or more of the following processes: a) submerged arc welding, b) gas metal arc welding, c) gas tungsten arc welding, d) flux-cored arc welding with or without external shielding, e) plasma arc welding, f) the use of a manual or semiautomatic process combined with one of the mechanized processes listed in this section.
No Essential Variables Q/T Code No.
. 1. Welding Process Q 12.5.2.1 2. Materials Q 12.5.2.2 3. Joint Design Q 12.5.2.3 4. Wall Thickness Q 12.5.2.4 5. Pipe Diameter Q 12.5.2.5 6. Filler Metal Q 12.5.2.6 7. Size of Filler Metal Wire Q 12.5.2.7 8. Time Between Passes Q 12.5.2.8 9. Direction of Welding Q 12.5.2.9 10. Shielding Gas and Flow Rate Q 12.5.2.10 11. Shielding Flux Q 12.5.2.11 12. Speed of Travel Q 12.5.2.12 13. Preheat Q 12.5.2.13 14. PWHT Q 12.5.2.14 15. Electrical Characteristics Q 12.5.2.15 16. Orifice Diameter or Orifice Gas Composition Q 12.5.2.16 17. Method of Cooling After Welding Q 12.5.2.17
Essential Variables API 1104 2016
Automatic Welding Without Filler Metal Additions Automatic welding without filler metal additions shall be done using the flash butt-welding process