What are the tasks to be considered during Welding Operations?

 

TASKS DURING WELDING OPERATIONS

Welding inspection during welding operations should
include all the audit parameters to verify that the welding is performed to the procedures. Such tasks may include the following:



Quality Assurance

Establish a quality assurance and quality control team
with the welding organization.

Quality control items to assess:

  • Welder is responsible for quality craftsmanship of
    weldments.
  • Welder meets qualification requirements
  • Welder understands welding procedure and requirements
    for the work.
  • Special training and mock-up weldments performed if
    required.
  • Welder understands the inspection hold-points.

Potential inspector actions:

Review welder performance with welding organization as below

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Welding Parameters and Techniques

Confirm welding parameters and techniques are supported
by the WPS and WPQ.

Quality control items to assess:

1.Essential variables are being met during welding.
  • Filler material, fluxes, and inert gas composition/flow
    rate.
  • Purge technique, flow rate, O2 analysis, etc.
  • Rod warmers energized or where rod warmers are not
    employed, the welder complies with maximum exposure
    times out of the electrode oven.
  • Preheating during tack welding and tack welds
    removed (if required).
  • Welding technique, weld progression, bead overlap,
    etc.
  • Equipment settings such as amps, volts, and wire
    feed.
  • Preheat and interpass temperatures.
  • Travel speed (key element in heat input).
  • Heat input (where appropriate).
2. Mock-up weldment, if required, meets requirements with welder and welding engineer.
3. Welder displays confidence and adheres to good welding practices.

Potential inspector actions:

  • Review mock-up weldment problems with welding
    engineer.
  • Review welder quality with welding organization.

Weldment Examination

Complete physical checks, visual examination, and in-process
NDE

Quality control items to assess:

  • Tack welds to be incorporated in the weld are of acceptable
    quality.
  • Weld root has adequate penetration and quality.
  • Cleaning between weld passes and of any back-gouged
    surfaces is acceptable.
  • Additional NDE performed between weld passes and on
    back-gouged surfaces shows acceptable results.
  • In-process rework and defect removal is accomplished.
  • In-process ferrite measurement, if required, is performed
    and recorded.
  • Final weld reinforcement and fillet weld size meets work
    specifications and drawings.

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  1. Eiwaa GroupsApril 10, 2021 at 3:44 AM

    Thanks for this post…Welding codes and standards address all aspects of design and fabrication of welded components, including welding procedure specifications, quality control and quality assurance during welding and necessary welding skills for a given welding procedure in all industry sectors. The relevant code is often specified by the end user or client as a contractual agreement in order to control the characteristics of the welded components that may affect the service requirements. Compliance to these welding codes is therefore a must.
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