WELD PROCEDURE TESTING

Weld Procedure Qualifications: 

• Transverse  and all weld metal tensile tests
• Guided face and root bend tests ;  side bends
• Charpy V notch and Macroetch
• Hardness surveys – Rockwell, Vickers and microhardness
• Nondestructive tests (NDT) – Visual, RT,PT,MT, UT
• Brazing qualification tests - micro sectioning to assess 
  lack of bond
• Hardfacing – chemical analysis, hardness, PT, macroetch 
• Corrosion resistant overlay – chemical analysis, bends, PT
• Ferrite content by magnagage

Welder Performance Tests:

• Bends (ASTM E190)
• X-Ray
• Fillet weld break test and macroetch

Working Specifications:

• ASME Sect IX;  AWS D1.1 through D1.6
• Military – MIL-STD-1595A: S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248
• ANSI/AWS- B2.1, B4.0, D9.1, D14.3, D15.3, D17.1
• (NYSSCM) New York State Steel Construction Manual  
  Section 8, Parts A & B