P number ground for cladded material

[OZWelder]

Hello all,

I am trying to develop my first clad PQR. The base material is, ASTM A516-70N. I then cladded this plate with inconel 625. We then prepared the plate for a single vee bevel and welded the butt, using ERNiCrMo-3 GTAW wire.

My question is: on the WPS what P member will the bas material come under, same as A516-70 P 1 Group 2 or do I state P1 / P43 ??

Second question: If base material is 12mm + 3mm of cladding, is my qualified thickness range 5mm to 24mm or 7.5mm to 30mm - is the cladding thickness included in the qualified thinness range?

all this is to ASME IX. thank you all very much

 

[SJones]

See QW-217 Method A

Steve Jones
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Assuming conventional processes like SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, the overlay composition at 3mm thickness will be nowhere near full (undiluted) composition. But everything depends on the service requirements; the Code does not instruct how much to deposit, only the rules for qualification.

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