ASME vs. AWS Certification

[malachiko]

I am trying to get two welders at our USA company wholey - owned plant in China cerified to perform casting repair IAW ASME Section IX. We have a possible company out of Shanghai that says that they are certified to perform the required tests to Section IX and that they can get my welders and the WPS certified. They also will send over someone who will train the welders. However, when I asked them for a cert that approves them to perform this training and testing, they provided a cert that states they are qualified by AWS as having met all of the requirements of AWS QC4 - Standard for Acceditation of Test Facilities for AWS Certified Welder Program.

I know that in many cases AWS and ASME work together in standards and other areas. Is this a case where the AWS standard is approval for testing and approval for ASME Section IX welding?

Thanks for the help.

 

[metengr]

The certification of ASME Section IX welding procedure specifications and welders is performed by the organization that is responsible for the welders and provides direct supervision. You can hire outside expertise to develop a WPS and to help qualify the welders but you are responsible for certifying the WPS and welders under your control.

 

[GenB]

Seems to me that you fabricate valves therefore you do not have an ASME certification. Do you? So if you are required to weld repair the castings using sect IX as a model of certification on non ASME castings or Code Items you can use any certified.legal laboratory or Company. But if the parts have to be supplied to incorporate in ASME construction you cannot as you would have to supply a Data report for the part a partial data report.