LESSON: 2 International welding codes and standards

CONTENT STANDARDS: The learner demonstrates an understanding of

the basic concepts and underlying theories in
performing fillet welding on carbon steel plates.

LEARNING COMPETENCY: The learner independently performs fillet welding on

carbon plates based on industry standard.

CODE: TLE_IAAW9-12FC-IaIIj-1

MODULE NO: 1

TITLE: Welding carbon Steel Plates in Flat Position

What I Need to Know

(Introduction/ Learning Objectives)

Learning Objectives:
students should be able to:
1. Identify the International Welding Codes and Standards in welding industry and
2. Familiarize the welding codes and standards in welding carbon steel plates. And,
3. Explain the difference of its welding standards

What I Know (Pretest)

(TRUE OR FALSE): Read the statement correctly. Write TRUE if the statement
is right and FALSE if not.
___________1. It is important to the welder to know the welding codes and procedures, and standards.
___________2. The welding procedure specification (WPS) is a document that is intended to provide
direction for the welder.
___________3. The welder qualification test record (WQTR) is the only test to prove welders to weld in
certain WPS.
___________4. Welding codes is not really necessary to improve their skills, processes, materials and
equipment in order to achieve quality and efficiency.
What’s In (Review)

What are five essentials in welding?

 Electrode angle
 Electrode size
 Arc length
 Travel Speed
 Electric current

What’s New (Activity 1)

Give the accronym of the following:
 AWS
 ASME
 API
 AS/NZS

What is It (Discussion of Activity 1)

Welding codes are designed to improve the quality and efficiency of welding and are
used to qualify welders. Predominate among welding codes in the U.S. are those authored by
ASME and AWS. In this competency, let’s try to see the similarities of this two (2) and how it
differs each other.
In account, the trainee or student needs to learn different welding codes and standards so
that he/she can apply this in the field in accordance of WPS.

The International Welding Codes and Standards such as follows:

 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Codes

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure

Vessel Code (BPVC) covers all aspects of design and manufacture of boilers
and pressure vessels. All sections contain welding specifications, however
most relevant information is contained in the following:

ASME B16.25 Buttwelding ends

ASME B31.1 Power Piping
ASME B31.3 Process Piping
ASME BPVC Section I Rules for Construction of Power Boilers
ASME BPVC Section II Part C: Specifications for Welding Rods, Electrodes,
and Filler Metals.[a]
 ASME BPVC Section III Rules for Constructions of Nuclear Facility
Components-Subsection NCA-General Requirements for Division 1 and
Division 2
ASME BPVC Section IV Rules for Construction of Heating Boilers
ASME BPVC Section IX Welding and Brazing Qualifications
ASME BPVC Section V Nondestructive Examination
ASME BPVC Section VIII Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels
Division 1 and Division 2

 American Welding Society (AWS) Standards

The American Welding Society (AWS) publishes over 240 AWS-
developed codes, recommended practices and guides which are
written in accordance with American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) practices.The following is a partial list of the more common
publications.

Standard Number Title

AWS A2.4 Standard symbols for welding, brazing, and non-
destructive examination
AWS A3.0 Standard welding terms and definitions
AWS A5.1 Specification for carbon steel electrodes for
shielded metal arc welding
AWS A5.18 Specification for carbon steel electrodes and rods
for gas shielded arc welding
AWS B1.10 Guide for the nondestructive examination of welds
AWS B2.1 Specification for Welding Procedure and
Performance Qualification
AWS D1.1 Structural welding (steel)
AWS D1.2 Structural welding (aluminum)
AWS D1.3 Structural welding (sheet steel)
AWS D1.4 Structural welding (reinforcing steel)
AWS D1.5 Bridge welding
AWS D1.6 Structural welding (stainless steel)
AWS D1.7 Structural welding (strengthening and repair)
AWS D1.8 Structural welding seismic supplement
AWS D1.9 Structural welding (titanium)
AWS D3.6R Underwater welding (Offshore & inland pipelines)
AWS D8.1 Automotive spot welding
AWS D8.6 Automotive spot welding electrodes supplement
 AWS D8.7 Automotive spot welding recommendations
supplement
AWS D8.8 Automotive arc welding (steel)
AWS D8.9 Automotive spot weld testing
AWS D8.14 Automotive arc welding (aluminum)
AWS D9.1 Sheet metal welding
AWS D10.10 Heating practices for pipe and tube
AWS D10.11 Root pass welding for pipe
AWS D10.12 Pipe welding (mild steel)
AWS D10.13 Tube brazing (copper)
AWS D10.18 Pipe welding (stainless steel)
AWS D11.2 Welding (cast iron)
AWS D14.1 Industrial mill crane welding
AWS D14.3 Earthmoving & agricultural equipment welding
AWS D14.4 Machinery joint welding
AWS D14.5 Press welding
AWS D14.6 Rotating Elements of Equipment
AWS D15.1 Railroad welding
AWS D15.2 Railroad welding practice supplement
AWS D16.1 Robotic arc welding safety
AWS D16.2 Robotic arc welding system installation
AWS D16.3 Robotic arc welding risk assessment
AWS D16.4 Robotic arc welder operator qualification
AWS D17.1 Aerospace fusion welding
AWS D17.2 Aerospace resistance welding
AWS D18.1 Hygienic tube welding (stainless steel)
AWS D18.2 Stainless steel tube discoloration guide
AWS D18.3 Hygienic equipment welding

 American Petroleum Institute (API) Standards

The American Petroleum Institute (API) oldest and most

successful programs is in the development of API standards which
started with its first standard in 1924. API maintains over 500
standards covering the oil and gas field.[2] The following is a
partial list specific to welding:

API 1169 Basic Inspection Requirements for New Pipeline

Construction
 API RP 582 Welding Guidelines for the Chemical, Oil, and Gas
Industries
API RP 577 Welding Inspection and Metallurgy
API 1104 Welding of pipelines and related facilities

 Australian / New Zealand (AS/NZS) Standards

Standards Australia is the body responsible for the
development, maintenance and publication of Australian
Standards.[

AS/NZS 1554.1 Structural steel welding - Welding of steel

structures
AS/NZS 1554.2 Structural steel welding - Stud welding (steel
studs to steel)
AS/NZS 1554.3 Structural steel welding - Welding of
reinforcing steel
AS/NZS 1554.4 Structural steel welding - Welding of high
strength quenched and tempered steels
AS/NZS 1554.5 Structural steel welding - Welding of steel
structures subject to high levels of fatigue loading
AS/NZS 1554.6 Structural steel welding - Welding stainless
steels for structural purposes
AS/NZS 1554.7 Structural steel welding - Welding of sheet
steel structures
AS/NZS 3992 Pressure equipment - Welding and brazing
qualification
AS/NZS 4855 Welding consumables - Covered electrodes for
manual metal arc welding
AS 4041Pressure Piping

 International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

Standards

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has developed

over 18500 standards and over 1100 new standards are published
every year.[6] The following is a partial list of the standards
specific to welding:

ISO 2553 Welded, brazed and soldered joints - symbolic

representation on drawings (1992)
ISO 2560 Welding consumables. Covered electrodes for
manual metal arc welding of non-alloy and fine grain steels.
Classification
ISO 3580 Covered electrodes for manual arc welding of
creep-resisting steels - Code of symbols for identification
ISO 3581 Covered electrodes for manual arc welding of
stainless and other similar high alloy steels - Code of symbols for
identification
ISO 3834 Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic
materials, five parts.
ISO 4063 Welding and allied processes - Nomenclature of
processes and reference numbers
ISO 5817 Welding. Fusion-welded joints in steel, nickel,
titanium and their alloys (beam welding excluded). Quality levels
for imperfections
ISO 6520-1 Welding and allied processes — Classification of
geometric imperfections in metallic materials — Part 1: Fusion
welding
ISO 6520-2 Welding and allied processes — Classification of
geometric imperfections in metallic materials — Part 2: Welding
with pressure
ISO 6947 Welds. Working positions. Definitions of angles of
slope and rotation
ISO 9606 Qualification test of welders — Fusion welding,
parts 1 to 5
ISO 9692-1 Welding and allied processes. Recommendations
for joint preparation. Manual metal-arc welding, gas-shielded
metal-arc welding, gas welding, TIG welding and beam welding of
steels
ISO 9692-2 Welding and allied processes. Joint preparation.
Submerged arc welding of steels
ISO 9692-3 Welding and allied processes. Joint preparation.
Part 3: TIG and MIG welding of aluminium and its alloys
ISO 13847 Petroleum and natural gas industries - Pipeline
transportation systems - Welding of pipelines
ISO 13916 Welding - Guidance on the measurement of
preheating temperature, interpass temperature and preheat
mainteanance temperature
ISO 13918 Welding - Studs and ceramic ferrules for arc stud
welding
ISO 13919-1 Welding - Electron and laser-beam welded joints -
Guidance on quality level for imperfections - Part 1: Steel
ISO 13919-2 Welding - Electron and laser-beam welded joints -
Guidance on quality level for imperfections - Part 2: Aluminium and
its weldable alloys
ISO 13920 Welding - General tolerances for welded
constructions - Dimensions for lengths and angles - Shape and
position
ISO 14112 Gas welding equipment - Small kits for gas brazing
and welding
ISO 14175 Welding consumables — Gases and gas mixtures
for fusion welding and allied processes. Replaced EN 439:1994 in
Europe.
ISO 14341 Welding consumables. Wire electrodes and
deposits for gas shielded metal arc welding of non alloy and fine
grain steels. Classification
ISO 14554 Resistance welding
ISO 14744 Electron beam welding, six parts
ISO 15607 Specification and qualification of welding
procedures for metallic materials - General rules
ISO/TR 15608Welding - Guidelines for a metallic material
grouping system
ISO 15609 Specification and qualification of welding
procedures for metallic materials - Welding procedure
specification, five parts.
ISO 15610 Specification and qualification of welding
procedures for metallic materials — Qualification based on tested
welding consumables
ISO 15611 Specification and qualification of welding
procedures for metallic materials — Qualification based on
previous welding experience
ISO 15612 Specification and qualification of welding
procedures for metallic materials — Qualification by adoption of a
standard welding procedure
ISO 15613 Specification and qualification of welding
procedures for metallic materials — Qualification based on pre-
production welding test
ISO 15614 Specification and qualification of welding
procedures for metallic materials - Welding procedure test, 13
parts.
 ISO 15615 Gas welding equipment. Acetylene manifold
systems for welding, cutting and allied processes. Safety
requirements in high-pressure devices
ISO 15618-1 Qualification testing of welders for under-water
welding. Diver-welders for hyperbaric wet welding
ISO 15618-2 Qualification testing of welders for under-water
welding. Diver-welders and welding operators for hyperbaric dry
welding
ISO 17635 Non-destructive testing of welds. General rules for
metallic materials
ISO 17660-1 Welding - Welding of reinforcing steel - Part 1:
Load-bearing welded joints
ISO 17660-2 Welding - Welding of reinforcing steel - Part 1: Non-
load bearing welded joints
ISO/TR 20172Welding — Grouping systems for materials —
European materials
ISO/TR 20173Welding — Grouping systems for materials —
American materials
ISO/TR 20174Welding — Grouping systems for materials —
Japanese materials
ISO 24394 Welding for aerospace applications. Qualification
test for welders and welding operators. Fusion welding of metallic
components

What's More (Enrichment Activities)

Provide the necessary information of the following:

 ASME
 ISO
 AWS
 AS/NZS

What I Have Learned (Generalization)

1. Why do we need to consider the International welding codes and standards?

2. How do you benefited on this lesson as a welder?
What I can do (Application)

Oral recitation…

Assessment (Assessment)

(TRUE OR FALSE): Read the statement correctly. Write TRUE if the statement
is right and FALSE if not.
___________1. It is important to the welder to know the welding codes and procedures, and standards.
___________2. The welding procedure specification (WPS) is a document that is intended to provide
direction for the welder.
___________3. The welder qualification test record (WQTR) is the only test to prove welders to weld in
certain WPS.
___________4. Welding codes is not really necessary to improve their skills, processes, materials and
equipment in order to achieve quality and efficiency.

Answer key:

1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE

References:

 T.H.E III Industrial Technology Metalworks I. 1993. pp. 98-103

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