PIPING CODE & STANDARD

(By: Metalyogi)

1. ASME B31.3 – Process Piping

ASME B31.3 by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is crucial for industries
involving process piping, such as petrochemical, chemical, and power plants. It addresses design,
construction, and maintenance of piping systems, emphasizing safety and integrity.

2. API 570 – Piping Inspection Code: In-Service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration of Piping Systems
Developed by the American Petroleum Institute (API), API 570 focuses on in-service inspection and
maintenance of piping systems in the petrochemical industry. It ensures the ongoing reliability and
safety of piping infrastructure.

3. ASME B31.1 – Power Piping

Another important code from ASME, B31.1, concentrates on power piping systems, specifically those
found in power plants, industrial facilities, and heating systems. ASME B31.1 provides guidelines for
design, construction, and operation, emphasizing safety and efficiency.

4. ASTM A106 – Standard Specification for Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service
This standard by ASTM International specifies requirements for seamless carbon steel pipes used in
high-temperature applications. It ensures the reliability and performance of pipes in demanding
conditions.

5. ANSI/ASME B16.5 – Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings

This standard from ASME focuses on the dimensions and materials for pipe flanges and flanged
fittings. It is crucial in ensuring compatibility and proper connection of different piping components.

6. ASTM A234 – Standard Specification for Piping Fittings of Wrought Carbon Steel and Alloy Steel for
Moderate and High-Temperature Service
ASTM A234 sets the standards for wrought carbon steel and alloy steel pipe fittings used in moderate
and high-temperature services. It ensures the proper construction and performance of these fittings.
ASSOCIATIONS PROVIDING PIPING MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS
• American Petroleum Institute (API)

• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

• American Water Works Association (AWWA)

• American Welding Society (AWS)

• Manufacturers Standardization Society (MSS)

• National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE)

• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

API - American Petroleum Institute Standards

Rules, practices and standards for oil and gas industry are issued by this institute and followed by almost all oil and gas
companies in the world.

Among the many standards issued by the institute, there is also a standard for the design of pipelines: API STANDARD
5L. Within this standard, materials for oil and gas transportation pipelines are specified, with denomination API 5L.

• API 5L

− API 5L provides dimensions, weights, and test pressures for plain end line pipe in sizes up to 80 inches in diameter.

− Several weights are available in each line pipe diameter. The weight of the pipe in lb/ft, in turn, varies as the wall
thickness for a given outside diameter. For instance, API Spec 5L lists 24 different weights in the 16-inch-diameter size
(five weights are special weights), ranging from 31.75 lb/foot to 196.91 lb/foot.

− The corresponding wall thickness ranges from 0.188 inch to 1.250 inches. As the wall thickness increases for a given
outside diameter, the inside diameter of the pipe decreases from 15.624 inches for the lightest weight pipe to 13.500
inches for the line pipe weighing 196.91 lb/foot. Greater wall thicknesses are selected for high-pressure applications,
or when the pipe segment might be subjected to unusual external forces such as seismic activities and landslides.

This is a family of carbon steels almost equivalent to ASTM A53 / A106.

Equipment specified to these standards is typically more robust than general industrial applications.

Common API standards are:

1. Spec. 5L → Line Pipe
2. Spec. 6D → Pipeline Valves
3. Spec. 6FA → Fire Test for Valves
4. Spec. 12D → Field Welded Tanks for Storage of Production Liquids
5. Spec. 12F → Shop Welded Tanks for Storage of Production Liquids
6. Spec. 12J → Oil and Gas Separators
7. Spec. 12K → Indirect Type Oil Field Heaters
8. Std. 594 → Wafer and Wafer-Lug Check Valves
9. Std. 598 → Valve Inspection and Testing
10. Std. 599 → Metal Plug Valves - Flanged and Butt-Welding Ends
11. Std. 600 → Steel Gate Valves-Flanged and Butt-Welding Ends
12. Std. 602 → Compact Steel Gate Valves-Flanged Threaded, Welding, and Extended Body Ends
13. Std. 603 → Class 150, Cast, Corrosion-Resistant, Flanged-End Gate Valves
14. Std. 607 → Fire Test for Soft-Seated Quarter-Turn Valves
15. Std. 608 → Metal Ball Valves-Flanged and Butt-Welding Ends
16. Std. 609 → Lug-and Wafer-Type Butterfly Valves
17. Std. 610 → Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum, Heavy Duty Chemical and Gas Industry Services
18. Std. 611 → General Purpose Steam Turbines for Refinery Services
19. Std. 612 → Special Purpose Steam Turbines for Refinery Services
20. Std. 613 → Special Purpose Gear Units for Refinery Services
21. Std. 614 → Lubrication, Shaft-Sealing and Control Oil Systems for Special Purpose Application
22. Std. 615 → Sound Control of Mechanical Equipment for Refinery Services
23. Std. 616 → Gas Turbines for Refinery Services
24. Std. 617 → Centrifugal Compressors for General Refinery Services
25. Std. 618 → Reciprocating Compressors for General Refinery Services
26. Std. 619 → Rotary-Type Positive Displacement Compressors for General Refinery Services
27. Std. 620 → Design and Construction of Large, Welded, Low Pressure Storage Tanks
28. Std. 630 → Tube and Header Dimensions for Fired Heaters for Refinery Service
29. Std. 650 → Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage
30. Std. 660 → Heat Exchangers for General Refinery Service
31. Std. 661 → Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers for General Refinery Service
32. Std. 670 → Vibrations, Axial Position, and Bearing-Temperature Monitoring Systems
33. Std. 671 → Special Purpose Couplings for Refinery Service
34. Std. 674 → Positive Displacement Pumps-Reciprocating
35. Std. 675 → Positive Displacement Pumps-Controlled Volume
36. Std. 676 → Positive Displacement Pumps-Rotary
37. Std. 677 → General Purpose Gear Units for Refineries Services
38. Std. 678 → Accelerometer-Base Vibration Monitoring System
39. Std. 1104 → Welding Pipelines and Related Facilities
40. Std. 2000 → Venting Atmospheric and low-Pressure Storage Tanks - Non-Refrigerated and
Refrigerated
41. RP 530 → Calculation for Heater Tube Thickness in Petroleum Refineries
42. RP 560 → Fired Heater for General Refinery Services
43. RP 577 → Welding Inspection and Metallurgy
44. RP 682 → Shaft Sealing System for Centrifugal and Rotary Pumps
45. RP 1110 → Pressure Testing of Liquid Petroleum Pipelines
46. Publ. 941 → Steel for Hydrogen Service at Elevated Temperature and Pressures in Petroleum
Refineries and Petrochemical Plants
47. Publ. 2009 → Safe Welding and Cutting Practices in Refineries
48. Publ. 2015 → Safe Entry and Cleaning of Petroleum Storage Tanks

ASTM – American Society of Testing Materials

ASTM developed a collection of documents called material specifications for standardizing materials of large use in
the industry.

• Specifications starting with “A” are for steel.

• Specifications starting with “B” are for non-ferrous alloys (bronze, brass, copper nickel alloys, aluminium alloys and
so on).

• Specifications starting with “D” are for plastic material, as PVC.

An ASTM specification specifies the basic chemical composition of material and the process through which the material
is shaped into the final product. Some of the common material standards are:
1. A 36 → Specification for Structural Steel
2. A 53 → Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot –Dipped, Zinc Coated Welded and Seamless
3. A 105 → Specification for Forgings, Carbon Steel, for Piping Components
4. A 106 → Specification for Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe for High Temperature Service
5. A 181 → Specification for Forgings, Carbon Steel for General Purpose Piping
6. A 182 → Specification for Forged or Rolled Alloy Steel Pipe Flanges, Forged Fittings, and Valves
and Parts for High Temperature Service
7. A 193 → Specification for Alloy Steel and Stainless-Steel Bolting Materials for High Temperature
Service
8. A 194 → Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts for Bolts for High Pressure and High
Temperature Service
9. A 234 → Specification for Piping Fittings of Wrought Carbon Steel and Alloy Steel for Moderate
and Elevated Temperatures
10. A 333 → Specification for Seamless and Welded Steel Pipe for Low Temperature Service
11. A 350 → Specification for Forgings, Carbon and Low Alloy Steel Requiring Notch Toughness
Testing for Piping Components
12. A 352 → Specification for Steel Castings, Ferritic and Martensitic for Pressure Containing Parts
Suitable for Low Temperature Service
13. A 420 → Specification for Piping Fittings of Wrought Carbon Steel and Alloy Steel for Low
Temperature Service
14. A 694 → Specification for Forgings, carbon and Alloy Steel for Pipe Flanges, Fittings, Valves and
Parts for High Pressure Transmission Service
15. A 707 → Specifications for Flanges, Forged, Carbon and Alloy Steel for Low Temperature Service

Non-Ferrous Piping Materials

1. B 42 → Seamless Copper Pipe
2. B 43 → Seamless Red Brass Pipe
3. B 210 → Specification for Aluminium and Aluminium-Alloy Drawn Seamless Tubes
4. B 241 → Seamless Aluminium and Aluminium Alloy Pipe
5. B 251 → Specification for General Requirements for Wrought Seamless Copper and

Copper-Alloy Tube
1. B 315 → Seamless Copper Alloy Pipe and Tube
2. B 337 → Seamless & Welded Titanium and Titanium Alloy Pipe
3. B 429 → Specification for Aluminium-Alloy Extruded Structural Pipe and Tube
4. B 466 → Seamless Copper Nickel Pipe & Tube
5. B 467 → Welded Copper Nickel pipe
6. B 658 → Seamless & Welded Zirconium and Zirconium Alloy Pipe.
7. C 76 → Specification for Concrete Pipe
8. C599 → Process Glass Pipe and Fittings
9. D1785 → UPVC Plastic Pipe
10. D 2239 → Specification for Polyethylene Pipe
11. D2282 → ABS Plastic Pipe (SDR-PR)
12. D2464 → Threaded PVC Plastic Pipe Fittings, Sch 80
13. D2468 → Socket-Type ABS Plastic Pipe Fittings, Sch 40
14. D2517 → Reinforced Epoxy Resin Gas Pressure Pipe and Fittings
15. D2846 → CPVC Plastic Hot and Cold Water Distribution Systems
16. D3261 → Butt Heat Fusion PE Plastic Fittings for PE Plastic Pipe and Tubing
17. D5421 → Contact Molded Fiberglass RTR Flanges
18. F423 → PTFE Plastic-Lined Ferrous Metal Pipe and Fittings
19. F492 → Polypropylene and PP Plastic-Lined Ferrous Metal Pipe and Fittings
20. D 3033/3034 → UPVC Fittings

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Codes

These standards provide design, dimensional and manufacturing criteria for many commonly used piping components
for use in B31.3 process piping systems.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) covers all aspects of
design and manufacture of boilers and pressure vessels. All sections contain welding specifications, however most
relevant information is contained in the following:

1. B16.1 → Cast Iron Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings

2. B16.3 → Malleable Iron Threaded Fittings, Class 150 and 300
3. B16.4 → Cast Iron Threaded Fittings, Classes 125 and 250
4. B16.5 → Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings
5. B16.9 → Factory Made Wrought Steel Butt welding Fittings
6. B16.10 → Face to Face and End to End Dimensions of Valves
7. B16.11 → Forged Fittings, Socket Welding and Threaded
8. B16.12 → Cast Iron Threaded Drainage Fittings
9. B16.14 → Ferrous Pipe Plugs, Bushings and Locknuts with Pipe Threads
10. B16.15 → Cast Bronze Threaded Fittings Class 125 and 250
11. B16.18 → Cast Copper Alloy Solder Joint Pressure Fittings
12. B16.20 → Ring Joint Gaskets and Grooves for Steel Pipe Flanges
13. B16.21 → Non-metallic Flat Gaskets for Pipe Flanges
14. B16.22 → Wrought Copper and Copper Alloy Solder Joint Pressure Fittings
15. B16.23 → Cast Copper Alloy Solder Joint Drainage Fittings – DWV
16. B16.24 → Cast Copper Alloy Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings Class 150, 300, 400,600, 900, 1500
and 2500
17. B16.25 → Butt welding Ends
18. B16.26 → Cast Copper Alloy Fittings for Flared Copper Tubes
19. B16.28 → Wrought Steel Butt welding Short Radius Elbows and Returns
20. B16.29 → Wrought Copper and Wrought Copper Alloy Solder Joint Drainage Fittings DWV
21. B16.32 → Cast Copper Alloy Solder Joint Fittings for Solvent Drainage Systems
22. B16.33 → Manually Operated Metallic Gas Valves for Use in Gas Piping Systems Up to 125 psig
(sizes ½ through 2).
23. B16.34 → Valves – Flanged, Threaded and Welding End
24. B16.36 → Orifice Flanges
25. B16.37 → Hydrostatic Testing of Control Valves
26. B16.38 → Large Metallic Valves for Gas Distribution (Manually Operated, NPS 2 ½ to 12, 125 psig
maximum)
27. B16.39 → Malleable Iron Threaded Pipe Unions, Classes 1150, 250 and 300
28. B16.40 → Manually Operated Thermoplastic Gas Shutoffs and Valves in Gas Distribution
29. B16.41 → Functional Qualification Requirement for Power Operated Active Valve Assemblies for
Nuclear Power Plants
30. B16.42 → Ductile Iron Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings, Class 150 and 300
31. B16.45 → Cast Iron Fittings for Solvent Drainage Systems
32. B16.44 → Manually Operated Metallic Gas Valves for Use in House Piping Systems
33. B16.47 → Large Diameter Steel Flanges (NPS 26 through NPS 60)
34. B16.48 → Steel Line Blanks
35. B16.49 → Factory-Made Wrought Steel Butt-welding Induction Bends for Transportation and
Distribution Systems
36. B16.50 → Wrought Copper and Copper Alloy Braze-Joint Pressure Fittings
37. B16.51 → Cast and Wrought Copper and Copper Alloy Press-Connect Pressure Fittings (draft)
38. ASME BPVC Section V → Non destructive testing
39. ASME BPVC Section IX → Welding and Brazing Qualifications ASME Piping Components
Standards

American Welding Society (AWS)

These standards provide information on the welding fundamentals, weld design, welder's training qualifications,
testing and inspection of the welds and guidance on the application and use of welds. Individual electrode
manufacturers have given their own brand names for the various electrodes and the same are sold under these names.

AWS A02.4 → Standard symbols for welding, brazing, and non-destructive examination.
AWS A03.0 → Standard welding terms and definitions.
AWS A05.1 → Specification for carbon steel electrodes for shielded metal arc welding.
AWS A05.18 → Specification for carbon steel electrodes and rots for gas shielded arc welding.
AWS B01.10 → Guide for the non-destructive examination of welds.
AWS D01.1 → Structural welding (steel).
AWS D01.2 → Structural welding (Aluminium).
AWS D01.3 → Structural welding (sheet steel).
AWS D01.4 → Structural welding (reinforcing steel).
AWS D01.5 → Bridge welding.
AWS D01.6 → Structural welding (stainless steel).
AWS D01.7 → Structural welding (strengthening and repair).
AWS D01.8 → Structural welding seismic supplement.
AWS D01.9 → Structural welding (titanium).
AWS D08.1 → Automotive spot welding.
AWS D08.6 → Automotive spot welding electrodes supplement.
AWS D08.7 → Automotive spot welding recommendations supplement.
AWS D08.8 → Automotive arc welding (steel).
AWS D08.9 → Automotive spot weld testing.
AWS D08.14 → Automotive arc welding (Aluminium).
AWS D09.1 → Sheet metal welding.
AWS D10.10 → Heating practices for pipe and tube.
AWS D10.11 → Root pass welding for pipe.
AWS D10.12 → Pipe welding (mild steel).
AWS D10.13 → Tube brazing (copper).
AWS D10.18 → Pipe welding (stainless steel).
AWS D11.2 → Welding (cast iron).
AWS D14.1 → Industrial mill crane welding.
AWS D14.3 → Earthmoving & agricultural equipment welding.
AWS D14.4 → Machinery joint welding.
AWS D14.5 → Press welding.
AWS D14.6 → Industrial mill roll surfacing.
AWS D15.1 → Railroad welding.
AWS D15.2 → Railroad welding practice supplement.
AWS D16.1 → Robotic arc welding safety.
AWS D16.2 → Robotic arc welding system installation.
AWS D16.3 → Robotic arc welding risk assessment.
AWS D16.4 → Robotic arc welder operator qualification.
AWS D17.1 → Aerospace fusion welding.
AWS D17.2 → Aerospace resistance welding.
AWS D18.1 → Hygienic tube welding (stainless steel).
AWS D18.2 → Stainless steel tube discoloration guide.
AWS D18.3 → Hygienic equipment welding.

American Water Works Association (AWWA)

These standards refer to the piping elements required for low pressure water services. These are less stringent than
other standards and are rarely arbitrated by piping engineers.

1. C104 → Cement-Mortar Lining for Ductile-Iron Pipe and Fittings for Water
2. C110 → Ductile-Iron and Gray-Iron Fittings, 3 In.-48 In. (76 mm-1,219 mm), for Water
3. C115 → Flanged Ductile-Iron Pipe with Ductile-Iron or Gray-Iron Threaded Flanges
4. C151 → Ductile-Iron Pipe, Centrifugally Cast, for Water
5. C153 → Ductile-Iron Compact Fittings for Water Service
6. C300 → Reinforced Concrete Pressure Pipe, Steel Cylinder Type, for Water and Other Liquids
7. C302 → Reinforced Concrete Pressure Pipe, Noncylinder Type, for Water and Other Liquids
8. C501 → Cast-Iron Sluice Gates
9. C502 → Dry-Barrel Fire Hydrants
10. C503 → Wet-Barrel Fire Hydrants
11. C504 → Rubber-Seated Butterfly Valves
12. C507 → Ball Valves, 6 In. Through 48 In. (150 mm Through 1,200 mm)
13. C508 → Swing-Check Valves for Waterworks Service, 2 In. (50 mm) Through 24 In. (600 mm) NPS
14. C509 → Resilient-Seated Gate Valves for Water Supply Service
15. C510 → Double Check Valve Backflow Prevention Assembly
16. C511 → Reduced-Pressure Principle Backflow Prevention Assembly
17. C900 → PVC Pressure Pipe, 4-inch through 12-inch, for Water
18. C950 → Glass-Fibre-Reinforced Thermosetting Resin Pressure Pipe

MSS Standard Practices

The Manufacturers Standardization Society (MSS) standards are directed at general industrial applications. The most
common MSS-SP standards are:

1. MSS SP 6 → Standard Finishes for contact surface for flanges

2. MSS SP 25 → Standard marking system for valves, fittings, flanges
3. MSS SP 42 → Class 150 corrosion resistant gate, globe and check valves
4. MSS SP 43 → Wrought stainless steel butt weld fittings
5. MSS SP 56 → Pipe hanger supports; material, design and manufacture
6. MSS SP 61 → Pressure testing of valves
7. MSS SP 67 → Butterfly Valves
8. MSS SP 68 → High Pressure off seat butterfly valves
9. MSS SP 69 → Pipe hanger supports; selection and applications
10. MSS SP 70 → Cast Iron Gate valves
11. MSS SP 71 → Cast iron check valves
12. MSS SP 72 → Ball Valves
13. MSS SP 78 → Cast iron plug valves
14. MSS SP 80 → Bronze gate, globe and check valves
15. MSS SP 81 → Stainless steel bonnet less knife gate valves
16. MSS SP 83 → Pipe unions
17. MSS SP 85 → Cast iron globe valves
18. MSS SP 88 → Diaphragm valves
19. MSS SP 89 → Pipe hangers and supports; fabrication and installation practices
20. MSS SP 90 → Pipe hangers and supports; guidelines on terminology
21. MSS SP 92 → MSS valves user guide
22. MSS SP 108 → Resilient seated eccentric CI plug valves

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

1. NFPA13 → Installation of Sprinkler Systems
2. NFPA14 → Installation of Standpipe, Private Hydrant, and Hose Systems
3. NFPA15 → Water Spray Fixed Systems for Fire Protection
4. NFPA16 → Installation of Foam-Water Sprinkler and Foam-Water Spray Systems
5. NFPA24 → Installation of Private Fire Service Mains and Their Appurtenances
6. NFPA54 → National Fuel Gas Code
7. NFPA58 → Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code
8. NFPA59A → Production, Storage, and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
9. NFPA Z662 → Oil and Gas Pipeline Systems

Compressed Gas Association (CGA) Piping System Standards

1. CGA G2.1 → Requirements for the Storage and Handling of Anhydrous Ammonia (ANSI K61.1)
2. CGA G4.4 → Industrial Practices for Gaseous Oxygen Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems
3. CGA G5.4 → Standard for Hydrogen Piping Systems at Consumer Locations

Chlorine Institute Piping System Standards (selected)

1. 006 → Piping Systems for Dry Chlorine
2. 060 → Chlorine Pipelines
3. 094 → Sodium Hydroxide Solution and Potassium Hydroxide Solution (Caustic): Storage
Equipment and Piping Systems
4. 163 → Hydrochloric Acid Storage and Piping Systems

Unified Numbering System (UNS)

The UNS number itself is not a specification, since it establishes no requirements for form, condition, quality etc. It is
a unified identification of metals and alloys for which controlling limits have been established in specifications
elsewhere.

The UNS provides means of correlating many naturally used numbering systems currently administered by societies,
trade associations, individual users and producers of metals and alloys, thereby avoiding confusion caused by the use
of more than one identification number for the same material and by the opposite situation of having the same
number assigned to two different materials.

UNS establishes 18 Series numbers of metals and alloys. Each UNS number consists of a single letter prefix followed
by five digits. In most cases the alphabet is suggestive of the formula of metal identified.

1. A00001 - A99999 → Aluminium & Al. Alloys.

2. C00001 - C99999 → Copper & Copper alloys
3. E00001 - E99999 → Rare earth & rare earth like metal &Alloys.
4. L00001 - L99999 → Low melting metals & alloys
5. M00001 - M99999 → Miscellaneous nonferrous metals & alloys
6. N00001 - N99999 → Nickel & nickel alloys
7. P00001 - P99999 → Precious Metals & alloys
8. R00001 - R99999 →Reactive & refractory metal & alloys
9. Z00001 - Z99999 → Zinc & Zinc alloys
10. D00001 - D99999 → Specified Mech. Properties of Steels
11. F00001 - F99999 → Cast Iron & Cast Steels
12. G00001 - G99999 → AISI & SAE Carbon & Alloy Steels
13. H00001 - H99999 →AISI Steels
14. J00001 - J99999 → Cast Steels
15. K00001 - K99999 →Misc. steels & Ferrous alloys
16. S00001 - S99999 → Stainless Steels
17. T00001 - T99999 → Tool Steels
18. W00001 - W99999 → Welding Filler Metals & Electrodes

EN – European Standards
1. EN 10088-1 → List of corrosion resistant steel types
2. EN 10204 → Types of inspection documents
3. EN 10296 -2 → Welded round stainless steel tubes for general applications
4. EN 10297-2 → Seamless round austenitic stainless steel tubes for general applications
5. EN 10217-7 → Welded round austenitic stainless steel tubes for special applications
6. EN ISO 1127 → Tolerance for stainless steel welded tube
7. EN 1092-1 → type 5 PN 6-100 Blind flanges PN 6-100
8. EN 1092-1 → type 1 PN 10 Flat welding flanges PN 10
9. EN 1092-1 → type 11 PN 10 Welding neck flanges PN 10
10. EN 1092-1 → type 11 PN 16 Welding neck flanges PN 16
11. EN 1092-1 → type 11 PN 25 Welding neck flanges PN 25
12. EN 1092-1 → type 11 PN 40 Welding neck flanges PN 40
13. EN 1092-1 → PN 64 Welding neck flanges PN 64
14. EN 1092-1 → PN 10 Collar rings and flanges PN 10

Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Standards

The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) is responsible for the development, maintenance and publication of CSA
standards. The following is a partial list specific to welding:

1. CSA W47.1 → Certification of Companies for Fusion Welding of Steel

2. CSA W59 → Welded Steel Construction (Metal Arc Welding)
3. CSA W59.2 → Welded Aluminium Construction
4. *Z245.1 → Steel Pipe
5. *Z245.6 → Coiled Aluminium Line Pipe and Accessories
6. *Z245.11 → Steel Fittings
7. *Z245.12 → Steel Flanges
8. *Z245.15 → Steel Valves

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standards

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has developed over 18500 standards and over 1100 new
standards are published every year. The following is a partial list of the standards specific to welding:

1. ISO 2560 Welding consumables. Covered electrodes for manual metal arc welding of
non-alloy and fine grain steels. Classification
2. ISO 3580 Covered electrodes for manual arc welding of creep-resisting steels – Code of
symbols for identification
3. ISO 3581 Covered electrodes for manual arc welding of stainless and other similar high alloy
steels – Code of symbols for identification
4. ISO 3834 Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials, five parts.
5. ISO 4063 Welding and allied processes – Nomenclature of processes and reference numbers
6. ISO 5817 Welding. Fusion-welded joints in steel, nickel, titanium and their alloys (beam
welding excluded). Quality levels for imperfections
7. ISO 6520-1 Welding and allied processes — Classification of geometric imperfections in metallic
materials — Part 1: Fusion welding
8. ISO 6520-2 Welding and allied processes — Classification of geometric imperfections in metallic
materials — Part 2: Welding with pressure
9. ISO 6947 Welds. Working positions. Definitions of angles of slope and rotation
10. ISO 9606 Qualification test of welders — Fusion welding, parts 1 to 5
11. ISO 9692-1 Welding and allied processes. Recommendations for joint preparation. Manual
metal-arc welding, gas-shielded metal-arc welding, gas welding, TIG welding and
beam welding of steels
12. ISO 9692-2 Welding and allied processes. Joint preparation. Submerged arc welding of steels
13. ISO 9692-3 Welding and allied processes. Joint preparation. Part 3: TIG and MIG welding of
aluminium and its alloys
14. ISO 13847 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Pipeline transportation systems – Welding of
Pipelines
15. ISO 13916 Welding – Guidance on the measurement of preheating temperature, interpass
temperature and preheat mainteanance temperature
16. ISO 13918 Welding – Studs and ceramic ferrules for arc stud welding
17. ISO 13919-1 Welding – Electron and laser-beam welded joints – Guidance on quality level
for imperfections – Part 1: Steel
18. ISO 13919-2 Welding – Electron and laser-beam welded joints – Guidance on quality level
for imperfections – Part 2: Aluminium and its weldable alloys
19. ISO 13920 Welding – General tolerances for welded constructions – Dimensions for lengths and
angles – Shape and position
20. ISO 14112 Gas welding equipment – Small kits for gas brazing and welding
21. ISO 14175 Welding consumables — Gases and gas mixtures for fusion welding and allied
processes. Replaced EN 439:1994 in Europe.
22. ISO 14341 Welding consumables. Wire electrodes and deposits for gas shielded metal arc
welding of non alloy and fine grain steels. Classification
23. ISO 14554 Resistance welding
24. ISO 14744 Electron beam welding, six parts
25. ISO 15607 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials –
General Rules
26. ISO/TR 15608 Welding – Guidelines for a metallic material grouping system
27. ISO 15609 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials –
Welding procedure specification, five parts.
28. ISO 15610 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials —
Qualification based on tested welding consumables
29. ISO 15611 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials —
Qualification based on previous welding experience
30. ISO 15612 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials —
Qualification by adoption of a standard welding procedure
31. ISO 15613 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials —
Qualification based on pre-production welding test
32. ISO 15614 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials –
Welding procedure test, 13 parts.
33. ISO 17635 Non-destructive testing of welds. General rules for metallic materials
34. ISO/TR 20172 Welding — Grouping systems for materials — European materials
35. ISO/TR 20173 Welding — Grouping systems for materials — American materials
36. ISO/TR 20174 Welding — Grouping systems for materials — Japanese materials European
Union

European Union (CEN) Standards

The European Committee for Standardization had issued numerous standards covering welding processes, which
replaced former national standards. Of the former national standards, those issued by BSI and DIN were widely used
outside their countries of origin. After the Vienna Agreement with ISO, CEN has replaced most of them with equivalent
ISO standards (EN ISO series).

1. EN 287-1 Qualification test of welders — Fusion welding — Part 1: Steels

2. EN 1090-1 Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures – Part 1: Requirements for
conformity assessment of structural components
3. EN 1090-2 Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures – Part 2: Technical
requirements for steel structures
4. EN 1090-3 Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures – Part 3: Technical
requirements for aluminium structures
5. EN 1011-1 Welding — Recommendations for welding of metallic materials — Part 1: General
guidance for arc welding
6. EN 1011-2 Welding — Recommendations for welding of metallic materials — Part 2: Arc
welding of ferritic steels
7. EN 1011-3 Welding — Recommendations for welding of metallic materials — Part 3: Arc
welding of stainless steels
8. EN 1011-4 Welding — Recommendations for welding of metallic materials — Part 4: Arc
welding of aluminium and aluminium alloys
9. EN 1011-5 Welding. Recommendations for welding of metallic materials. Welding of clad steel
10. EN 1011-6 Welding. Recommendations for welding of metallic materials. Laser beam welding
11. EN 1011-7 Welding — Recommendations for welding of metallic materials — Part 7: Electron
beam welding
12. EN 1011-8 Welding. Recommendations for welding of metallic materials. Welding of cast irons
13. EN 1993-1-8 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures – Part 1-8: General – Design of joints
14. EN 13133 Brazing – Brazer approval
15. EN 22553 Welded, brazed and soldered joints – Symbolic representation on drawings

Additional requirements for welding exist in CEN codes and standards for specific products, like EN 12952, EN 12953,
EN 13445, EN 13480, etc.

German Standards (DIN and others)

NA 092 is the Standards Committee for welding and allied processes (NAS) at DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.
V. The following is a partial list of DIN welding standards:

1. DIN 1910-100 Welding; terms dependent on materials for metal welding

2. DIN 18800-7 Steel structures – Part 7: Execution and constructor’s qualification
3. SEW 088 Schweiengeeignete Feinkornbaustähle – Richtlinien für die Verarbeitung
besonders für das Schmelzschweißen, Stahlinstitut VDEh
4. Merkblatt DVS 0916 Metall-Schutzgasschwißen von Feinkornbaustählen”, Deutsche Verband für
Schweißtechnik e.V.
Australian / NewZealand (AS/NZS) Standards
Standards Australia is the body responsible for the development, maintenance and publication of Australian
Standards. The following is a partial list specific to welding:

1. AS/NZS 1554.1 Structural steel welding – Welding of steel structures

2. AS/NZS 1554.2 Structural steel welding – Stud welding (steel studs to steel)
3. AS/NZS 1554.3 Structural steel welding – Welding of reinforcing steel
4. AS/NZS 1554.4 Structural steel welding – Welding of high strength quenched and tempered steels
5. AS/NZS 1554.5 Structural steel welding – Welding of steel structures subject to high levels
of fatigue Loading
6. AS/NZS 1554.6 Structural steel welding – Welding stainless steels for structural purposes
7. AS/NZS 1554.7 Structural steel welding – Welding of sheet steel structures
8. AS/NZS 3992 Pressure equipment – Welding and brazing qualification

MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS FOR STANDARDS

Country Organization Abbreviation

1. USA → American National Standards Institute ANSI

2. Canada → Standards Council of Canada SCC
3. France → Association Francaise AFNOR
4. UK → British Standards Institute BSI
5. Europe → Committee of European Normalization CEN
6. Germany → Deutsches Institut fur Normung DIN
7. Japan → Japanese Industrial Standards Committee JISC
8. Italy → Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione UNI
9. Sweeden → Swedish Standards Institution SS
10. Norway → Norsk Sokkels Konkuranseposisjon NORSOK
11. Worldwide → International Standards Organization ISO