BS EN 288 1992 — SPECIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF WELDING PROCEDURES FOR METALLIC MATERIALS
| Author(s) | BS |
| Publisher | BS |
| Date | 1997 |
| Pages | 128 |
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| Size | 2 Mb |
| D O W N L O A D | |
The WPS referred to in the present British Standard, are required in order to provide a well defined basis for planning of any construction operations that would include welding, as well as for quality control during welding, evaluation of the established weld seams, assessment of the welding connections etc.
Welding itself is considered a very special process in the terminology of quality system standards - such standards would usually imply that special processes are to be carried out in full accordance with the written WPS, i.e. welding procedure specifications. Any possible deviations, as well as distortions and other imperfections, can be evaluated by means of the various nondestructive testing (NDT) methods on the newly established weld seam.
The special problem is constituted by the metallurgical deviations, because today's level of NDT technology does not allow for the nondestructive evaluation of the mechanical properties - this necessitated the establishment of a completely new set of applicable rules for approval of the WPS prior to the its release to actual production. There are nine parts in this standard, covering the general rules applicable to fusion welding, welding of the aluminum and aluminum alloys, WPS for arc welding, various welding procedure tests applicable approval of the standard WPS, pipeline welding, offshore applications etc.
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