By Ke1thk
Date 03-17-2009 13:18
Edited 03-17-2009 13:20
Let's say you have "some" parts to be welded. You want all welding personnel qualified to AWS D1.1, but no PQR or WPS. This tells me that all you want is the best quality parts at the lowest price, without paying for a PQR or WPS. I don't blame you.
I'd weld your parts in accordance with the applicable code. I wouldn't create a WPS. I understand that you want "budget" documentation.
Many CWI's are or were welders. That's me. I love to weld. A full-blown set of weld documents isn't cheap. I weld my own samples; send them out to a lab for nondestructive testing, to a destructive lab for their tests, and then create a series of documents. Next, I send my documents to your quality or welding engineer for evaluation. He can either accept or reject them. That costs money.
A CWI can certainly inspect his own welds, and qualify them. My employer paid for my CWI training to reduce his welding costs. I qualify welders, test parts, write welding documents, prepare for customer audits, and many other activates.
I think that you get what you pay for. Include in the quote the level of detail of the documents and tests that you require.
Good Luck,
Keith