[MW:29489] Re: welder qualification

REFER THIS ALSO As per ASME B31.4

434.8.4 Welding Standards. All the welding done

under this Code shall be performed under a specification

that embodies the minimum requirements of this Code

and shall encompass the requirements of API 1104

except as provided in paras. 434.8.3(a) and (b).

434.8.3 Welder and Welding Procedure

Qualifications

(a) Welder and welding procedure qualifications for

cross-country pipelines shall be performed in accordance

with API 1104. Welder and welding procedure

qualifications for alloy steel and for shop fabricated piping

assemblies, and welding at stations and terminals

shall be performed in accordance with API 1104 or

Section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.

(b) Prior to anywelding covered by this Code, awelding

procedure specification shall be established and

qualified by testing to demonstrate that welds having

suitable mechanical properties and soundness can be

produced. Welding procedure specifications shall be

qualified as required by API 1104, or Section IX of the

ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, whichever is

appropriate for the locations, materials, and type of

welding to be performed except as modified by the

following

On Saturday, 27 November 2010 13:11:38 UTC+3, bas karan wrote:

Dear all for welder qualification can we use sec IX instead of 1104 for cross country pipelines. if no ,what is the issue behind? Regards Baskaran.

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