Hi Guys,
I'm trying to help another small weldshop get their welder qualifications up to snuff and I have a question for the forum regarding D1.6:2007.
a little background info:
We recently went through and qualified all of their welders to D1.1 on Group I & II materials in 3G on 1" plate w/ FCAW. All of the D1.1 WPSs are in place and all is well with the Carbon Steel stuff,
....however they have a couple of non-structural (FCAW) fillet welds that use a 4" SS 304 pipe to A36/A709 plate and is welded with the pipe in the vertical plane and the plate in the horizontal plane so the welding is like welding on a flat table.(mainly seal welds to hold a non pressurized mineral oil from leaking out)
Question for the forum:
Am I correct in assuming that we have the Welder's Qualifications for this (FCAW) fillet weld taken care of already per D1.6:2007 clause 4.7.5 because they passed the 3G D1.1 qualifications on Group I and II materials w/ FCAW?
Already qualified the WPS for this joint (SS Pipe to CS Plate) and will qualify one more fillet weld WPS using SS Plate to CS Plate as time permits, just want to make sure the welder's quals are bullet proof. They don't mind retesting their welders, but I thought they may already have this covered and wanted to bounce this off the forum first.