ASME IX Welding, Brazing and Fusing Qualifications

What are the Goals?

The aim of this training course is to provide the delegates enough knowledge and skills in the ASME IX for welding and brazing qualifications:

• Identify the Welding and Brazing procedures specifications, qualifications and the Welder and welder operator performance qualifications
• Explain the welding process and requirements
• Receive the enough information about the test required for Procedure Qualification Record (PQR) and Welder Performance Qualification (WPQ)
• Identify the ASME P-Numbers, F-Numbers and A-Numbers
• Explain the welding position and the limitation related to the welder and the procedure qualification

Who is this Training Course for?

This training course is designed for:

• Those interested in ASME IX for welding and brazing qualifications
• QA/QC inspectors
• Maintenance, inspection testing Engineers
• Welding professionals
• Fabrication Engineers
• QA/QC Reliability professionals in oil and gas (Petrochemical and Refining) operations

Daily Agenda

Day One

• Introduction and history of ASME codes
• Scope and Definitions
• Welding general requirements.
• types and purposes of tests and examinations
• Acceptance Criteria
• Welding procedure qualifications
• Limitation on essential and non-essential variables
• Welding process 

Day Two 

• Welding performance qualifications
• Type of test required for welder
• Mechanical Tests and volumetric test
• Test coupons in pipe
• Limits of qualified positions and diameters
• Examination required for welder and welding operator
• Welding variables for welders and welding operators
• Expiration and renewal of welder qualification

Day Three

• Article IV welding data
• Essential Variable (Procedure)
• Non-essential variables (Procedure)
• Supplementary Essential Variable (Procedure)
• Essential variable (performance)
• Joints, base metals, filler metals, positions
• Preheat, post weld heat treatment, electrical characteristics
• Base metal groupings table QW/QB-422
• Alternate base materials for welder qualification P-Numbers
• Alternate base metals used for procedure qualification
• F‐numbers table QW-432
• Alternate F‐numbers for welder performance qualification
• Weld metal chemical composition table QW-442 A‐Numbers

 Day Four

Procedure qualification thickness limits and test specimens 

• Table QW-451.1 Groove‐Weld Tension Tests and Transverse‐Bend Tests
• Table QW-451.2 Groove‐Weld Tension Tests and Longitudinal‐Bend Tests
• Table QW-451.3 Fillet‐Weld Tests

Procedure qualification thickness limits and test specimens 

• Table QW-451.1 Groove‐Weld Tension Tests and Transverse‐Bend Tests
• Table QW-451.2 Groove‐Weld Tension Tests and Longitudinal‐Bend Tests
• Table QW-451.3 Fillet‐Weld Tests

Performance qualification thickness limits and test specimens

Procedure qualification thickness limits and test specimens 

• Table QW-451.1 Groove‐Weld Tension Tests and Transverse‐Bend Tests
• Table QW-451.2 Groove‐Weld Tension Tests and Longitudinal‐Bend Tests
• Table QW-451.3 Fillet‐Weld Tests

Performance qualification thickness limits and test specimens

• Table QW-452.1(a) Test Specimens
• Table QW-452.1(b) Thickness of Weld Metal Qualified
• Table QW-452.3 Groove‐Weld Diameter Limits
• Table QW-461.9 Performance Qualification — Position and Diameter Limitations
• Positions of Welds — Groove Welds and fillets weld

Day Five

• Article XI brazing general requirements
• Types and purposes of tests and examinations
• Article XII brazing procedure qualifications
• Brazing variables
• Article XIII brazing performance qualifications
• Article XIV brazing data