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Writing A Welding Procedure Specification

This document discusses the rules for writing welding procedure specifications (WPS). It outlines restrictions when welding thicknesses exceed 8 inches, single pass weld metal thickness is over 1/2 inch, changing P-Numbers, F-Numbers or A-Numbers, and changes to preheat or postweld heat treatment. Thickness limits in production are 1.1 times the qualification test coupon when the upper transformation temperature is exceeded during postweld heat treatment.

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Writing A Welding Procedure Specification

This document discusses the rules for writing welding procedure specifications (WPS). It outlines restrictions when welding thicknesses exceed 8 inches, single pass weld metal thickness is over 1/2 inch, changing P-Numbers, F-Numbers or A-Numbers, and changes to preheat or postweld heat treatment. Thickness limits in production are 1.1 times the qualification test coupon when the upper transformation temperature is exceeded during postweld heat treatment.

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Writing a Welding Procedure

Specification
Base Metals QW-403.7
 T/t Limits > 8 inches - this rule only applies
at thickness greater than 8 inches (203
mm) .
 If you are welding a coupon over 8 inches
you are restricted to 1.33T or 1.33t, as
applicable. 1.33t is the weld metal thickness,
it matters when mixing welding processes
and/or filler metal F-Numbers.
Base Metals
t (weld metal) pass greater than ½”
 QW-403.9 For single-pass or multi-pass

welding in which any pass (means layer of


weld metal) is greater than 1/2 in. (13 mm)
thick, an increase in base metal thickness
beyond 1.1 times that of the qualification test
coupon.
A single pass refers to the number of weld
beads required to fill up a layer of weld
metal in the joint. If the single layer/pass, t
(deposited weld metal), exceeds 1/2” in
thickness the WPS will be restricted to 1.1
x T in production welding.
Base Metals
 Change of P-No. 5/9/10
 Simple, P-No. 5/9/10 - A,B,C.., are different

P-Numbers and will require individual


qualifications, (with the exception of going
from 9B to 9A)
Filler Metals
 Change of F-Number
 QW-404.4 A change from one F-Number in

QW-432 to any other F-Number or to any


other filler metal not listed in QW-432.
 Changing the F-Number on the WPS to one

other than that used for the procedure test


coupon (PQR). Such as changing from F-No. 1
to F-No. 3.
 This rule also applies to a welder’s

qualification test by the way.


Filler Metals
 QW- 404.5 Change of A-Number
 Changing the A No. to one other than that
used to qualify requires a new test or
additional PQR (s) from a file (with one
exception).
 QW-404.5 (Applicable only to ferrous metals.)
A change in the chemical composition of the
weld deposit from one A-Number to any other
A-Number in QW- 442.
Qualification with A-No. 1 shall qualify for A-
No. 2 and vice versa. (Note: all other A- No.
changes will force requalification).
Preheat
PWHT
 Change in PWHT
 QW-407.1 This long paragraph specifies
what is considered a change in post weld
heat treatments. The changes are P-Number
specific with 5 different conditions of PWHT
for P Nos. 1,3, 4, 5, 6, 9,10 and, 11.
For most of those and all other materials
there are two conditions:
1. No PHWT
2. The specified PWHT for the P No. used
based on a construction Code.
PWHT
 T Limits (Thickness Limits)
 QW-407.4 For a procedure qualification test
coupon receiving a post weld heat treatment in
which the upper transformation temperature is
exceeded, the maximum qualified thickness for
production welds is 1.1 times the thickness of
the test coupon.

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