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1.0. Introduction:
Welding is the most important process in fabrication industry and also called as a “Special
Process”. Traditionally, welding was looked in a limited way and covered qualifying welding
procedures and certifying welders. Besides this, no much more attention was given in
fabrication industry. It was resulting into increase in rework cost to fabricators and third party
inspection cost to clients.
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) introduced first revision of ISO 3834 in
the year 1994 and laid down Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials.
The current revision of this ISO 3834:2005 and contains six parts providing complete set of
requirements of welding quality and helping fabrication industry many ways.
ISO 3834 is complimentary to ISO 9001 requirements and brings together a complete
solution of Quality requirements related with welding in addition to Quality Management
System. Some of the European Standards like EN 1090 & EN 15085 are recommending ISO
3834 as their prerequisite to their sector specific quality requirements.
The need, necessity, advantages and application of ISO 3834 is discussed in this paper taking
into consideration fabrication industry at large.
American Welding Society (AWS) defines Welding as "a materials joining process which
produces coalescence of materials by heating them to suitable temperatures with or without
the application of pressure or by the application of pressure alone and with or without the use
of filler material".
According to ISO 9001: 2008, section 7.5.2, the validation of any processes for production is
necessary in which the conformity to the requirement of the resulting product can not be
verified by subsequent monitoring or measurements and as a consequence the deficiencies
become apparent only after the product is in use. Such processes are generally called as
“Special Process”
When Special processes like Welding and Heat Treatment are used in the product
manufacturing, it is difficult to ensure the quality of finished products only through final
inspection. ISO 3834 helps in validation of Welding process and specifies down the quality
requirements for welding. However, ISO 3834 is not replacing to ISO 9001.
ISO 3834: 2005 “Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials” consists of 6
parts:
• ISO 3834-1:2005 : Criteria for the selection of the appropriate level of quality requirements
• ISO 3834-5:2015 : Documentations to claim part ISO 3834-2 or ISO3834-3 or ISO 3834-4
• In Fabrication Industries
• Perquisite for other standards e.g. EN 1090, EN 15085 (Railway applications) etc.
9.0. Conclusion :
The fabrication industry needs to upgrade their Welding Processes in line with the
requirements of ISO 3834 and get benefited.
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