Standards and Specifications for welding
WELDING INSPECTOR KNOWLEDGES: The Welding Inspector must be a high skilled technician or engineer with a good knowledge of general industry manufacture, materials, quality systems, inspection procedures and Standards and Specifications for welding as: Standard organizations as ASTM, SAE, AISI, AWS, ASME and other institutions; Metals metallurgy, hardness tests and heat treatment; Materials properties, destructive testing and NDT methods; Terminology, weld joint geometry and welding symbols; Welding equipment, metal joining and cutting processes; Application of procedures, records, welding inspection and qualifications; Evaluation of weld and base metal discontinuities; Metric and conversion practices; Safe welding practices; 1. Standards and Specifications for welding: The professional and industrial organizations in the United States that lead the development of standards include: the ASTM International, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the American...