ower -Uwaiz 'UW-52. Spot radiographs required by this paragraph shall ‘not be used to satisfy the spot radiography rules as ap- plied to any other weld increment. (6)all butt welds joined by electrogas welding with any single pass greater than 1% in, (38 mm) and all butt welds joined by electroslag welding; (Z)all Category A welds in a tubesheet shall be of ‘Type (1) of Table UW-12; (B)ultrasonic examination in accordance with UW-53 may be substituted for radiography for the final closure seam of a pressure vessel ifthe construction of the vessel does not permit interpretable radiographs in accordance with Code requirements. The absence of sui- table radiographic equipment shall not be justification for such substitution. (9) exemptions from radiographic examination for certain welds in nozzles and communicating chambers as described in (2), (4), and (5) above take precedence cover the radiographic requirements of Subsection C of this Division. (@) Spot Radiography. Except when spot radiography is required for Category B or C butt welds by (a)(5)(-b) above, butt welded joints made in accordance with Type No. (1) or (2) of Table UW-12 which are not required to be fully radiographed by (a) above, may be examined by spot radiography. Spot radiography shall be in accor- dance with UW-52. If spot radiography is specified for the entire vessel, radiographic examination Is not re- quired of Category B and C butt welds in nozzles and com- municating chambers that exceed neither NPS 10 (DN 250) nor 1% in. (25 mm) wall thickness. NOTE: This requirement specifis spo radiography for butt weld of “Type No (1) oF No. (2) that ae used in a vessel, but doesnot pre- che the use of fet and/or corner welds permitted by other par: raph such as for nozale and manhole atachment, welded ys, Mat heads et, which need not be spt radographed. (6) No Radiography. Except as required in (a) above, no radiographic examination of welded joints is required ‘when the vessel or vessel partis designed for external pressure only, or when the joint design complies with uwai2(e. (@) Blectrogas welds in ferrtic materials with any sin- sle pass greater that 1'/, in. (38 mm) and electroslag ‘welds in ferritic materials shall be ultrasonically exam- ‘ned throughout their entire length in accordance with the requirements of Mandatory Appendix 12. This ultra- sonic examination shall be done following the grain refin- {ng (austenitizing) heat treatment or postweld heat treatment. (e) Inaddition to the requirements in (a) and (b) above, all welds made by the electron beam process shall be ul trasonically examined for their entire length in accor- dance with the requirements of Mandatory Appendix 12, Ultrasonic examination may be waived ifthe following conditions are met: (4) The nominal thickness at the welded joint does not exceed ', in. (6 mm). ASME BPVCVIL-2015 (2) For ferromagnetic materials, the welds are elther ‘examined by the magnetic particle examination technique in accordance with Mandatory Appendix 6 or examined by the liquid penetrant examination technique in accor- dance with Mandatory Appendix 8. (@) For non-ferromagnetic materials, the welds are ‘examined by the liquid penetrant examination technique Im accordance with Mandatory Appendix 8, @ When radiography is required for a welded joint in accordance with (a) and (b) above, and the weld is made by the inertia and continuous drive fiction welding pro- cesses, the welded joints shall also be ultrasonically ex- amined for their entire length in accordance with Mandatory Appendix 12, (@) For radiographic and ultrasonic examination of butt welds, the definition of nominal thickness atthe welded joint under consideration shal be the nominal thickness ofthe thinner ofthe two parts joined. Nominal thickness 1s defined in 3-2, UW-12 JOINT EFFICIENCIES Table UW-12 gives the joint efficiencies to be used in the equations ofthis Division for joints completed by an arc or gas welding process. Except as required by ‘UW-11(a)(S), a joint efficiency depends only on the type of joint and on the degree of examination of the joint and does not depend on the degree of examination of any other joint. The user or his designated agent [see U-2(a)] shall establish the type of joint and the degree of examination when the rules of this Division do not ‘mandate specific requirements. Rules for determining the applicability of the efficiencies are found in the var- fous paragraphs covering design equations [for example, see UG-24(a) and UG-27]. For further guidance, see Non- mandatory Appendix L. (@) A value of E not greater than that given in column {a} of Table UW-12 shall be used in the design calcula- tions for fully radiographed butt joints [see UW-11(a)]. except that when the requirements of UW-11(a)(5) are ‘not met, a value of E not greater than that given in column, (b) of Table UW-12 shal be used. (2) Avalue of E not greater than that given in column (b) of Table UW-12 shall be used in the design calcula- tions for spot radiographed butt welded joints [see Uw-1(b)). (6) Avalue of & not greater than that given in column (6) of Table UW-12 shall be used inthe design calculations for welded joints that are neither fully radiographed nor spot radiographed [see UW-11(c}]- (@) Seamless vessel sections or heads shall be consid~ ‘ered equivalent to welded parts of the same geometry im which all Category A welds are Type No. 1. For calcula tions involving circumferential stress in seamless vessel sections or for thickness of seamless heads, E = 1.0 when the spot radiography requirements of UW-11(a}(5)(-b) are met. E = 0.85 when the spot radiography 4 *¢uoa"yoasnsupe}-nme) “sur “3T}1qU8}28 OMY, fa O3NEIEL JO FATEVEATUN O} pASLEDTT TeTUeVEN peru a0 iy ow “wouRsT¥R UeBOT Jaen pazTuoNNt® fq COSD- e5:60:L0 EY-L0-st02 UP papeoTURGP Fala sulst Table UW-12 Maximum Allowable Joint Efficiencies for Arc and Gas Welded Joints Degree of Radiographic Hramination (Pall (8) Spet__ Tape No. Joint Description Limitations Joint Category {Note (1) [Note (2)}__None (1) Butoins a atained by doubleweldingorby None ABGandD 1.00 ‘as 070 ‘ther means that wil btn the samme ‘ually of deposed wed metal onthe inside and oursie weld surfaces agree with the ‘eureens of UW-35. Weld using metal ‘ching strips that remals fn place are cetoded. 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