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ASME Sec IX: Welding and Brazing Standards

ASME BPVC Section IX provides standards for the qualification of welding and brazing procedures, as well as the performance qualifications of welders and brazers, essential for professionals in pressure vessel and piping system industries. It is organized into four parts: General Requirements, Welding, Brazing, and Plastic Fusing, each containing specific articles addressing various aspects of the material joining processes. The document outlines requirements for tests, qualifications, and standard welding procedure specifications.

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ASME Sec IX: Welding and Brazing Standards

ASME BPVC Section IX provides standards for the qualification of welding and brazing procedures, as well as the performance qualifications of welders and brazers, essential for professionals in pressure vessel and piping system industries. It is organized into four parts: General Requirements, Welding, Brazing, and Plastic Fusing, each containing specific articles addressing various aspects of the material joining processes. The document outlines requirements for tests, qualifications, and standard welding procedure specifications.

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ASME BPVC SEC IX

QUALIFICATION STANDARD FOR WELDING, BRAZING, AND


FUSING PROCEDURES; WELDERS; BRAZERS; AND WELDING,
BRAZING, AND FUSING OPERATORS
INTRODUCTION
• ASME Sec IX is a code published by the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers that outlines the requirements for
1. The qualification of welding and brazing procedures.
2. The performance qualification of welders and brazers.

• The training of ASME Sec IX is important for professionals who work


with pressure vessels, piping systems, and boilers.
CONTENTS
The user of Section IX should be aware of how Section IX is organized. It
is divided into four Parts and each part is divided into article as shown
below.

• PART QG - General requirements


• PART QW- Welding (Article I, II, III, IV, V)
• PART QB - Brazing (Article XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV)
• PART QF - Plastic Fusing (Article XXI, XXII, XXIII, XIV)
CONTENTS
• Each Part addressing a material joining process is then divided into Articles.
The Articles for each material joining process deal with the following:

• (a) general requirements specifically applicable to the material joining process


(Article I Welding, Article XI Brazing and Article XXI Plastic Fusing)
• (b) procedure qualifications (Article II Welding, Article XII Brazing, and Article
XXII Plastic Fusing)
• (c) performance qualifications (Article III Welding, Article XIII Brazing, and
Article XXIII Plastic Fusing)
• (d) data (Article IV Welding, Article XIV Brazing, and Article XXIV Plastic Fusing)
• (e) standard welding procedure specifications (Article V Welding)
Article I - Welding General
Requirements
• QW-100 Scope
• QW-110 Weld Orientation
• QW-120 Test Positions for Groove Welds
• QW-130 Test Positions for Fillet Welds
• QW-140 Types and Purposes of Tests and Examinations
• QW-150 Tension Tests
• QW-160 Guided‐Bend Tests
• QW-170 Toughness Tests
• QW-180 Fillet‐Weld Tests
• QW-190 Other Tests and Examinations
Article II - Welding Procedure
Qualifications
• QW-200 General
• QW-210 Preparation of Test Coupon
• QW-220 Hybrid Welding Procedure Variables
• QW-250 Welding Variables
• QW-290 Temper Bead Welding
Article III - Welding Performance
Qualifications
• QW-300 General
• QW-310 Qualification Test Coupons
• QW-320 Retests and Renewal of Qualification
• QW-350 Welding Variables for Welders
• QW-360 Welding Variables for Welding Operators
• QW-380 Special Processes
Article IV- Welding Data
• QW-400 Variables
• QW-410 Technique
• QW-420 P-Numbers
• QW-430 F‐Numbers
• QW-440 Weld Metal Chemical Composition
• QW-450 Specimens
• QW-460 Graphics
• QW-470 Etching — Processes and Reagents
Article V- Standard Welding
Procedure Specifications (SWPSs)
• QW-500 General
• QW-510 Adoption of SWPSs
• QW-520 Use of SWPSs Without Discrete Demonstration
• QW-530 Forms
• QW-540 Production Use of SWPSs

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