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WELDER QLFN. - ASME SEC.IX

ESSENTIAL VARIABLES
• Ø WELDING PROCESS
• Ø WELDING TYPE
• Ø BASE METAL (P No.)
• Ø FILLER METAL No. (F No.)
• Ø WELD METAL THK. & DIAMETER LIMIT
• - BACKING
• + POSITIONS
• Ø UPHILL / DOWNHILL
• “ – Inert backing, Ø Transfer mode, Ø polarity”
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WELDING PROCESS
• WELDERS :
- SMAW
- GTAW
- FCAW / GMAW
• WELDING OPERATORS :
- SAW

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WELDING TYPE
• MANUAL / SEMI-AUTOMATIC - Welders
• MACHINE- welding operators
• AUTOMATIC- welding operators

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P No. Type of Material

P1 Carbon Steel
P3,4,5 Alloy Steel
P6,7 Ferritic and Martensitic Stainless Steel
P8 Austenitic Stainless Steel
P9 Nickel Steel (less than 4.5% Ni)
P10,11 Quenched and Tempered Steel
P2X Aluminium and Alloys
P3X Copper and Alloys (Cupronickel)
P4X Nickel and Nickel Base Alloys
P5X Titanium and Titanium Base Alloys
P6X Zirconium and Zirconium Base Alloys

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Base Metals for Welder Qualified Production Base

Qualification Metals

P No 1 through P No. 11 and P No. 34 P No 1 through P No. 11 , P No. 34,

or P No. 4X P No. 4X and unassigned metals of similar
chemical composition

P No. 21 through P No. 25 P No. 21 through P No. 25

P No. 5X or P No. 6X P No. 5X and P No. 6X

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 F- NUMBERS
F3 - CS - E XX13 ( E6013)
F4 - LOW H2 TYPE CS / LAS - E XX18-XX (E7018, E 8018-B2)
F5 - AUSTENITIC SS - E XXX-15/16/17
(E 309-16, 308- 15)
F6 - GTAW/SAW/FCAW CS/LAS - ER70S2/S3/E71T-1/
ER308/E308LT-1
F3X-Cu & Cu BASE ALLOYS - ERNiCu7/ ENiCu7
F4X-Ni & Ni BASE ALLOYS - ENiCrFe3/ERNiCr3
F5X-Ti & Ti BASE ALLOYS - ERTi-1
F7X-HARD FACING CONS. -STELLITE-1/6

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Alternate F No for Welder Performance Qualification

Qualified with Qualified for
F No 4 F No 1, 2, 3, 4

F No 5 F No 5

Any F No 6 All F No 6

Any F No 21 through F No 25 All F No 21 through 25

Any F No 31, F No 32, F No 33, Only the same F Number as was used
F No 35, F No 36 or F No 37 during the qualification test

F No 34 or any F No 41 throughF No 45 F No 34 and all F No 41 through F No 45

any F No 51 through F No 54 All F No 51 through F No 54

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

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GROOVE

Weld Thickness in Qualification Test Maximum Qualified Weld Thickness

[t in inch (mm)] [inch (mm)]

Less than 1/2 (13) 2t

1/2 (13) and over Unlimited

OVERLAY

Qualification Test Thickness Thickness Qualified

[T in inch (mm)] [inch (mm)]

Upto 1 (25) T to unlimited

over 1 (25) 1 (25) to unlimited

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GROOVE WELDS - LIMITATIONS ON PIPE / TUBE DIAMETERS

OD inch (mm) NB inch Minimum Maximum

Less than 1 (25) Less than 3/4 Size Welded Unlimited

1 to 2 7/8 3/4 to 2(1/2) 1 (25) Unlimited

(25 mm to 73mm)

Over 2 7/8 (73 mm) 2(1/2) 2 7/8 (73) Unlimited

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BACKING

- SINGLE SIDED WELD - WELD WITHOUT BACKING/

FIBRE TAPE

- DOUBLE SIDED WELD - WELD WITH CHIP BACK/

BACKING

QUALIFICATION WITH QUALIFIED FOR

SINGLE SIDED SINGLE / DOUBLE SIDED

DOUBLE SIDED DOUBLE SIDED

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 PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION- POSITION AND DIAMETER
LIMITATIONS

Position and Type Weld Qualified

Qualification Test Groove Fillet
Plate and Pipe
Weld Position Pipe Plate and Pipe
Over 24 in.O.D. <= 24 in. O.D.
Plate- Groove 1G F F [ Note (1) ] F
2G F,H F,H [ Note (1) ] F,H
3G F,V F [ Note (1) ] F,H,V
4G F,O F [ Note (1) ] F,H,O
3G and 4G F,V,O F [ Note (1) ] ALL
2G,3G,and 4G ALL F,H [ Note (1) ] ALL

Pipe-Groove 1G F F F
2G F,H F,H F,H
5G F,V,O F,V,O ALL
6G ALL ALL ALL
2G and 5G ALL ALL ALL

NOTE: (1) Pipe 2 7/8 OD and over.

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Vertical Progression
Qualified with Qualified for
Uphill Uphill only

Downhill Downhill only

Inert Backing - GMAW/FCAW , GTAW

Qualified with Qualified for
With Backing With backing only

Without backing With / without backing

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Qualification Methods

 Welding a test coupon (150 mm length of weld)

- Passing either visual & mechanical test or
- Radiographic examination ( not applicable for GMAW
welding with short circuiting transfer)
- Failure in 1st attempt requires two test coupons for retest

 1st Production weld

- Radiographic examination ( not applicable for GMAW
welding with short circuiting transfer)
- Failure in 1st production joint will lead to radiographic
examination of the complete joint & repairing it.
- retest will require two consecutive production joint
welded.
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