Hello, if someone has relevant experience with Section III NB, please help with the following issue:
NB 2431.1(c) specifies that the preheat, inter-pass, and PWHT temperatures to be adopted for preparation of test coupon for Lot Qualification of welding material are required to be same as the...
A welder is making a test coupon for procedure qualification. The provisional WPS used for making the coupon specifies preheat of 150°C. Welder aims for 150°C, however – after a few passes the actually observed preheat rises to 200°C. Overall, preheat is observed to be in the range of 150°C –...
I wonder if someone else has faced this. When you go through historical interpretations hosted on the ASME interpretations website, how does one know whether it is still valid or not? The question is constantly asked by skeptical customers when an interpretation is presented to them.
I know...
Hello. I am new to the forum, and this I think is my first post.
I am a welding engineer, closely working with Section IX for a number of years now. Quite a few interesting issues arise when using the code, and I would love to hear other code user’s views on the same.
I have a PQR qualified...
