Is it normal for a welding code to allow production welding to start BEFORE a PQR is run? Once the procedure is qualified then it covers the welds already welded, is that a normal provision in a code for PQR & WPS's? It is in AS/NZS 1554.1 - 2014 with no time limit on how long you can run...
Are you permitted to write a welder qual for yourself in AS/NZS 1554.1:2014?
And if so is this bad?
I started a thread on AS/NZS 1554.1 and have been locked out of it twice and it's sub-section once despite, as far as I can see, complying with the rules. So I've had to shift to here. Maybe...
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Would be interested to understand what people think of the variable as described in Table 4.11A item (m) in AS/NZS 1554.1:2014.
Preheat is determined as per clause 5.3, but is allowed to drop another 20 Deg C according to this variable, seems strange the 20 Deg C isn't...
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A quick follow up on this in case anybody else struggled with this, I think it is safe to say the check in 4.7.4 is not a flange alignment check at all. It is a check of how well the spring supports match the piping. This is done before any detailed piping to machine alignment...
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I’ve been putting together an ITP for Flange Bolting using ASME PCC-1 as a guide but I am getting a little confused where it refers to API 686 Part 6, 4.6 through 4.9 for alignment of flanges connected to sensitive or rotating equipment when...
