Low sulfur steels which have < .005% S are readily available. If you specify S < .015% you can easily get S < .010%. If one has a heat analysis showing .003% S and it is true, there is no way that the same heat will have .015% S. Such disparity, would be indicative of major problems with the...
QW-403.6 is applicable to impact tested procedures.
QW-451.1 pertains to your PQR. You will need to qualify your procedure for .012" to .024" on .012" thick base materials. Impact testing will not be required for such thin materials. Review ASME B31.3 or ASME VIII, as applicable.
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Sometimes HR does not work for the companies best interest; it works for HR's perceived best interest. The greater the turnover, the greater their perceived need. Of course management must drink their Cool-Aid.
You also need to address the requirements of the material Specification and whether one or both of the MTR's heat analyses was based on product analysis. Finally, was the MTR provided by the mill (steel manufacturer) or the Warehouse suppier, importer or exporter?
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Based on your query, you have shown no real knowledge of welding, welding procedure qualification, welder qualification or the construction/manufacturing Codes governing welding. You need further education and mentoring by experts in welding and the applicable...
As weldtek is telling you, QW-408.5 - addition or deletion or a change in backing gas is a nonessential variable under QW-256 for the P No.8 base metals and A-8 filler metal involved.
Very small patches can lock in considerable stress, which could prove detrimental in a particular service environment. There is no such problem with a relatively large patch properly tied in at the corners.
Not enough info; however, most 347H is used in a high temperature environment (generally > 1000F) and the selection of ERNiCrMo-3 would not be recommended, especially if service invoves thermal cycling.
Also agree with LittleInch and BigInch. Where fresh water is at a premium or essentially unobtainable, sea water and brackish water have often been used without damaging the pipe system.
Colorado River Water can be over 1000 ppm Chloride.
You will not find it in B31.1, B31.3, B31.4, B31.8, etc. I have seen a number of Owner/Engr specs that limit chlorides to 500 ppm in hydrotest water for carbon and low alloy steel pipe systems.
You are in the right thread. ASME B31.1 addresses Boiler External Piping (under ASME I) and requiring an Authorized Inspector and the Fabricator to hold a current PP or S Certificate of Authorization and acurrent contract with an Authorized Inspection Agency. It also addresses Non-boiler...
Technically you may meet the AWS requirements. The AWS CWEng will not hurt but I would consider your experience far more relevant in hiring you for a Welding engineering position. I would need more info regarding actual welding duties; e.g., have you written WPSs and had them qualified, for what...
Over 30 years ago, a major gas producer/transporter specified X42 for sour gas service. Because even then steel manufacturers were making steel on a "one size fits all" basis, they actually recieved X58 equivalent pipe and failed to meet hardness requirements in the HAZ of the long seam and the...
