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European Standards for destructive test methods
EN875 Destructive test on welds in metallic materials –
impact tests –test specimen location, notch
orientation and examination.
EN 895 Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials-
Transverse tensile test
EN910 Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials
–Bend tests
EN 1321 Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials.
Macroscopic and microscopic examination of
welds.
BS EN 10002 Metallic materials –Tensile testing psrt1:
Method of test at ambient temperature.
BS EN 10002 Tensile testing of metallic materials. Part
5: Method of test at elevated temperature.
The principal European Standards for Procedure qualifications.
EN ISO 15614 Specification and qualification of welding
procedures for metallic materials.-Welding
procedure test
Part 1 Arc and gas welding of steels and arc welding of
nickel and nickel alloys.
Part 2 Arc welding of aluminum and it’s alloys
The principal American standards for procedure qualifications
are:
ASME SECTION IX For pressure system(vessels and pipework)
AWS D1.1 For structural welding of steels
AWS D1.2 For structural welding of ALIMINIUM
WELDING STANDARDS FOR WELDER QUALIFICATIONS
EN 287-1 Qualification test of welders-Fusion welding
Part1: Steels
EN ISO 9606-2 Qualification test of welders –Fusion welding
Part 2: Aluminum and aluminum alloys
EN 1418 Welding personnel –Approval testing of welding
operators for fusion welding and resistance
weld setters for fully mechanized and automatic
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welding of metallic materials
The principal American standards that specify requirements
for welder qualifications are
ASME SECTION IX For pressure system(vessels and pipe work)
AWS D1.1 For structural welding of steels
AWS D1.2 For structural welding of ALIMINIUM
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BS 499: Part 1 Glossary of welding terms
Bs 709 Methods of destructive testing fusion welded
joints and weld metal in steel
BS 1113 Specification for design and manufacture of
water-tube steam generating plant .
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BS 1453 Specifications for filler materials for gas welding.
BS 1821 Specification for class I oxyacetylene welding of
ferritic steel pipe work for carrying fluids.
BS 2493 Low alloy steel electrodes for MMA welding.
BS 2633 Specification for class I arc welding of ferritic
steel pipe work for carrying fluids.
BS 2640 Specification for class II arc welding of carbon
steel pipe work for carrying fluids.
BS 2654 Specification for manufacture of vertical steel
welded non-refrigerated storage tanks with butt
welded shells for the petroleum industry.
BS 2901: part 3 Filler rods and wires for copper and copper
alloys.
BS 2926 Specification for chromium and chromium
nickel steel electrodes for MMA
BS 3019 Tig welding
BS 3604 Steel pipes and tubes for pressure purposes:
Ferritic alloy steel with specified elevated
temperature properties for pressure purposes
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BS 3605 Specifications for seamless tube.
BS 4515 Specifications for welding of steel pipelines
on land and offshore
BS 4570 Specifications for fusion welding of steel
castings.
BS 4677 Specifications for arc welding of austenitic
stainless steel pipe work for carrying fluids
BS 4872 Part1: Approval testing of welders when procedure
approval is not required. Fusion welding of
steels
BS 4872 Part2: Tig or Mig welding of Aliminium and it`s alloys.
BS 6323 Specifications for seamless and welded steel
tubes for automobile, mechanical and general
engineering purposes
BS 6693 Method for determination of diffusible hydrogen
in weld metal
BS 6990 Code of practice for welding on steel pipes
containing process fluids or their residues
BS7191 Specifications for weldable structural steels for
fixed offshore structures.
BS 7570. Code of practice for validation of arc welding
equipment
BS EN 287 Part 1 Qualification test of welders –Fusion welding –
Steels
BS EN 440 Wire electrodes and deposits for gas
shielded metal arc of non-alloy and fine grain
steels
BSEN 499 Covered electrodes for manual metal arc
welding of non alloy and fine grain steels
BS EN 3834- Parts 1to 5 Quality requirements for fusion welding of
metallic materials
BS EN 756 Wire electrodes and flux wire combinations for
submerged arc welding of non alloy and fine
grain steel.
BS EN 760 Fluxes for submerged arc welding
BS EN 970 Non-destructive examination of fusion
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welds-visual examination.
BS EN 910 Destructive test on welds in metallic materials-
Bend tests
BS EN 12072 Filler rods and wires for stainless steel
BS EN ISO 18274 Aliminium aliminium alloys and magnesium
[Link] and Nickel alloys.
BS EN1011 Welding recommendations for welding of
metallic materials
General guidance for arc welding
Part 1
Arc welding of ferritic steel
Part 2
Arc welding of stainless steel
Part 3
Arc welding of aliminium and it`s alloys
Part 4
EN 1320 Destructive test on welds in metallic materials
EN 1435 Non destructive examination of welds –
Radiographic examination of welded joints
BS EN 10002 Tensile testing of metallic materials
BS EN 10020 Definition and classification of grades of steels
BS EN 10027 Designation systems for steels
BS EN 10045 Charpy impact test on metallic materials
BS EN 10204 Metallic products-Types of inspection
documents
BSEN 22553(European standard ) Welded, brazed and soldered joints –
Symbolic representations on drawings
BS EN 24063 Welding, brazing, soldering and braze
welding of metal. Nomenclature of process
and reference numbers for symbolic
representations on drawings
BS EN 25817 Arc welded joints in steel. Guidance on
quality levels for imperfections
BSEN 26520 Classifications of imperfections in metallic
fusion welds, with explanations.
BSEN 26848 Specification for tungsten electrodes for inert
gas shielded arc welding and for plasma cutting
and welding
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ISO Number TITLE
ISO 857-1 Welding and ailed process-Vocabulary-Part 1-
metal welding
ISO 6947 Welds working positions –Definitions of
angles of slope and rotation.
ISO 9606-2 Qualification test of welders –Fusion welding.
ISO 15607 Specification and qualification of welding
procedures for metallic materials-General
rules
ISO 15608 WELDING-Guidelines for metallic material
grouping system
ISO 15609 Specification and qualification of welding
procedures for metallic materials-welding
procedure specification-Part 1-arc welding
ISO 15610 Specification and qualification of welding
procedures for metallic materials –Qualification
based on tested welding consumables.
ISO 15611 Specification and qualification of welding
procedures for metallic materials Qualification
based on previous welding experience.
ISO 15613 Specification and qualification of welding
procedures for metallic materials. Qualification
based on pre-production-welding test
ISO 15614 Specification and qualification of welding
procedures for metallic materials –Welding
procedure test
Part 1 Arc and gas welding of steels and arc welding of
nickel and nickel alloys
Part 2 Arc welding aluminum and it’s alloys
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Part 3 Welding procedure test for the arc welding of
cast irons
Part 4 Finishing welding of aluminum castings
Part 5 Arc welding of titanium
Part 6 Copper and Copper alloys
Part 7 Not used
Part 8 Welding of tubes tube-plate joints
Part 9 Underwater Hyperbaric wet welding.
Part 10 Hyperbaric dry welding
Part 11 Electron and laser beam welding
Part 12 Spot, Seam, and projection welding.
Part 13 Resistance butt and flush welding
Note : The inspector should have awareness of standards that
are printed in bold
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