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    Qw-484A - Suggested Format A For Welder Performance Qualifications (WPQ) )

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    This document contains a suggested format for documenting welder performance qualifications. It includes sections for the welder's name and identification number, test description including base metal and welding process details, testing conditions and qualification limits, test results including visual examination, bend tests, macro tests, radiographic or fracture tests, and certification signatures. The format allows documentation of welding variables, actual test values, qualified ranges, and test results in a standardized manner according to ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code requirements.

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    This document contains a suggested format for documenting welder performance qualifications. It includes sections for the welder's name and identification number, test description including base metal and welding process details, testing conditions and qualification limits, test results including visual examination, bend tests, macro tests, radiographic or fracture tests, and certification signatures. The format allows documentation of welding variables, actual test values, qualified ranges, and test results in a standardized manner according to ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code requirements.

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    This document contains a suggested format for documenting welder performance qualifications. It includes sections for the welder's name and identification number, test description including base metal and welding process details, testing conditions and qualification limits, test results including visual examination, bend tests, macro tests, radiographic or fracture tests, and certification signatures. The format allows documentation of welding variables, actual test values, qualified ranges, and test results in a standardized manner according to ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code requirements.

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    QW-484A SUGGESTED FORMAT A FOR WELDER PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATIONS (WPQ)

    (See QW-301, Section IX, ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code) )
    Welders Name

    Identification
    No.

    Test Description
    Identification of WPS followed

    Test Coupon

    Specification and type/grade or UNS number of base metal(s)

    Production weld

    Thickness:

    Testing Conditions and Qualification Limits


    Welding Variables (QW-350)
    Welding process (es)
    Type (i.e., manual, semi-automatic) used
    Backing (with/without, metal, weld metal, double-welded, etc.)
    Plate
    Pipe (enter diameter, if pipe or tube)
    Base metal P- or S-Number to P-or S-Number
    Filler metal or electrode specification(s) (SFA) (info only)
    Filler metal or electrode classification(s) (info only)
    Filler metal F-Number(s)
    Consumable insert (GTAW or PAW)
    Filler type (solid/metal or flux cored/powder (GTAW or PAW)
    Deposit thickness for each process
    Process 1:
    3 layers minimum
    Yes
    No

    Process 2:
    3 layers minimum
    Yes
    No

    Position qualified (2G, 6G, 3F, etc.)


    Vertical progression (uphill or downhill)
    Type of fuel gas (OFW)
    Inert gas backing (GTAW, PAW, GMAW)
    Transfer mode (spray/globular or pulse to short circuit GMAW)
    GTAW current type/polarity (AC, DCEP, DCEN)

    Actual values

    to

    Range qualified

    RESULTS
    Visual Examination of Completed Weld (QW-302.4)

    Transverse face and root bends [QW-462.3 (a)];

    Longitudinal bends [QW-462.3 (b)];

    Side bends (QW-462.2)

    Pipe bend specimen, corrosion-resistant weld metal overlay [QW-462.5(c)]


    Plate bend specimen, corrosion-resistant weld metal overlay [QW-462.5 (d)];
    Pipe specimen macro test for fusion [QW-462.5 (b)];
    Type

    Result

    Plate specimen macro test for fusion [QW-462.5 (e)];

    Type

    Result

    Type

    Result

    Alternative radiographic examination results (QW-191)


    Fillet weld -- Fracture test (QW180)

    Length and percent of


    defects

    Fillet welds in plate [QW-462.4(b)]


    Macro examination (QW184)

    Film or specimens evaluated


    by:

    Fillet welds in pipe [QW-462.4(c)

    Fillet size (in.):

    Other tests

    Concavity/convexity
    (in.):

    Company

    Mechanical tests conducted


    by:
    Welding supervised by

    Laboratory Test Number

    We certify that the statements in this record are correct and that the test coupons were prepared welded and tested in
    accordance with the requirements of Section IX of the ASME Code.
    Manufacturer or Contractor

    Date:

    Certified by:

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