It would be conservative to go for the full pen welds. Full pen welds will match the strength of your padeyes, provided you require a qualified welding procedure for these welds. If the padeyes are only subjected to low fatigue utilisation then full pen welds will be a waste of time in...
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How common are the ISO welding codes in the U.S? Most of the Q & A's here seems to be related to ASME or AWS in one way or the other.
A welding company delivering goods to the offshore sector in Europe will normally be required to be certified according to ISO 9001 & ISO 3834-2, how...
Makes sense to stamp the WPQ's if you need the WPQ's on future projects. Codes may change, and some clients will only approve WPQ's approved by a third party organization.
Depending on the code there may be PWHT requirements for certain materials or PWHT requirements based on yield strength and plate thickness combo.
Usually PWHT forces itself (code, or no code requirement) when your required to qualify a welding procedure. If that is the case you need to...