DATASHEET A234 WPB FITTING
DATASHEET A234 WPB FITTING
DATASHEET A234 WPB FITTING
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Scope This MDS defines applicable options and/or requirements that supplement or amend the referenced standard
specification. Impact Test shall be Done IN Transverse Direction @ -29 Deg C With Min 27J
Chemical Supplementary requirement ASTM A234 S3 applies with the following restrictions:
Composition C ≤ 0.23 %, S ≤ 0.020 %, P ≤ 0.025 %, CE ≤ 0.43 %
Microalloying elements (Nb, V, Ti, B) shall not be deliberately added.
Heat Treatment Normalized or normalized and tempered or quenched and tempered. For products delivered in the tempered
condition, the minimum tempering temperature shall be 620 °C (1 148 °F).
All hot formed or forged fittings, including those manufactured by locally heating a portion of the fitting stock,
shall be heat treated after manufacture.
Tensile Testing Tensile testing shall be carried out on specimens cut from a fitting where dimensions permit. When removal of
specimens is not possible due to the size of the fitting, a prolongation or a length of starting material that has
been heat treated in the same heat treatment load as the fittings it represents shall be used.
Non-Destructive UT is not acceptable in-lieu of RT.
Testing 100 % MPT Shall be done on all the fittings , MPT Proceduere shall be approved by NDE -Level-3 Min.
Repair of Defects Weld repair of the base material is not permitted.
Repairs to weld metal are acceptable in accordance with the standard specification and shall meet the
chemistry requirements of the original manufacturing weld.
Sour Service When sour service requirements are specified by the purchaser, the material shall conform to the
(additional requirements of ISO 15156 /NACE MR0175 or ISO 17945 /NACE MR0103, and the following additional
metallurgical, requirements to the MDS:
manufacturing,
testing and Chemical composition
from Seamless
certification − S ≤ 0.010 % for WPB and WPBW fittings made from products other than flat-rolled or forged
requirements) a, b
− S ≤ 0.003 % for WPBW fitting made from flat-rolled products
− S ≤ 0.020 % for WPB fitting made from forging
Hardness testing
WPB fittings production hardness testing shall be performed in accordance with the requirements in ASTM
A234.
Hardness testing for WPBW fittings:
− Welding procedure qualification testing for manufacturing and any repair welding shall meet the
requirements of NACE MR0175-2 /ISO 15156-2 section 7.3.3, using Vickers method, with a maximum
hardness of 250HV.
− Production testing shall be performed in accordance with the requirements in ASTM A234 and shall include
parent material, weld and HAZ.
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Marking The fittings shall be marked to ensure full traceability to melt and heat treatment lot.
Certification The material manufacturer shall have a quality system certified in accordance with ISO 9001 or another quality
requirements standard accepted by the purchaser.
The inspection documents shall be issued in accordance with ISO 10474 /EN 10204 Type 3.1 and shall
confirm compliance with this specification.
The inspection documents shall include the following information:
− Heat treatment condition. For tempered condition, tempering temperature shall be stated.
a
The supplementary suffix “S” shall be used to designate a material delivered in accordance with the MDS plus the additional
supplementary requirements for sour service, but excluding HIC testing and UT examination.
b
The supplementary suffix “SH” shall be used to designate a material delivered in accordance with the MDS including the additional
supplementary requirements for sour service plus HIC testing and UT examination.